Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick response for the financial disaster and to acquire money for his military. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often enjoyed with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the US near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.