Keno Strategy

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Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing army. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a quick fix for the economic disaster and to acquire money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the United States in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who headed to the States for work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is normally enjoyed with eighty numbers in almost all of American based casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly played today as a result of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple fact that there are little expertise needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the odds of winning are appalling, there is always the chance that you will win quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos changed the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.