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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick response for the economic disaster and to produce revenue for his forces. He thusly created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the US for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly bet on with eighty numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you will hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.