Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the economic adversity and to produce money for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.