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Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically wagered on with 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little skills required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you will win quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.