Keno’s History
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the financial disaster and to acquire income for his forces. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly bet on with eighty numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.