Contrary to popular myth, legitimate keno games, like those in Las Vegas, are fair and every ball has a 1 in 80 chance of being drawn each game. It makes no difference which numbers you choose. If you must play keno, the only skill is choosing where to play to play and then how many numbers to choose. In 2017 I redid my Las Vegas video keno survey, which can be found at Wizard of Vegas.

In 2008 I did a survey of video keno in San Diego. In 2012 I did a similar survey of live keno in Laughlin, which showed a range of return of 50% to 74%. In other words, the house edge was 20% to 35%, making live keno among the worst bets you can make in Las Vegas. In 2001, I did a survey of every live keno casino game in Las Vegas.

We have calculators to determine the payback for any pay table for the following keno games: I have analyzed many of them, as listed below. There are lots of keno variations out there. I have several examples of pay tables and their associated return in my page on spot keno.

If the game chooses a number the player chose that is known as a 'catch.' The player is paid according to the number of balls he catches.

The game will randomly choose 20 out of 80 balls.

The number of picks the player may make depends on the game itself.

The range of numbers the player may pick from is 1 to 80. The picks are made on a slip of paper in live keno and by touching the screen in video keno.

The player makes a wager and indicates which numbers he wishes to pick.

Rulesįollowing are the rules for basic 'spot keno.'

See the Internal Links section below for many keno variants. The simple form with no multipliers or extra balls is called spot keno. Keno is a simple game of luck, much like most lottery games, where the player chooses numbers and hope as many as possible match those randomly drawn by a hopper or machine.

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