Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick fix for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you will hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts 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 matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept 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 gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.