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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his failing army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of time seemed to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast response for the economic adversity and to create income for his forces. He therefore invented the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 1800s by Chinese migrants who migrated to the US 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 most of American brick and mortar casinos along with web casinos. Keno is largely played today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of gambling the game and the simple fact that there are little skills needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the chances of winning are horrible, there is always the possibility that you could win quite big with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers selected each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, whatever amount they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in acceptance in the US near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.