Ticket Costs and Payoffs
And remember, that should always be your strategy when playing keno. Go for the big win. Don't bother with the $3 payout by selecting 1 number and betting $1. You're much better off playing a column or a dozen at a game like roulette, where the odds against you are 5.26%, not the double figures of keno.
After all, a $3 payout on a 1 number ticket bet for $1 is in reality 2-1, for you're getting back your original bet. The odds against are 3-l. Don't bother with this terrible bet. The casino has a 25% edge. Let's now look at some other intriguing possibilities offered casinos today. The Special $1.25 rate card offers us our best shot if we select 8 numbers only. If we bet $1.25 and catch all of the numbers, we win $40,000. Betting $2.50 and catching 8 numbers gives us $50,000.
But again, we might consider betting only $2 and selecting 9 numbers to get that progressive prize. No such prize is offered with the $1.25 Special. Remember your ultimate strategy-go for the biggest possible win in keno. That's the only way to play this game. Even if you don't hit the big prize, there are some other good prizes to be gotten. But they decrease rapidly in size, so we always want to hit the big one. For example, marking 8 Numbers on the $1.25 special and getting all 8 gives us $50,000.
However, 7 gives us only $2,960.00 and 6 only $180. And getting 4 out of 8, no mean task, rewards us with Only $2. In the next group, we can see that $1.40 bet on a straight ticket will also make us eligible for the progressive prize. With the $1.40 rate card, we have to select at least 12 number to be eligible for the progressive win. That's a lot of numbers to catch. Again, we suggest betting $2 and going after the 9 numbers. That is absolutely your best bet in this type of progressive keno payout. Next we come to an intriguing game, where we win by not catching numbers as well as catching them. And we can select 20 numbers at one time!
the potential payouts
The progressive payoff
the progressive prize
The ticket costs |
