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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a rapid response for the economic adversity and to create revenue for his army. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who headed to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally bet on with just 80 numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite large with very little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are selected each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.