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Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a fast fix for the financial calamity and to create revenue for his army. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

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

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with eighty numbers in just about all of American brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might hit quite big with very little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.