Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the financial disaster and to acquire income for his army. He thusly created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known 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 USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with 80 numbers in just about all of the US land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are terrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching 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, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.