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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a financial resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be looking at a national shortage of food with the dramatic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a fast fix for the economic disaster and to acquire revenue for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally enjoyed with eighty numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is mainly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple fact that there are no skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of coming away with a win are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you could win quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lottos were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.