Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the economic calamity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He therefore invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State 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 a law passed that taxed off track betting, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.