Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the financial disaster and to produce income for his army. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is regularly gambled on with 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is always the hope that you will win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.
Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
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