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Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a finance resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick response for the financial disaster and to create revenue for his forces. He therefore created the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States to work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the laid back nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you might hit quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.