Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast response for the financial calamity and to create money for his military. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often wagered on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the chance that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.