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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his military. He therefore developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great 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 locations to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically bet on with eighty numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you will hit quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each round. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.