Keno Strategy
Play starts with a keno ticket and a crayon. The keno ticket will have
numbers 1 through 80 to decide from. To play the game put an X though
as many number as you wish, up to 10 or 15. Some casinos also have an
alternative to pick 20, and even one entire side of a card. For expediency
the player may get a quick-pick, in which the computer will arbitrarily
pick numbers for the player. The serious player may circle groups of
numbers and play every likely combination of circles on one ticket.
While this may make the game more fun it does not change the massive
odds against the player.
After filling out a ticket the player will take it to the counter with
his money and the keno host will gather the wager and enter the picks
in the computer give the player a receipt. The ticket is not evidence
of making a bet, only the receipt is. About a minute before the numbers
are ready to be drawn the windows will be closed to new to bets. Then
80 ping pong sized balls will be whipped about an air chamber and one
at a time 20 of them will be selected. If enough of the chosen 20 match
the player's picks then the ticket wins according to the number of matches
and the amount bet. If the tickets loses, as they usually do, then the
next round is just about five minutes away.
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