Keno’s History
Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the economic adversity and to produce money for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with 80 numbers in just about all of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.