Types of Keno

There are four main types of tickets available in Keno:

Straight Tickets

This is the most basic ticket, and the most common of all. You have to mark your numbers simply and wait for the lucky draw. Of course there are a few more details which are situation oriented not discussed here.

At first you will have to determine how many spots you want to play. Almost every casino allows you to choose 1 to 15 spots, and some even allow you to choose 20, 32 or 40 numbers on a straight ticket. You will normally want to play 4 to 8 numbers. Below 4 spots, your payoff isn't worth the average 30% casino take. At 8 numbers, your odds are about 230,115 to 1. At 9 spots it jumps to 1.38 million to 1, and at 15 spots your odds of hitting all 15 are an unrealistic 428,010,179,098 to 1, or about 428 BILLION to 1!

Your ultimate decision is to choose how much to gamble. Common straight tickets are $1.00, although some are 70 cents or lower. You can also play multiples of the base rates. For example, you could play a $1.00 ticket for $5.00, and your winnings will be multiplied by 5 times the $1.00 payout rate. But there is one thing you must be aware of when playing multiples of the base rate; the casino will not pay more than the aggregate limit on any one game. So if the aggregate limit is $50,000, your payout will never exceed $50,000, no matter how much you bet as maximum limit.

Split Tickets

A split ticket is same as straight ticket, basically 2 or more straight tickets played on the same physical ticket. Each logical ticket consists of a group of numbers that are either circled, or separated by a line. Each game (group of numbers) must have it's own unique numbers, and can not share numbers with any other group at time. There is no advantage to a split ticket as per our suggestion. It simply allows you to play two or more games on the same piece of paper.

Combination Tickets

Another ticket is Combination tickets. It allows players to combine groups of straight bets on one ticket in various ways with the player wagering one unit for each possible combination. You can play straight tickets and way tickets in the same manner by combination tickets.

Players can also combine straight bets and way bets on one ticket. At the head of the ticket it should be boldly marked the purpose of the playing through this tickets. The groups bet on a combination ticket should be clearly marked on the right hand side of the ticket.

King Tickets

It is another type of ticket, which is not commonly used in Keno Casino. A king ticket has one number that is circled by itself at the number sheet. This number is referred to as the King and is used in combination with other groups of numbers on a ticket. King tickets are marked similarly to way and split tickets with the number of combinations played and the amount wagered per group displayed on the right hand side of the ticket.