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Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time appeared to be looking at a country wide famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the economic calamity and to create revenue for his military. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly bet on with eighty numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the possibility that you might win quite big with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.