Keno’s History
Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the financial adversity and to create income for his military. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.
Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is most often gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite big with very little gaming investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept 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 gambling, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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