Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his army. He thusly invented the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally played with 80 numbers in most of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly played today because of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite large with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.