Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used 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 shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the economic disaster and to acquire revenue for his military. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally bet on with just 80 numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is always the possibility that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Gamblers 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 bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.