Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely liked today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ 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 taxed off track betting, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.