Keno

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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often bet on with 80 numbers in most of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you will hit quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and bet 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 roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.