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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the dramatic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a rapid response for the financial disaster and to acquire revenue for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was known as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the United States for work. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally wagered on with eighty numbers in most of the US land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is mainly loved today because of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you could win quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were changed with , American numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gaming 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 a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.