Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the economic disaster and to produce income for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with eighty numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.