Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the economic adversity and to acquire income for his military. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally played with 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.