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Keno was created in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the economic adversity and to create revenue for his army. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese newcomers who came to the States for work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with just 80 numbers in just about all of the US brick and mortar casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of winning are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.