Today, Keno games are offered by casinos, restaurants, bars, and some state lotteries.
The original name baige piao, meaning “white pigeon ticket,” is also the predecessor to bingo and modern-day lottery drawings.īefore the game made its way to the US around 1840, tickets used the first 80 characters of a Chinese poem instead of numbers. Keno started in China more than 2000 years ago. The game is attractive to many players due to the ability to win a massive amount from just a little bet. Keno is a popular game of chance that falls under the banner of a lottery-style game due to how white balls with numbers on them are selected at random.
