Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial adversity and to produce income for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with 80 numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.