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Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create money for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often gambled on with eighty numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada 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 looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, the casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.