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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his military. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often wagered on with 80 numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are appalling, there is always the hope that you might win quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American 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 looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.