Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast fix for the financial calamity and to produce money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States to work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is normally gambled on with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is mainly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of succeeding are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite big with very little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, the casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
