Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid response for the financial disaster and to produce money for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with eighty numbers in most of American based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ 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 taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.