Keno Secrets

The background of Keno

by Sierra on Mar.30, 2020, under Keno

[ English ]

Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast fix for the economic calamity and to create revenue for his military. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.


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