Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to produce revenue for his military. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.