Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create income for his forces. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with eighty numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. 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 come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.