With a history over five millenniums, China comes to the fore with the most ancient lottery formula in the entire world, Named Keno that appeared during Han dynasty, between year 205 and 187 BC. In that period, when certain states didn’t even exist, the Chinese people played the lottery. Some say that even the Great Wall of China was built with the funds raised from lottery. At first, the most ancient lottery in the world had a realistic purpose, to alphabetize the Chinese children. Keno, made of a poem of 1000 non repetitive rimes, had to help the little ones […]

With a history over five millenniums, China comes to the fore with the most ancient lottery formula in the entire world, Named Keno that appeared during Han dynasty, between year 205 and 187 BC. In that period, when certain states didn’t even exist, the Chinese people played the lottery. Some say that even the Great Wall of China was built with the funds raised from lottery. At first, the most ancient lottery in the world had a realistic purpose, to alphabetize the Chinese children. Keno, made of a poem of 1000 non repetitive rimes, had to help the little ones […]

It offers the possibility of winning large payouts on relatively small wagers. Keno is similar to Lotto and it was first introduced in China many years ago. The game was brought to the USA in the mid 1800’s by the Chinese immigrants who came to work in the mines and on the railroad. Quickly spreading throughout China, keno was also used to help fund the building of the Great Wall. The game also became known as the White Pigeon Game because carrier pigeons were used to send the winning numbers from the keno games in the larger cities to small […]