Keno

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Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time seemed to be facing national famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his forces. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who came to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly played today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is always the hope that you could win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.