Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.