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Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast response for the economic disaster and to acquire revenue for his army. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with 80 numbers in a majority of American land based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you will win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.