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Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of war time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid response for the financial disaster and to produce income for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from bigger locations to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is normally gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely loved today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of getting a win are terrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite big with a tiny gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are selected each game. Players of Keno can select from 2 to 10 numbers and wager on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of 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 the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.