Keno Strategy

Keno’s History

by Anya on Feb.25, 2024, under Keno

Keno was created in 200 before Christ by the Chinese army leader, Cheung Leung who utilized this game as a way to finance his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a war, and after a bit of time seemed to be facing national shortage of food with the drastic decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung had to come up with a quick fix for the financial adversity and to create revenue for his military. He thusly developed the game we know today as keno and it was a fantastic success.

Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, due to the fact that the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger cities to the tinier villages. The lottery ‘Keno’ was brought to America in the 19th century by Chinese expatriates who headed to the States to jobs. In those times, Keno used 120 numbers.

Today, Keno is regularly played with 80 numbers in just about all of American land based casinos as well as online casinos. Keno is largely loved today because of the relaxed nature of betting the game and the basic reality that there are no skills required to enjoy Keno. Regardless of the fact that the chances of getting a win are horrible, there is constantly the chance that you could win quite large with a tiny gambling investment.

Keno is enjoyed with 80 numbers and twenty numbers are selected each round. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to ten numbers and bet on them, whatever amount they want to. The pay out of Keno is according to the wagers made and the matching of numbers.

Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the close of the 1800’s when the Chinese characters were replaced with , American numbers. Lotteries were not covered under the laws of gambling 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 place. When the Nevada government passed a law that levied a tax on off track betting, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.


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