Keno Strategy

Keno’s History

by Anya on Aug.31, 2019, under Keno

Keno was introduced in two hundred before Christ by the Chinese military commander, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The metropolis of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a fast fix for the financial adversity and to acquire money for his forces. He therefore designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the US in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is most often gambled on with 80 numbers in almost all of American land based casinos along with online casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the chances of coming away with a win are horrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite big with little gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with 20 numbers drawn each game. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The payout of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with , US numbers. Lotteries weren’t covered under the laws of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you are looking for your horses to come in. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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