Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to create money for his military. He thusly designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with eighty numbers in just about all of the US based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you might win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing 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 adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.