Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used 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 dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast fix for the financial disaster and to produce revenue for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who came to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly played with eighty numbers in most of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is always the hope that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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