European Game & Entertainment Technology (EGET), a Finnish supplier of digital gaming solutions, has launched its Instant Game Platform under the trademark WinOne geared to gambling operators.

The new platform allows any lottery operators to add mobile and Internet services to their existing offering. According to Onlinecasinonews.com, the new service is available on WinOne Gaming Platform that already powers the Internet and mobile games of many large licensed gaming operators.

The origins of keno are a bit of a mystery, but there are a few stories floating around out there. What's the truth? Sadly, as with all history, the truth is a matter of opinion. Apparently ancient Chinese scrolls indicate that Cheung Leung of the Han Dynasty introduced a game similar to keno around 200 BC.
Cheung's city was at war for several years and was beginning to run out of supplies. Rumor has it that the citizens of his city refused to contribute any more to the war fund, so Cheung created a game of chance to produce revenue for his army.

Two new books for casino players with some fresh information to generate new approaches to beating the games have arrived at Gambler's Book Shop. The first is Victor Royer's Powerful Profits from Keno (320 pages, paperbound, $12.95; the second is Larry Edell's 101 Ways to Win at Craps! (247 pages, plastic spiralbound, $19.95).

Although new books on craps keno and craps are nothing new, each of these has new material for the 21st Century player. For example, the keno book, from page 161 on, focuses on the very popular video keno, with sections clearly explaining the difference between the "lounge" version (where you or a keno runner takes your bet to the keno writer) and the video version where you're on your own.