Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic disaster and to create money for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State 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 taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.