Keno Strategy

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Keno was created in two hundred BC by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after some time appeared to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid response for the economic disaster and to produce income for his forces. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a great success.

Keno used to be referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger locations to the lesser villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who came to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often played with 80 numbers in most of American brick and mortar casinos along with internet casinos. Keno is commonly liked today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic reality that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the odds of getting a win are horrible, there is always the hope that you will win quite large with very little gambling investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with twenty numbers drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from two to 10 numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout 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 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, US numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, the casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.