Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the economic disaster and to produce income for his military. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.