Keno Strategy

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Keno was created in 200 BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to develop a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to acquire revenue for his army. He, as it follows designed the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the lesser towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who came to the US for work. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often gambled on with 80 numbers in a majority of American based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly played today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of winning are appalling, there is constantly the possibility that you might win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

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

Keno grew in acceptance in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in Nevada State in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track wagering, Nevada casinos swiftly altered the name to ‘Keno’.