Keno Rules
Before starting to play though it is recommended you pick up a booklet of the
exact house keno rules and payouts at the counter.
To play it you have to pick up a Keno Sheet, if you are in a physical
casino you will find those sheets everywhere even in the casinos restaurants, or
you just pick them up at the Keno counter. Some casinos even have Keno
runners. These are people walking around in the casino giving away Keno sheets.
All you have to do now is mark one to fifteen numbers, out of eighty available,
on the ticket and give it back to the counter or the runner. The bets generally
start at one dollar. After you make your bet, by giving the ticket back to the
runner or the counterperson, he or she will enter your numbers into a computer
and give you a printed ticket. Make sure to double-check the numbers you filled
out on the sheet with the one on the printed ticket because once the game
started no more changes can be made.
At the beginning of the game eighty numbered balls are mixed in the Keno bowl
and twenty of the balls are ejected at random from the bowl. Those numbers then
appear on the Keno boards which are mostly located all over the casino and the
restaurants. If enough of your selected numbers are drawn of the bowl you are a
winner. To find out how many numbers you need to win and how much the payout is
you should pick up a Keno Booklet as mentioned above. The more numbers you
selected, the more numbers you will need to be a winner.
Also a very important part of the game is that if you are a winner you have to
cash in your ticket before the next game starts. It is usually 10 to 15 minutes
before the next game begins. You can also play more than one game on one ticket,
if you do that, you don't have to cash your ticket right away. Wait until the
last game your ticket is entered into ends and then collect the money. If you
are playing one ticket for let's say ten games it would be foolish to cash your
ticket right away because you would lose any chance of winning again in the ten
rounds you paid for. Still, you have to collect after the last game you are
entered ended and before the next game starts or you won't get a dime.
The only exception casinos make is if you are playing one ticket for 30 games or
more. You can collect your money up to a year later, in most casinos, if you
play this many games on one ticket. But before you take this information for
granted browse through the Keno Booklet you picked up and make sure how the
casino handles these kind of bets.
Some casinos also offer "Special Tickets" to add variety to the game.
One version is called "Top and Bottom Keno". In this version you don't
pick any numbers, instead you write a "T" on the top portion, and a
"B" on the bottom of the ticket. In each portion there are twenty
numbers. If thirteen or more numbers in either portion are drawn out of the bowl
you win. This Keno variant may not be available in every casino so check your
Kino booklet for more info.
The Rule for Keno in an online casino are exactly the same! You will find the
booklet on the website you are playing on.
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