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Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid response for the economic adversity and to acquire money for his army. He thusly designed the game we now know as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought 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 most often gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly played today because of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Players of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and bet 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 United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.