Keno Strategy

Keno’s History

by Anya on Oct.02, 2015, under Keno

[ English ]

Keno was introduced in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized keno as a way to finance his declining 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 decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to develop a rapid fix for the financial calamity and to acquire income for his army. He, as it follows developed the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, because the winning numbers were broadcast by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was imported to the US in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who headed to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with eighty numbers in just about all of American based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is commonly enjoyed today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the fact that the odds of succeeding are horrible, there is always the possibility that you might hit quite large with very little gaming investment.

Keno is enjoyed with eighty numbers and twenty numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in acceptance in the United States since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , US numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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