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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a monetary resource for his failing army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after some time seemed to be facing country wide shortage of food with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast fix for the financial adversity and to create revenue for his army. He thusly designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier towns. The lotto 'Keno' was imported to the USA in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often bet on with 80 numbers in a majority of the US brick and mortar casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise required to play Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you could hit quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each game. Gamblers of Keno can select from two to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries weren't covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the 'Chinese lotto' to 'horse race keno' utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to 'Keno'.