History and rules for online casino Keno

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Today keno is one of the games, which you may find almost at every online casino at the section “Specialty Games”. It is not taken seriously by gamblers and is played more for fun rather than with the purpose to become an experienced Keno player. Nevertheless, online casino Keno is the game that is worth of attention especially considering the fact, that Keno is one of the oldest gambling games on the planet.

Keno has a very long and interesting history of invention. Nobody knows the truth about its origin, but the researches managed to find out some facts, which helped us to make certain assumptions. So discovered facts indicate that Keno was most likely invented in China 200 BC. It was the war time in China and people believe, that the introduction of keno was one of the ways which helped to get necessary sum to raise state budget. It was a good mean to get food and necessary weapons for the army. Some researches suppose that money received from Keno game was also used for building the Great Chinese Wall.

According to the other facts this game was used to teach children at schools. It has characters, but not numbers, and it made the process of studying easier. Well, it makes no difference how and why Keno was invented, but the facts show that it was incredibly popular and widely played at that times. Then with the construction of railroad the game started spreading to the other countries of Asia, but it was brought comparatively late to Europe and the USA. In fact, only in the last 20 years Keno became rather popular and was introduced at every traditional gambling house in the USA. The invention of online casinos makes this game available for us.

Certainly, modern online casino Keno is different from the one which existed in ancient China. First of all characters were replaced by numbers and today Keno is more like a lottery shown on TV, but it is more convenient to play, as you yourself set up the speed of gambling and may start and finish it any moment you like. There is nothing too special in the game, but still it is very absorbing.

At the screen you see a field with 80 numbers and you place a bet. For example, in OnlineVegas casino a bet varies from $1 to $10 per round, but in Rushmore it starts from 25 cents. You may pick up 15 of 80 numbers as a rule, though at some online casinos the choice is restricted only to 10. After it you place the button “Play” and in this case you may choose from play 1, play 5 or play 10. Then RNG makes the choice of 20 numbers. Your main task is to guess as many numbers as possible, as the payout depends on it. The biggest payout is when you guess right all 15 numbers, then you bet is increased by 10000 times. However, there is one peculiarity, what is when you state all 15 numbers, and guess only 1 or 2 of them, then you win nothing. At some online casinos, like Rushmore, for example, you may use an option “Quick Pick” and in this case the numbers will be chosen automatically. However, it will only raise the house edge, which is usually around 30%.

The game is a bit different at different online casinos, but in our opinion the coolest one is at Vegas Technology gambling sites. It has very beautiful graphics and is really done like a lottery with balls and corresponding sounds.

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