.: Keno Casino Game Review

Keno - the lottery game of both online casinos and land based casinos. Whether you are grabbing a keno card and marker or playing the game electronically, there is always a game available - 24 hours a day, 7 days per week!

Keno is a game meant to be played with paper tickets to give it a more tactile feel and more excitement as balls are drawn from an air filled chamber. It is a cross between the lottery and bingo. Keno games typically allow you to choose anywhere from 1 to 20 numbers and the keno balls run from 1 to 80. You dont have to hit all the chosen numbers to win, but while the game seems easy, the odds are not in your favor.

Online keno and many electronic keno games typically allow bets ranging from 1 cent. The paper ticket version of the game usually has a 25 cent minimum. Electronic games usually take a few seconds to display all the numbers and a new game starts anytime you are ready. In the paper version of the game, there is usually a new game every 5 to 15 minutes, often around the clock.

Realize that in the history of Keno, never has a winner been known to match all 20 of the drawn numbers. Many have tried, but none succeeded. At least there are other prizes - and as little as 13 correct will net a 4 digit payoff... But realize even that is a huge longshot.

The payoff table is below. It clearly shows how hitting less than all the numbers can still pay - similar to the way Powerball or other lottery games work. Just realize no matter how hard you try, keno still has a huge house advantage.

Number Correct
#	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	0	3
2	0	1	6
3	0	0	2.5	25
4	0	0	1	5	80
5	0	0	0	2	10	650
6	0	0	0	1	8	65	1499
7	0	0	0	0	5	15	250	5550
8	0	0	0	0	4	8	40	400	12500
9	0	0	0	0	2	5	20	80	3000	17500
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	30	100	500	3200	20000
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	50	80	900	10000	30000
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	30	90	500	2500	16500	32500
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	50	600	1200	10000	17500	35000
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	32	300	900	3000	12500	25000	40000
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	25	100	400	2000	8000	15000	30000	45000

Using this pay table, the total payout ranges from 62.71% to 75.27% Compare that to 99.5% playing blackjack or the other range of games that pay 98% or greater. To get the best odds, play the lower numbers of picks. Only picking 11 has odds greater than 70% in the range from 8 to 20 picks. Meanwhile, only picking 3 or 4 numbers has odds below 70 in the range from 1 to 7 picks. It just shows that while keno is fun, it has awful odds. However, it is important to note as poor the odds are in keno, they are better than state run lotteries. Large lotteries, funding education, are practically donations. Only about 35-40% of your stake goes to prizes.

Keno is fun and exciting, but not the game to be playing if you are looking to play many games and get the most from your entertainment budget. However, with the big payouts, it is possible to win a lot of money in a very short amount of time - with a very small stake.