Online Keno

Online Keno

Keno starts with a keno ticket and a pencil. Much like bingo, Keno players mark down as many or as few numbers on the ticket as he wishes (there are 80 numbers on a ticket) and then he turns the ticket in at the keno desk. The keno board overhead will then start the show lighting up the winning numbers. Keno players then check to see how many of their chosen numbers won. With a new game starting every five minutes this is a popular game that is easy to get hooked on.

This game is centered around the type of ticket a gamer purchases to play. A regular keno ticket is redeemable only after the immediate game finishes. Once a new game starts the ticket is void. To eliminate this frustration, most gamers choose a multi-race ticket which is good for a number of plays. After the number of plays is completed, the gamer can redeem at that time.

The Aim of Online Keno

Keno is one of the oldest games played in casinos and is easy to learn. Keno is a lottery style game.

There is a Keno Card with numbers from one (1) to eighty (80). . The player selects a wager amount from the top right of the Keno Card, and predicts what numbers will be drawn by selecting one or as many as fifteen of those numbers on the Keno Card. The wager amounts are $1, $5 and $10 and stay the same regardless of how many numbers are chosen

After clicking on the Play/Start button, twenty of the numbers are then drawn and rolled out randomly. The numbers that are drawn are rolled out on the bottom of the casino Keno Card and are highlighted on the Keno Card automatically. The more numbers that are correctly predicted, the higher the payout.

The Odds of the Keno Game

Wherever you choose to play the payout schedule overall is geared to provide around a 70% return for live Keno and around 85-90% for Online and Video Keno.

Here's your bad news : ) - the probability of a player hitting the "jackpot" 20 numbers from 20 chosen is 1 in 3,535,316,142,212,180,000.

Overall, the returns at keno are too infrequent for anyone to play the game seriously. A game or two over breakfast in the casino coffee shop or relaxing in the keno lounge is plenty for many people. But some players on a tight budget enjoy sitting in the keno lounge, being served free drinks and playing a buck at a time as an inexpensive way to spend the day.

For someone who wants to play seriously enough to go from casino to casino, the best strategy is simply to compare pay tables and play at the house that pays the most for the number of spots you select. There is no strategy for selecting numbers -- any number is as likely to come up as any of the others.

Keno is a game to rest your brain at while still enjoying the fun of gambling.