Keno Strategy

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Keno was introduced in two hundred BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was at war, and after awhile of war time appeared to be facing country wide shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the financial adversity and to acquire income for his military. He, as it follows created the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who headed to the US to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with just 80 numbers in most of American land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today because of the relaxed nature of wagering the game and the simple reality that there are little skills needed to play Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the possibility that you will win quite big with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers picked each game. Gamblers of Keno can choose from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they want to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the US near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were changed with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are wanting your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, Nevada casinos quickly altered the name to ‘Keno’.