Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic adversity and to produce money for his army. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with eighty numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.