Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the economic disaster and to acquire income for his army. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in most of the US based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of winning are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will hit quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State 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 come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.