Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.