⌛️ The ancestor of the modern Keno game is the Chinese Lottery game, which appeared in 200 BC.
The game was based on nursery rhymes that contained 1000 hieroglyphs ㊙️
One day the Chinese general Chung Leung decided to experiment and turned the poetry into a game. He chose 120 characters and divided them into 8 categories.
The players outlined the symbols with ink and those who guessed it received prizes.
💠 In the morning and in the evening, the general chose the winning combinations at random. If the participant's hieroglyphs coincided with a winning combination, then he won X10 from the bet, and if he lost, he gave X3 from the bet.
The distribution of winning combinations was carried out thanks to pigeon mail ✉️ One time the game was called the "Lottery of white pigeons".
The popularity of the game was so great that the income from 10 draws was enough to create an army.
In the 19th century, the game spread to the North America. First California, and then Nevada, where the development of gambling was in full swing.
There was a period when lotteries in the United States were prohibited, but horse racing was allowed. Enterprising businessmen created a game of "keno racing", which was no different from the previous version. The only difference: the numbers on the ticket matched the numbers of the horses.
In 1963 horse racing became subject to a new tax law and “Keno horse racing” became Keno ✔️
At the stage of the development of the Internet, "Keno" becomes popular in the online segment, there appear different variations of the game.
