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Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the financial calamity and to acquire money for his military. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often wagered on with just 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might hit quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered 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 the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.