| Keno is another popular online casino game.
It is a lottery based game which has been played for quite
some time now. Though the two games i.e. online keno and lottery
follow the same concept along with the same rules but the
way they are played is very different from each other. It
is a game based on luck just like lottery. Since keno is a
very clear-cut game with not many rules to follow makes it
even simpler.
Keno is a very simple game where the goal
is to match as many numbers which a player selects to those
that are drawn. It offers the opportunity of captivating
large payouts on comparatively small wagers.
A player needs a keno ‘ticket’ for the game
to start. Each ticket consists of 80 squares numbered from
1 to 80 where each row consists of 10 numbers. After getting
hold of a ticket a player is required to choose at least
4 numbers to utmost of 20 numbers between 1 and 80 along
with the wagering amount. Maximum of twenty numbers can
be selected because a draw of only twenty balls can be made
in one game. Now twenty numbered keno balls are drawn at
random from a spinning cask which consists of 80 numbered
balls. The number of matches gets highlighted and a payout
is rewarded on basis of the same.
So the money which a player can win depends upon:
- The type of ticket being selected and
- The number of spots that are caught.
A player has a choice to play as many tickets he/she wishes
to. A player could win as much as $50,000 on a $1 wager.
But the house advantage varies according to the type of
keno game selected for play. Though house edge is somewhere
around 30% or so. Since keno is a game of luck and chances
of hitting one selected number is only about 0.25%. So possibility
of changing the odds of the game and lowering of the house
edge is not possible. So it’s best for a player to
think before playing the game if making money is the objective.
Few tips which a player can use to increase his chances
of winning:
- Keno is a game based on probability where chances of
any number getting selected is same. So just because a
number has not appeared for quite sometime does not mean
that its probability of getting drawn is higher than other
numbers.
- Before a player decides to play for real should always
take a feel of free game first. And should not try to
search for a pattern followed by computer as it is impossible
to reproduce a computer algorithm.
So the only difference between keno and other online casino
games is that keno offers to win a lot of money with help
of a single bet at once whereas with other games a player
wins a huge amount of money over a course of the game play. |
