Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick fix for the financial calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with just 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are terrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.