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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast response for the financial disaster and to acquire revenue for his military. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally bet on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could hit quite big with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet 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 matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.