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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a monetary resource for his declining forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his military. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic 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 towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally bet on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American based casinos as well as online 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 little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you could win quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet 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 US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.