The History of Keno
Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid fix for the economic calamity and to produce income for his military. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with 80 numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you could hit quite large with very little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and bet 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 popularity in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.
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