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The history of keno goes back thousands of years ago. The game of keno originated in ancient China, arrived in America with the Chinese immigrants in the 19th century, and eventually migrated to the casinos and online casinos around the world. Keno was introduced to the casinos in the early twentieth century. Originally 80 numbers were written on pieces of paper and rolled up into tubes. At the start of the game, 20 numbers were drawn from the tubes and these were the winning keno numbers. In time the papers in tubes were replaced with wooden balls with numbers carved onto them. These wooden balls were known as peas.

Later a Nevada casino owner by the name of Warren Nelson came up with a system of drawing numbered balls from a rotating cage. Nelson opened his own casino in Nevada in 1936, where the first legal casino Keno game was played. Casino Keno is still played today by drawing numbered balls from a rotating cage as a result of Nelson's research. In 1963 the cumulative payout of a Keno game was limited to $25,000; by 1979 it had increased to $50,000. Nowadays, each Keno casino chooses its own limits.

As with any good game, technology also played its part in the widespread development of the keno game. Computers have helped to make the game of Keno more efficient and quicker to play. There are many casinos now that operate computer-controlled Keno cages. Naturally, Keno has also spread to the internet. With the boom of the internet in the 1990s also came the online casino. Online casinos gained in popularity as it became easier to play at them.

Keno was introduced to online casinos at much the same time as the casinos themselves developed. Because of its mystique and history, Keno has become one of the most popular of the online casino games. Online Keno is played in much the same way as the original game of keno. How much the player will win depends on how many of his chosen numbers match the winning keno numbers. The payout odds are clearly displayed at the beginning of each game. The betting minimums are also much lower in online casino than at land-based keno casinos, making the game more accessible to the average player. Today, millions of people play Keno online.

A player who decides on a six-spot on a straight ticket would "X-out" six different numbers, write "6" on the far right side of the ticket (for six-spot), and then write the wager in a box on the top right-hand corner (dropping the dollar or cent sign). If a player wagers $3.50 and all six numbers catch, he wins $5 ,500. In most casinos the maximum prize amount is $250,000, while the minimum bet required is 75" to $1. Players must not only make bets before new numbers are drawn, but must also collect winnings before the calling of the next game. A player can either collect the winnings himself or give the winning ticket to a keno runner, who will bring back the payoff. So it's a game that is full of excitement and thrill. No wonder why many players chooses to play it over and over again.

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