Keno’s History
Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid response for the financial disaster and to acquire revenue for his forces. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with eighty numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization 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 the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.