Keno

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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the financial adversity and to acquire money for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often bet on with just 80 numbers in most of American based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track betting, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.