Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a finance resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the economic disaster and to create revenue for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally wagered on with eighty numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you will win quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.