Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the financial adversity and to acquire revenue for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.