Keno Information

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Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the financial disaster and to create money for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with 80 numbers in almost all of the US land based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely liked today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you could win quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.