Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid response for the financial calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.