Around 200 B.C., in China, one of the feudal lords formulated the lottery system to raise funds for building his army. This lottery game was considered to be the ancestor of modern Keno. This was played with a ticket containing 120 characters. These characters were believed to be the first 120 characters from the Chinese poem “Thousand character Classic”. One has to select certain numbers from them with a brush. The maximum number of characters matching out of the 20 characters read out will decide the winner. (more…)

Online Keno is a kind of lottery game which is somewhat similar to Online Bingo. It was originally called as “Chinese lottery” as it was invented by a Chinese lord to raise funds for building up his army. (more…)

There are mainly 4 types of online keno tickets that is provided in an online casino site and they essentially are straight tickets, split tickets, combination tickets, and king tickets.

Straight tickets: These are the most common form of keno tickets. A player is generally allowed to mark 15 keno spots. On a straight ticket, even 20 or 40 numbers can be chosen in certain casinos. (more…)