Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast response for the financial adversity and to acquire revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed 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 coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble 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 roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.