Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create money for his army. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as 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 universal appeal in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.