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Keno was first played in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the financial disaster and to create income for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger municipalities to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically enjoyed with just 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is largely played today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of winning are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could hit quite large with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers with twenty numbers picked 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 dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in Nevada State in 1931. 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 come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.