Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly played today because of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion 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 swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.