Keno The Imported Game

The more sophisticated and knowledgeable players work in a different fashion, making wagers known as way and combination bets. We'll discuss these more complicated ways to play keno fully in this page, and will give examples of other kinds of plays, such as king tickets.

By the time you finish the page, you'll know all the choices open to you in the game, and who knows, if lady luck decides to smile on you, you might come up with that big win.

For keno can be exciting as a side game, and the big excitement is in the big payoffs, extending up to $250,000. Since this kind of payoff can be gotten in some casinos for a $2 bet, it lures many players who hope to luck into that big win with an investment of a couple of dollars. After all, that same lady luck shines her winning smile in a random way, and nobody can foretell the future.

The trouble with the game, as we pointed out before, is that every time a huge payoff is promised for a small investment, the chances of winning are very slight indeed, and on top of this, the casino can take out a big chunk of the proceeds as its house advantage.

In keno the edge is never less than 22 percent and can be as high as 40 percent, which is much too much for any serious gambler to buck. Why then, you might ask, should anyone even play the game?

As we stated, keno should never be played as a serious game, but it's a fine game to fool around with when eating in a casino restaurant or when killing time in one of the casino lounges.

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way and combination bets