Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the financial disaster and to produce revenue for his army. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble 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 universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of 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 the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.