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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a fast response for the financial disaster and to acquire income for his forces. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is typically played with eighty numbers in a majority of the US based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are appalling, there is always the hope that you could win quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 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 has grown in universal appeal in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.