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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic disaster and to produce money for his military. He thusly developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese newcomers who came to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a result of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you will win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.