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The History of Keno
Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the economic calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is always the chance that you could hit quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries 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’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.