How to Play Keno

Both tickets are stamped by the keno writer: the one you originally handed him and the one you receive back, which is the duplicate. The stamping is done on the top of the ticket and shows the number of the ticket, the date, and the game played.

All of these procedures are taken so that the casino is protected from someone who either forges a ticket or works in collusion with an employee to present a ticket filled in after he has seen all the called numbers. Too much is at stake, namely the first prize of $250,000, for a casino to have sloppy 'controls in this game.

If you should win any prize money, the payoff will be based on the numbers marked on the original, and if there is any discrepancy between the original and your copy, you might forfeit a possible payoff. Therefore you must make certain that the writer copies your numbers correctly on the duplicate copy.

Should enough numbers catch for you to win, you must present your duplicate to the keno writer before the next game is Played. If, you examine the keno blank closely, it states in very small letters that "Winning Tickets Must Be Collected immediately After Each Keno Game."

This statement is a very important one. It means that if you wait too long to cash in your ticket, you forfeit your payoff, even if that payoff was $250,000. Unless you submit your duplicate for payment prior to the next game being called, all you hold is a worthless piece of printed and marked paper.

To make certain that your ticket is a winning one, you can verify it by looking at the keno board and by checking it with a punch-out ticket. As the numbers are called, not only are they shown on the electric board, but they are punched out at the same time to doubly protect the casino.

When you present your ticket for a payoff, the keno writer will automatically place the punch-out ticket over the duplicate presented, and in this way, by looking at the ink underneath, he can tell at a glance just how many numbers have caught.

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