Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to acquire revenue for his army. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion 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, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.