Keno Strategy

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Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a financial resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing national famine with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to come up with a rapid fix for the economic adversity and to produce income for his military. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno was well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese expatriates who migrated to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is typically gambled on with 80 numbers in most of the US land based casinos as well as net casinos. Keno is mainly loved today as a result of the laid back nature of playing the game and the basic fact that there are no expertise required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of getting a win are terrible, there is always the chance that you might hit quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers with twenty numbers drawn each round. Players of Keno can select from 2 to ten numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in popularity in the US since the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos weren’t covered under the legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted 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 place. When a law passed that levied a tax on off track gambling, Nevada casinos swiftly changed the name to ‘Keno’.