Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the financial adversity and to create money for his military. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally played with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you will hit quite large with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet 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 popularity in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.