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Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his forces. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who headed to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically bet on with eighty numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing 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 gambling, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.