Keno is quite an old game that dates back 3000 years ago by
the Chinese. You might find that Keno is similar the lotto
game that you would play in a store. The reason behind that
is because it is a lotto game. The name "Keno" has been
changed a couple of times through out history and it all
started many centuries ago to fund the Chinese army and The
Great Wall Of China. When Keno first started to be played
the Chinese they where using 120 characters, but when it
left the homeland of China and moved around the world the
number numbers slowly started to shrank to 80. As time went
on and the game got popular and made its way to the United
States with the huge wave of Chinese immigrants in the 19th
Century. In America places like San Francisco with a large
population of Chinese, playing Keno was booming all over
town even though its was considered illegal. As time past
Americans became really fascinated by this game and more
people started to get involved playing, but the Chinese
characters where impossible to understand! They thought to
make the game more appealing to players they would replace
the old confusing chinese characters with Arabic Numbers.
If you in any casino now a days you will find "Video Keno"
that is the electronic version of live Keno or the live
version. Keno is usually played in Casino lounges with tons
of TV monitors to let players know if they won or lost. This
is such a popular game and still continues to be around
having the same thrill back 3000 years ago.
Keno Rules/How to Win
Keno is quite simple and so are the terms you would need to
know. First general rule is the "Keno Ticket" also known as
the Keno Card what is a board from 1 to 80 that you bet on.
The second rule is that there are the "Spots" in which the
numbers that you select on the board. And last but not least
there are the "Hits" that are the numbers that you selected.
When you play online Keno a very important rule is deciding
on how many numbers to bet on. Once you bet on more numbers
on the board of 80 you have a higher chance of winning more.
The payouts are based on the matching numbers on the board.
For example if you match 2 numbers and match them you would
have a way better payout then if you had picked 10 numbers
and matched 4. If your lucky and match all 15 numbers on the
Keno board you will get a payout of 10,000 to 1 which is the
highest payout you can get in the game. Like winning a lotto
you scratch at a store it you don't win like that often.
When ever you want to play Keno online i suggest to look at
the payout table and the Keno Odds in order to give some
thought to how many numbers you would like to bet on in the
game. Keno is a game like a lotto so there is not trick to
win you just have to be smart with your numbers and cross
your fingers and hope to with big.
Keno Odds
20 Spots 0 Hits: 1 In 843.380 Or 0.11857057%
20 Spots 1 Hits: 1 In 86.446 Or 1.15678605%
20 Spots 2 Hits: 1 In 20.115 Or 4.97142576%
20 Spots 3 Hits: 1 In 8.009 Or 12.48637168%
20 Spots 4 Hits: 1 In 4.877 Or 20.50318987%
20 Spots 5 Hits: 1 In 4.287 Or 23.32807380%
20 Spots 6 Hits: 1 In 5.258 Or 19.01745147%
20 Spots 7 Hits: 1 In 8.826 Or 11.32954556%
20 Spots 8 Hits: 1 In 20.055 Or 4.98618021%
20 Spots 9 Hits: 1 In 61.420 Or 1.62814048%
20 Spots 10 Hits: 1 In 253.801 Or 0.39401000%
20 Spots 11 Hits: 1 In 1423.822 Or 0.07023351%
20 Spots 12 Hits: 1 In 10968.701 Or 0.00911685%
20 Spots 13 Hits: 1 In 118084.920 Or 0.00084685%
20 Spots 14 Hits: 1 In 1821881.628 Or 0.00005489%
20 Spots 15 Hits: 1 In 41751453.986 Or 0.00000240%
20 Spots 16 Hits: 1 In 1496372110.872 Or 0.00000007%
20 Spots 17 Hits: 1 In 90624035964.712 Or 0.00000000%
20 Spots 18 Hits: 1 In 10512388171906.553 Or 0.00000000%
20 Spots 19 Hits: 1 In 2946096785176811.500 Or 0.00000000%
20 Spots 20 Hits: 1 In 3535316142212173800.000 Or
0.00000000%
Online Keno
Online Keno is probably one of the easiest games online that
you can play because its very similar playing your local
lotto. If you have every played a lotto game then you will
easily adapt to playing Keno online in seconds. Just like
all the other Lotto games like Bingo its pretty
straightforward and extremely easy to understand. You will
first receive a ticket and on the Keno board that has
numbers from 1 through 80 printed on it. What you have to do
is to predict as many of the 15 numbers that are selected in
each round as possible. Once you get a number that you have
picked it is called a "Hit" and the payoff depends on how
much you wagered on the board. Usually the maximum is 5
dollars. You have the choice to bet $1 or $3 or $5 on the
board.
Here is a screenshot of a typical online keno game:
Keno is quite an old game that dates back 3000 years ago by
the Chinese. You might find that Keno is similar the lotto
game that you would play in a store. The reason behind that
is because it is a lotto game. The name "Keno" has been
changed a couple of times through out history and it all
started many centuries ago to fund the Chinese army and The
Great Wall Of China. When Keno first started to be played
the Chinese they where using 120 characters, but when it
left the homeland of China and moved around the world the
number numbers slowly started to shrank to 80. As time went
on and the game got popular and made its way to the United
States with the huge wave of Chinese immigrants in the 19th
Century. In America places like San Francisco with a large
population of Chinese, playing Keno was booming all over
town even though its was considered illegal. As time past
Americans became really fascinated by this game and more
people started to get involved playing, but the Chinese
characters where impossible to understand! They thought to
make the game more appealing to players they would replace
the old confusing chinese characters with Arabic Numbers.
