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The prize tables in keno can look a bit complicated. Here’s our quick tips on what to look out for in keno pay schedules.
Each casino has its own system of payouts, which you will find set out in the Keno brochures or payout schedules around the casino or, if you’re playing Video keno you’ll find a payout table on each machine. An example is shown below.
The term ‘spot’ refers to how many numbers you have marked on your ticket. The term ‘catch’ refers to how many of your chosen numbers match what the house draws.
The table shows what you will win for a 1 coin stake. You need to multiply these amounts by the amount you are wagering. So in the example below, if you make a $2 bet, pick 4 spots and catch 3 of them you will win $12 (that is, $2 x 6).
This schedule does not pay out if you don’t match any numbers. But in some cases if you mark a lot of numbers the casino pays off if you catch 0.
Note that in Keno you do not get your stake back if you win.
Another Example of a Keno Paytable
This is the payout schedule for online casinos running on Microgaming software. If you like the look of it, here’s where to find Microgaming casinos.
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In a live casino keno game, where lots of players are gambling on the same draw, the most the house can pay out for any one draw is generally $50,000. If there are too many winners they will each get a proportionate share of this sum.
That differ in their hit frequencies
This week’s column is a tale of two keno tickets. I have used two different 8-spot payout rates to demonstrate the importance of frequency of win to the player. I adjusted the payouts on each ticket to provide the same house percentage (25.25%) on each ticket.
First, a little refresher on the odds against each catch on an 8-spot ticket:
Catch: Odds for one:
4/8 12.27
5/8 54.64
6/8 422.53
7/8 6,232.27 Coin master free spin twitter.
8/8 230,114.61
Let’s assume that under all circumstances you plan to play keno until you go broke, until your bankroll is exhausted. Let’s also agree that this analysis will not be rigorous, but will be a “rough and ready” approximation to the real world.
Since both tickets below have the same house percentage and the same price, it follows that given an equal bankroll both tickets will deplete your bankroll in the same amount of games, on the average.
In this case, given a bankroll of $100, the average player can expect to play 396 games before depleting his or her bankroll, on either ticket.
Ticket A Ticket B
8-SPOT TICKET 8-SPOT TICKET
PRICE= 1.00 PRICE= 1.00
0/8 0.00 0/8 0.00
1/8 0.00 1/8 0.00
2/8 0.00 2/8 0.00
3/8 0.00 3/8 0.00
4/8 0.00 4/8 1.00
5/8 9.00 5/8 8.00
6/8 100.00 6/8 90.00
7/8 1,480.00 7/8 1,480.00
8/8 25,000.00 8/8 15,900.00
House Pct.= 25.25% House Pct.= 25.25%
The problem is that the mathematical average in this case does not represent reality very well. The average includes those lucky players who hit six, sevens, and even eight out of eights. To get a better picture of the real world, it is better to use the median figure in this case.
Keno 8 Picks
Let’s assume that you are a lunch-time keno player, and that your bankroll is $12. On either ticket, the mathematical average says that you can expect to play 47 games before tapping out. But playing ticket A, which pays only on 5 out of 8 or more, you have only a 25% chance of winning anything within 12 games, and a 75% chance of tapping out. Thus the median player will play 12 games on this ticket and go broke. If you play ticket B, however, the median player will expect to win one push for 4/8, and will thus be able to play a 13th game, and consequently have about an 8% more chance of hitting the big one!
We could make the assumption that you are a payday player, and have a bankroll of about $55, and a few hours to play. Here the mathematical average states that you should be able to play about 217 games before tapping out. If you are playing ticket A, you might expect to hit one 5/8 in this period, giving you an additional 9 games to play. If you are playing ticket B, you will expect about 4 4/8 hits and one 5/8 hit, for a total of 12 more games to play.
Or maybe you’ve decided to take a Saturday and play all day, and you have a bankroll of $422. By playing ticket A, you might expect to hit one 6/8 and about 8 5/8s, and this will give you an additional $172 to play with. By playing ticket B, you will expect to hit about 34 4/8s, 8 5/8s, and one 6/8. This will give you an additional $188 to play with, or about 16 more chances than with ticket A.
This is important because each additional chance that you have is one more chance at hitting “the big one.” In this case, the big payoff is somewhat less on ticket B, but the 7/8 is the same on both tickets, and most 8-spot players are playing for the 7/8. All other things being equal, choose the ticket with the higher frequency of wins, since you, like me, undoubtedly have a limited bankroll!
Well, that’s it for now. Good luck! I’ll see you in line!