Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the economic disaster and to acquire income for his army. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly liked today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.