by: Chen Ching-feng
Keno was developed in china over 2000 years ago to fund a war effort. The game became so popular that it was even used to raise funds for the building of the Great Wall.
The game has continued to enjoy an increasing amount of support from gamblers all around the world. Keno has also been introduced at virtual gambling sites, where you can play keno games online.
King Neptune's online casino is one virtual gambling site which offers online keno games. The popularity which keno enjoys at land-based casinos led to it being one of the first gambling games offered online.
The game itself is very simple. Similar to playing the lottery, players select between 1 and 15 numbers from a total of 80. Then the keno machine randomly selects 20 lucky numbers. Winners are determined by how many numbers they have correctly chosen on their tickets.
A popular keno strategy is known as “Successive Numbers”. Selecting pairs such as 16 and 17 or maybe 53 and 54 would qualify as successive numbers. Although there is no proof this actually works, over the long run it does seem like many of the numbers that come out are in consecutive pairs...