If you were wondering whether Keno is an American game… well, the answer is no. Keno was first played in China approximately 2100 years ago, and at its origins, a Keno ticket contained 120 Chinese characters. Keno was brought to the United States by the Chinese immigrants during the 19th century and shortly the Chinese symbols got replaced by numbers and, eventually the 120 characters were reduced to 80 numbers.

Nowadays it became a very popular game due to the fact that it is really easy to play and that large sums can be won by investing small amounts of money.

Keno is usually played in Casino lounges specially set for this purpose, but should you like to play outside the lounge, there are the so-called “Keno runners” who will collect your tickets and, in case you win a certain amount of money, they will also deliver your winnings to you. But, of course you can play Keno online, too. Keno has a video version, as well which you can play on some coin operated machines which are similar to slots.

What is keno? Well, keno is a gambling game which is very much like lotto or bingo. Where can you play keno? The answer is simple: at most modern casinos as well as several bingo halls, and recently in some restaurants, taverns or other places.. Playing keno is really easy. All you have to do is choose 1 to 20 numbers and mark them on a keno ticket which contains 80 numbers. After that the casino draws 20 numbers and you are paid out based on how many numbers from those you have marked on your ticket match those the casino has drawn out. The more numbers you match, the more money you win! When playing Keno you have to select a minimum of 4 numbers, but no more than 10. Each number you have selected is called a “spot”, so when you select , for instance, 10 numbers, you are playing a 10 spot game. The term “Keno race” is used when speaking about a Keno round., but in several casinos you can find “multi-race Keno” which means that you can play a number of consecutive Keno races at the same time.

Keno might be the perfect game for you, because, besides the fact that it is really easy to play, you decide how many numbers you want to play as well as the amount of your wager. You can bet as low as 5 cents. Nevertheless, some casinos accept only bets of $1 or more.

There are different kinds of Keno tickets. Thus, you can find combination and way tickets. When playing a combination ticket you can mark numbers from the top half of the ticket as well as numbers from the bottom half of the very same ticket. Here groups of numbers can be bet several different ways, allowing you thus to spread money over several combinations. Way tickets are in fact a kind of combination tickets, but these are more complicated. Way tickets involve a large number of uniform choices intertwined in all possible ways. Way tickets group different numbers to create more than one way to win.

Then, there are the king tickets: king numbers are single numbers which you can use in combination with other groupings. When playing a “top or bottom ticket” all you have to do is mark of which of the two areas you would like to bet on. The same concept applies to the “left or right tickets”. When playing “edges” you simply have to mark the numbers from the edges of the ticket. And then, of course, there are the straight tickets which is the easiest way to play Keno: you just mark the numbers you think will be drawn.

So, as you can see, playing Keno is really a piece of cake. There are not too many rules to be followed, and even the very few rules of this game are quite simple.

All you have to do in order to win is play, and, maybe, a little luck!