The History of Keno

Most of the games that you see in an online casino originated from real games that are played in physical casinos. These types of games have been played for decades with a small variation every now and then meant to keep the game fresh and exciting. Keno is one such game that first originated in China that later on made its way to the live casinos and eventually to the online casinos. The fact that the game is extremely popular in live casinos means that not many online casinos offer it.

Keno dates back in the years between 187 B.C and 205 B.C. The game was created during the Dynasty of the Has ruling. The game came about because there was virtually no resource left to fuel the war that was going on in China at the time. The government was having a difficult time finding a way to fund for the food amenities and weapons that the army so desperately needed. A man known as Cheung created a game that let a large number people bet small amounts. The small amounts would be collected and the winner would get an extremely large amount that they would never have dreamed off. What the large masses were not aware of is that the payout was only a small amount of the money collected and the remaning money went into funding the war. When money was again needed to revitalize The Great Wall the game suddenly reappeared. The game quickly gained popularity that it stayed on after that.

The first Chinese keno game didn’t use numbers like the modern game. There were characters that were picked from a very popular poem known as The Thousand Character Classic. Some of the symbols included were the clouds, dew and the sun. The game later came to America in 1850 where it evolved to the game that it is today.