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Keno was first played in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic calamity and to produce money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to the States to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally played with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is largely enjoyed today as a result of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the US since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.