Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to produce revenue for his forces. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally gambled on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.