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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a quick fix for the economic calamity and to produce income for his army. He therefore developed the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the smaller villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as web casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the simple fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with very little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, 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 lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.