Keno’s History
Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the financial adversity and to produce money for his forces. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is normally wagered on with 80 numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you will hit quite large with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two 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 bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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