Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to acquire money for his military. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you will win quite large with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ 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 taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.