Keno history is a long and interesting journey that has evolved over the years the casino game has existed. There is an ancient scroll that states keno history started more than 2000 years ago in China. Cheung Leung was the leader who invented the game in an effort to save his city. The citizens refused to keep funding his war through taxes, and the army ran out of supplies so the city was in danger of losing the war. Leung introduced a lottery game that helped fund the supplies for the army, and this way the city was saved. Keno history moved to America when the Chinese immigrants started working on the railroads. Initially, the game was considered illegal in casinos because of anti-gambling laws. Nevertheless, it was popular among the Chinese immigrants, and was thus called Chinese lottery. Around this time the keno characters were changed into numbers.

Keno history moved to America when the Chinese immigrants started working on the railroads. Initially, the game was considered illegal in casinos because of anti-gambling laws. Nevertheless, it was popular among the Chinese immigrants, and was thus called Chinese lottery. Around this time the keno characters were changed into numbers. Using the ‘Keno crayon’ Simply mark a blank Keno ticket with the figures of your selection. Then present your ticket to the Keno desk with your wager and the teller will provide you a duplicate Keno ticket. In a couple of minutes, 20 numbered balls will be drawn at random from a barrel holding 80 numbered balls, and if enough of your chosen keno numbers are drawn, you are the Keno winner. The results are presented on displays, called Keno boards, throughout the Casino. Simple Rules right? The round of a Keno game is called a Keno race. In many Casinos, ‘multi-race’ Keno is featured, where you can enter a number of consecutive Keno races at one time to entice players to wager more.

Keno Rules are very simple. To play Keno, you choose a minimum of 4 but no more than 10 figures between 1 and 80. Each selection is called a ‘Keno Spot’, so if you choose 10 figures you are playing a 10 keno Spot game. Keno Layout Using the ‘Keno crayon’ Simply mark a blank Keno ticket with the figures of your selection. Then present your ticket to the Keno desk with your wager and the teller will provide you a duplicate Keno ticket. In a couple of minutes, 20 numbered balls will be drawn at random from a barrel holding 80 numbered balls, and if enough of your chosen keno numbers are drawn, you are the Keno winner. The results are presented on displays, called Keno boards, throughout the Casino. Simple Rules right? The round of a Keno game is called a Keno race. In many Casinos, ‘multi-race’ Keno is featured, where you can enter a number of consecutive Keno races at one time to entice players to wager more. You mark your ticket and tell the dealer to enter it in the “Red Keno game”, “Green Keno game” or both. Basically it’s a way to increase action (wagering) without having to increase floor space and staff correspondingly. There are two separate sets of balls and two keno boards, but only one lounge and set of dealers. The casino figures you won’t want to just play one of the games because you “know” if you play just the “red game” your numbers will come up only on the “green game”. So players tend to bet on both games, increasing the house’s take. Mathematically there’s nothing special about playing both games, though sometimes casinos offer prizes for hitting on both Keno games. You can calculate the odds of hitting on both games by multiplying combinations that pay off. For example, the chance of catching 4 out of 6 is 0.02854, so the chance of catching 4 out of 6 in 2 simultaneous Keno games is 0.02854 x 0.02854 ~= 0.0008 or 1 in 1228.