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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the economic calamity and to acquire income for his army. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of winning are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you might hit quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are picked each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing 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 gambling, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.