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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the economic calamity and to create money for his forces. He thusly invented the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally wagered on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you will win quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.