Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the financial disaster and to create income for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often played with just 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you will hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.