Carolina Keno is a fast-paced lottery draw-style game that's easy to play, with a chance to win great cash prizes every 4 minutes. For each Keno drawing, 20 numbers out of 80 will be selected as winning numbers. You can decide how many of these numbers (called Spots) and exactly which numbers you will try to match. Play Keno WHEN, WHERE and HOW you want. Keno is a fast-paced, fun game that allows you to choose how many numbers to play, how much money to wager, where to play and where to check your winning numbers. Keno and Packaged Keno To Go (PKTG) are played using a field of numbers from one to 80, and you may choose up to ten numbers in that field.
What is Keno and How Do You Play It?
Simply put, keno is a numbers-based game of luck and patience, which can deliver big winning results, so knowing how the game works, will maximise your chances of being successful.
Playing Keno At Home
Gambling has been available for centuries - not decades and you may be surprised to learn that keno originated in China way back in the mid-1800s. The numbers game was then brought to America by Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s and has grown in popularity over the years.
Originally...
Keno would be played with 80 Chinese characters, but as the game became more and more established in the USA, those Chinese characters were replaced by 80 Arabic numerals. There have been many varieties of the game; Nevada had its own version which saw each number accompanied by a racehorse, which gave it a new name: Racehorse Keno.
But, in the 1950s, the racehorses names were removed due to a telling off by governing (tax) bodies.
From Atlantic City to Las Vegas, you will find keno lounges available (including live dealers), where numbered balls are produced by a machine – in a style very similar to the original bingo game.
Keno can be found on many online casinos, allowing players to manually pick numbers or they can choose to play with an automatic pick function. Each round will draw 20 numbers and should you have a winning bet, you will be credited automatically…
Now you've learned the history of the game, it's on to the next step…
Live Keno Las Vegas Casinos
…How to play keno!
Playing Keno
In a similar style to the lottery, players are required to pick several numbers on a ticket and yes, you've guessed it – to win, you need to match the numbers you selected to those that are drawn. The ticket will have numbers from 1 through to and including the number 80; you mark from 1 to 20 numbers (some versions only allow 10 selections) before the game begins. The way in which the balls are drawn, will vary; online keno is different to the ping-pong ball machine used in land-based gambling venues…
To start the game, you simply press play or auto and the random numbers will be drawn – and hey presto!
The Good and Bad Points to Playing
The good? It's an easy, slow-paced game that allows bets from as little as £1 a go, plus you can win substantial amounts of cash – if you're lucky.
Now the bad - keno has the highest house edge of all casino games, with a whopping 25% or more!
Now the Rules:
Play Keno At Home
- Various bet levels are available in the game.
- Players can make multiple bets and each bet can have its own win.
- Simultaneous winnings on different bets are added.
- There are maximum bet restrictions imposed.
- Minimum stakes will cost £1.
Keno RTP:
The theoretical return to player of a 10-ball keno game is as follows;
Carolina Keno At Home
- 1 pick: 75%
- 2 picks: 98.10%
- 3 picks: 90.19%
- 4 picks: 89.02%
- 5 picks: 86.08%
- 6 picks: 93.79%
- 7 picks: 93.61%
- 8 picks: 92.94%
- 9 picks: 93.49%
- 10 picks: 90.82%