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Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a financial resource for his declining forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid response for the financial disaster and to produce revenue for his forces. He, as it follows invented the game we know today as keno and it was a great success.

Keno was known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from bigger cities to the smaller towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is most often bet on with just 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you will win quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each game. Players of Keno can select from two to 10 numbers and wager 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 universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of wagering in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.