Keno’s History
Friday, 23. May 2025
Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a quick fix for the economic adversity and to produce revenue for his forces. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.
Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.
Today, Keno is generally played with 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of winning are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you might hit quite large with little gambling investment.
Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.
Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.
Posted in Keno by Reed