Keno Strategy

The History of Keno

by Anya on Nov.23, 2023, under Keno

Keno was first played in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used keno as a way to finance his failing forces. The city of Cheung was at war, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a national famine with the excessive drop in supplies. Cheung Leung had to create a rapid response for the economic disaster and to produce money for his forces. He thusly designed the game we know today as keno and it was a wonderful success.

Keno was referred to as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger municipalities to the lesser towns. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who came to the US for jobs. In those times, Keno was played with one hundred and twenty numbers.

Today, Keno is typically played with 80 numbers in most of American based casinos as well as internet casinos. Keno is commonly loved today as a consequence of the laid back nature of betting the game and the simple reality that there are no expertise needed to enjoy Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of succeeding are terrible, there is constantly the hope that you might win quite big with very little gaming investment.

Keno is played with eighty numbers with 20 numbers picked each round. Enthusiasts of Keno can choose from two to ten numbers and wager on them, as much or as little as they are able to. The pay out of Keno is according to the bets made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in popularity in the United States near the end of the 1800’s when the Chinese letters were changed with more familiar, American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gaming in the state of Nevada in Nineteen Thirty One. The casinos altered the name of the ‘Chinese lottery’ to ‘horse race keno’ utilizing the notion that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to place. When a law passed that taxed off track betting, Nevada casinos quickly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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