Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast response for the financial calamity and to acquire money for his military. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you will hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.