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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast response for the economic adversity and to produce income for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite large with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.