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Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick response for the economic adversity and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the hope that you will hit quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.