Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid fix for the economic disaster and to acquire money for his army. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically bet on with 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is always the hope that you might win quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of 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 a law passed that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.