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Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time appeared to be facing national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the economic adversity and to create revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically wagered on with eighty numbers in most of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.