Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the economic adversity and to acquire money for his military. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with eighty numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and bet 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 roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.