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Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a finance resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a fast fix for the economic adversity and to produce revenue for his army. He, as it follows created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the USA in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is generally gambled on with just 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly liked today because of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is constantly the possibility that you might hit quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the legalization of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.