Keno: The Pigeon Game

Keno has the most interesting history amongst other casino games. Ancient writings revealed that this historic game was created in the 2nd century BC by a Chinese emperor who needed to raise money for his war efforts since his people refused to contribute to the state. Keno the game of chance was introduced, although quite different from the modern day version we know, the concepts were identical.
Keno or the pigeon game as it was known proved a success and it spread all over china. The name pigeon game was established since pigeons were used to carry the numbers into other cities and smaller provinces.
The differences in the ancient game and the modern day keno is the use of Chinese characters instead of today's numerical system. It was said that Keno was imported by the early Chinese settlers to America and in the 1930's the Chinese characters were replaced with numerical notation. This was the birth of the modern day keno as we know it. This is an interesting piece of Keno History!