Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast response for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly liked today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you will win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.