Casinos 2009 » Keno http://www.casinos2009.com online Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:28:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Online Casino Directory http://www.casinos2009.com/casino/online-casino-directory.html http://www.casinos2009.com/casino/online-casino-directory.html#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:53:13 +0000 admin http://www.casinos2009.com/?p=938 Top Lists
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A good online casino directory should teach you how to play the games offered at the online casinos they list. At the very least, an online casino directory should teach the rules of the most popular games, such as Baccarat, Blackjack, Craps, Keno, Roulette, Slots, and Video Poker.

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A quality online casino directory will list the various major software makers that are used to run the online casinos, even allowing you to sort online casino by the software they run. Examples include Microgaming, Playtech, Real Time Media and WagerLogic.

Payment Methods
Of interest to many players also is information about the various Payment Methods you could choose to use to fund (and withdraw from) your online casino accounts.

]]> http://www.casinos2009.com/casino/online-casino-directory.html/feed 0 Keno History http://www.casinos2009.com/keno/keno-history.html http://www.casinos2009.com/keno/keno-history.html#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:26:39 +0000 admin http://www.casinos2009.com/?p=159 Keno is one of the oldest games in the casinos.

Keno was invented some 3000 years ago by Cheung Leung, a ruler of the great Han Dynasty. keno

The game he invented was somewhat similar to the modern keno we play today. This same game is still played today in china, only the number of characters used from the “thousand character classic” has been reduced to80.

While keno in its purest form did not leave China until the beginning of the twentieth century.

However, the history of keno picks up the pace in the beginning of the twentieth century.

Gambling was authorized in Nevada in 1931, lotteries were not legalized. And keno was seen as a lottery by the Federal Government. Keno operators simply changed the name to racehorse keno, effectively masking the real aim of the game.

In this day, in many casinos, each separate draw is called a “race.” When the government passed a law that taxed off-track betting, thus legalizing keno, the name was changed once again, to keno.

]]> http://www.casinos2009.com/keno/keno-history.html/feed 0 Keno Rules http://www.casinos2009.com/keno/keno-rules.html http://www.casinos2009.com/keno/keno-rules.html#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:48:21 +0000 admin http://www.casinos2009.com/?p=156 Keno is often played in special Keno lounges in casinos. keno

It is also now possible to play keno online, which works in much the same way as the casino version.

Keno tickets have numbers from 1 to 80. You can choose how many numbers to mark, although it is usually between 4 and 10. There are many different combinations of bets and payouts.

Straight Tickets is the basic kind of keno game.  The number of spots you can mark will depend on the casino  it will often be between 4 and 10.

Way Tickets is using one ticket to mark multiple sets of numbers.  Mark the spots you want and group them together by ringing them.

Keno games run very frequently. You can usually bet on a number of consecutive games on the same ticket.

Numbers are drawn for each game at random from 1 to 80. There are usually 20 numbers drawn.

Many casinos also offer a video version of keno.

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