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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a quick fix for the financial adversity and to create money for his military. He therefore designed the game we know today 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 bigger locations to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the US to work. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly bet on with just 80 numbers in most of the US based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you could win quite large with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, as much or as little as they are able 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 end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.