Keno Strategy

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Keno was first played in two hundred BC by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after awhile of war time seemed to be facing country wide famine with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a quick fix for the financial disaster and to create income for his military. He thusly designed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno once was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, seeing as the winning numbers were delivered by pigeons from larger municipalities to the tinier towns. The lotto ‘Keno’ was brought to the United States in the 19th century by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the United States to jobs. In those times, Keno used one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is typically played with just 80 numbers in a majority of American brick and mortar casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is mainly liked today because of the laid back nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no skills needed to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the reality that the chances of winning are horrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite large with little gaming investment.

Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are picked each round. Gamblers of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The payout of Keno is dependent on the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno has grown in universal appeal in the US since the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of wagering in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos renamed the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the idea that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When the Nevada government passed a law that taxed off track wagering, casinos quickly changed the name to ‘Keno’.