Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the financial calamity and to acquire revenue for his army. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is generally gambled on with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the hope that you might hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced 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’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.