In an online or machine game of keno, a player can select from 1 to 20 numbers on a card filled with 80 different numbers. The numbers are lined up in 8 rows from 1 to 80. When you are playing keno, it is usually a touch screen or you will click on the numbers you want to select.
With keno, random balls or numbers will be selected. If the numbers you selected are within these, they will be highlighted. The goal of the game of keno is to fill the numbers you select. This is a game of chance. The more numbers you choose, the more money you can win.
If you only choose one number and that number is selected, then you will win, but you cannot win a lot. For example, if you choose one number with $1 bet and it is chosen, you may win $2. However, if you choose 20 numbers with $1 bet and all 20 numbers are chosen, you can win up to $30,000 depending on the keno machine you are playing.
When playing keno in tickets there are different types of bets you can choose from. A straight ticket bet is a single wager and the easiest way to play. However, some players like to bet a straight ticket in a combination. A king ticket is one number circled alone, known as the king. The king will be used in all of the different combinations.
The combination ticket is where the player will mark many groupings and play different combinations. The combination ticket seems difficult to some. A combination ticket makes many choices for combinations of numbers on one ticket. However, on a $1 game, if you make a bet of 8 different combinations, then your total cost of the bet would be $8.
Many keno games are progressive. This means that as people play and lose, the losses are added to a jackpot, known as the progressive. Some progressives can get in the hundreds of thousands. In Vegas in 1994, a man was paid more than $200,000 for a jackpot playing keno with a $2 ticket.
Keno is a fun game and not one that is taken too seriously and it is not a competitive game as some are in the casino. Most people enjoy playing keno over coffee or while sitting at the bar talking to their friends over drinks. If you are a serious keno player and need a strategy, play at the casino that pays the most for the numbers you normally play.
For example, if you like to play 9 numbers, play the keno game that has the best payout for 9 numbers. Some keno games will give you something if you hit 2 numbers, while others require you to hit 4 numbers to win anything with a 9 number bet.
There really isn’t a strategy when playing keno. The numbers will appear randomly and if yours are chosen then you win. When choosing your numbers, there really isn’t a strategy either. Some people choose numbers based on their grandchildren’s ages while other people just choose a few numbers on the board without thinking about it. It is up to you the numbers you choose to select.