Keno Rules Payout

1. Keno Rules Payout
2. How To Calculate Keno Payout

Feb 27, 2020 Keno is mostly a game of luck and payouts tend to be pretty low, but you can employ a few strategies that will help you win more often. It’s important to learn the rules of the game, check any house rules at a keno lounge or online game you join, and it is good to bet small at first. Maximum overall prize payout for matching 12 out of 12 is $2,000,000 for any single game. If there are more than two ($2) dollars bet on the winning numbers, the payoff for each one ($1) dollar bet equals two million ($2,000,000) dollars divided by the number of dollars wagered.

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How to Play

1. Choose how many numbers (spots) you want to play by marking in the appropriate box.
2. Select the amount of money you want to wager per game ($1, $2, $5, $10 or $20) by marking in one of the Amount Bet boxes.
3. You can play up to 30 consecutive games by marking the appropriate box under Number of Games Played.
4. Pick the numbers you wish to play from a field of 80 by marking in each of the boxes, keeping in mind the number of spots chosen above. IMPORTANT: KEEP MARKS INSIDE BOXES. Use only PENCIL OR BLUE BALL-POINT PEN to mark the betting slip. You may also let the Lottery computer choose your numbers by marking in the Quic Pic (QP) box.
5. Mark the “Y” box if you wish to play KENO BONUS. If you play KENO BONUS the total wager amount will double.****
6. Give the completed betting slip to an ON-LINE Lottery Sales Agent.
7. The Sales Agent will give you a separate ticket as your receipt. IMPORTANT: CHECK YOUR TICKET! BE SURE THAT IT REPRESENTS THE NUMBERS AND DRAWING(S) THAT YOU WANTED TO PLAY AS IT IS YOUR ONLY PROOF OF PLAYING THESE NUMBERS.
8. The Lottery suggests for your own protection that you sign the back of your ticket to identify ownership.

KENO BONUS

KENO BONUS gives you a chance to increase your KENO winnings by 3, 4, 5 or 10 times. To play KENO BONUS, mark the “Y” box on your bet slip. The cost of your wager will double. If you purchase the additional BONUS play for a drawing and win, you may multiply your winnings if a multiplier number (3, 4, 5 or 10) is drawn. The overall odds of having a multiplier number (3, 4, 5 or 10) are 1:2.3.

KENO BONUS is not available for the 10-spot, 11-spot, or 12-spot KENO games. A KENO BONUS wager is only valid when played in conjunction with a valid KENO wager.

Rules

1. Bets are not effective until accepted by the Lottery’s on-line computer processing system prior to the drawing of the winning number and in accordance with Lottery rules. Bettors acknowledge that on-line Lottery sales agents are acting on behalf of the bettors in entering bets into the Lottery’s on-line KENO computer processing system.
2. Present your completed bet slip to your Lottery Sales agent for processing. You will receive a ticket. CHECK YOUR TICKET IMMEDIATELY TO VERIFY THAT THE SELECTIONS ON YOUR TICKET MATCH THE SELECTIONS REQUESTED ON THE BET SLIP.
3. Present winning ticket to any on-line KENO sales agent for payment of prizes up to and including $600. Claims for more than $600 will be paid by the Lottery Commission after claim form is filed. Under unusual conditions, fixed prizes may be reduced according to the rules and regulations. All cash prizes must be claimed within one (1) year following the draw date.
4. Your ticket is a bearer instrument. Unless signed by owner, prize may be claimed by anyone in possession of winning ticket. SIGN YOUR TICKET IMMEDIATELY. Bettors agree to abide by Lottery Commission rules and regulations. Applicable rules are available for inspection by bettors by contacting the Lottery Commission at. 150 Mount Vernon St. Dorchester MA 02125

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Maximum overall prize payout for matching 12 out of 12 is $2,000,000 for any single game. If there are more than two ($2) dollars bet on the winning numbers, the payoff for each one ($1) dollar bet equals two million ($2,000,000) dollars divided by the number of dollars wagered.

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Maximum overall prize payout for matching 11 out of 11 is $2,000,000 for any single game. If there are more than four ($4) dollars bet on the winning numbers, the payoff for each one ($1) dollar bet equals two million ($2,000,000) dollars divided by the number of dollars wagered.

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Maximum overall prize payout for matching 10 out of 10 is $2,000,000 for any single game. If there are more than twenty ($20) dollars bet on the winning numbers, the payoff for each one ($1) dollar bet equals two million ($2,000,000) dollars divided by number of dollars wagered.

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KENO BONUS gives you a chance to increase your KENO winnings by 3, 4, 5 or 10 times. To play KENO BONUS, mark the “Y” box on your bet slip. The cost of your wager will double. If you purchase the additional BONUS play for a drawing and win, you may multiply your winnings if a multiplier number (3, 4, 5 or 10) is drawn. The overall odds of having a multiplier number (3, 4, 5 or 10) are 1:2.3. KENO BONUS is not available for the 10-spot, 11-spot, or 12-spot KENO games. A KENO BONUS wager is only valid when played in conjunction with a valid KENO wager.

It is played typically at casinos around the world, especially in Australia, and in terms of house edge, or the advantage that the casino or gaming club has over the player, keno has the highest at 35% when not played conservatively.

But this is precisely what makes the game so rewarding if the player wins big. Because it is a lottery, it features huge payouts when a player wins big. The thing is that the player has to be willing to make big risks. One thing is for sure, if you are not the type of player that who likes to wager money through high risk bets that have a minimal chance of a giant payout, then the game of keno is not one you want to play.

However, if you fancy yourself a big risk taker and have the bankroll to lose a few bucks here and there, or if winning big only once in a while can sustain you for long periods of time, then keno is your game.

Playing Keno Conservatively

But the odds aren’t all geared so completely toward the casino or gaming house. In fact, it is possible to play a conservative form of keno that brings the house edge all the way down to four percent.

Because the game of keno is essentially a lottery within a casino (although many states and countries around the world actually have a government sponsored keno lottery) the rules are pretty simple and easy to learn, but here’s a little rundown anyway.

A typical game of keno at any given casino involves a glass case, usually circular, and it will contain 80 balls numbered appropriately one through 80. In order for a person to play, they must obtain a keno ticket that contains a grid on it with the numbers one through 80. In order for the player to make a bet, they must write an “S” over the desired numbers that they wish to wager on.

Once the bets are all made, it is time for the number draw to begin. When the drawing begins, a device within the glass case that contains the 80 balls will begin “blowing” the balls, mixing and swirling them all along the inside of the glass container.

A proctor, or “caller,” will then push a lever that opens up a tube. From there, the balls are selected one by one and dropped into a v-shaped catch. This catch is known in keno parlance as “rabbit ears.” Once the appropriate amount of balls are loaded onto the rabbit ears (20), both the caller and an additional “verifier” will record each of the balls that were drawn. Once that’s done, a computer program made specifically for the game of keno will calculate all of the bets based on the numbers that were drawn.

This procedure can vary from casino to casino. For example, at some casinos, the ball numbers will be called out as they are drawn regardless of whether or not players are still waiting to make bets.

Keno Pay Tables

At each casino, there are what are known as pay-tables, and these are basically pay scales that are based on the players success in betting. What this means is that players are paid differently based on how many numbers they correctly wagered would be drawn from the glass container. The more numbers that are landed, the better the player is paid. And of course, there is no payment to a player if no numbers are guessed correctly.

The odds are based on how many numbers a player plays, so the more balls a player chooses, or wagers on, the better the odds of landing a few of them on the draw. All casinos have different methods of payout, so there is no way to assess a singular payout equation from house to house, but there have been times when a “catch,” or win, of no numbers has paid out money on a ticket, though this occurrence is rare.

Furthermore, there has never been an example in all of human history (or since the invention of the game, rather) when a player has hit all 20 numbers in one play. In fact, the odds of that happening are one in 3.5 quintillion. For those of you who are curious, that’s a three, a five, and then 17 zeros after that. So statistically, it is just about as close to impossible as it gets.

One example to express how impossible it would be to bet on and catch all 20 numbers on a single play is to say that if all seven billion people currently living on Earth played the game of keno and bet 20 numbers per game per every second their lives, there would maybe be one example of one person catching all 20 numbers once. Not once a month. Not once a year. Once.

Keno Rules Payout

But this is not to say that it is impossible to win money playing the game of keno. In fact, there are many bets in which a players odds of winning are only one in 4,877, and that is the odds of catching four numbers.

There is also a bet in which a player can wager that they will hit no numbers. This bet, if won, pays out huge because the odds of winning it are one in 843,380. All in all, if you can stomach the thought of a high risk game, or even if it’s the sort of thing that only excites you here and there, then the game of keno can be a fun gambling experience.

How To Calculate Keno Payout

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