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Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of 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 quick fix for the financial calamity and to produce income for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with eighty numbers in a majority of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.