Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast response for the financial disaster and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is always the chance that you might win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 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 wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries 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’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
