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Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick response for the financial calamity and to produce money for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we know today 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 larger cities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly enjoyed with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose 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 wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.