Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic adversity and to acquire money for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically gambled on with eighty numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are appalling, there is always the chance that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.