Different Versions Of Keno

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The game of Keno has evolved over about 3,000 years and that is why slightly different versions of the game are also available in different countries. More than 50 different game versions are available as video games.

Keno’s popularity over the centuries has been affected by the fact that we gamers like to play lottery games. Keno is, as a rule, all copies of each other. The differences are in the number of numbers on the Keno card and how many numbers are drawn, and how many numbers the player is allowed to choose from. The more numbers you pick and get right, the bigger the win for you.

Because the number of games in the game varies, the game's return percentages also vary from as low as 70% to over 90% return.

For example, Microgaming's Quickfire Monkey Keno returns with 95% probability and the game has 80 numbers, of which 20 are drawn and the player chooses 15. In this game, a euro bet could win. Monkey Keno was released in 2015. But Playtech’s Keno, released in 2018, has a return rate of 92.45%, and in Mercur Gaming’s keno, the player can choose 9 of 80 numbers and win really big pots.

In ...
... the ’90s, a Canadian casino also offered the chance to bet 20 numbers at a time, but its probabilities were so impossible that the game format is only available on a random basis today.

Keno Rules
Keno’s rules are really clear and simple and that’s why it’s been a popular game around the world for years. In Keno, depending on the Keno game being played, the player selects a minimum of one or two numbers and usually a maximum of 9-15 numbers from the available 60, 70, or 80 numbers.

Before dialing, the player also places their bet, which can again be from ten cents to hundreds of euros per round, depending on the game and the venue.

Once a player has dialed as many numbers as he or she wants, or needs to choose, he or she presses the start button in the video game and the round begins. In Livekeno, the game manager takes care of this, and in larger live games, ie lottery broadcasts, the game manager takes care of starting the machine.

The more numbers he guesses, the more he wins. At a minimum, in games where a player must select at least one number, the winning is already a single hit, but usually, in Keno games, multiple numbers must be hit to win. The price of a round of play usually does not matter the number of numbers selected, but everyone who plays the same keno gets the opportunity to choose the same number of numbers with their own bet.

Live Game Keno can now also be played with a rake system in some cases. In a rake system, you just have to remember and understand that even if it looks like you’re hitting all the drawn numbers, you may not get any full ones right, because the rake system is precisely the rake share of all the possible numbers in the system. If this sounded difficult, you might want to read more about the rake before choosing it as your gameplay.

In most keno games, the payout categories are determined by the number of numbers selected and the number of hits. Let's take the example of keno where I can pick a maximum of 10 numbers, then the biggest win is to hit ten numbers with ten correctly. In most cases, when choosing 10 numbers, the minimum payout must be 4 or 5, depending on the game mode itself. The main win is usually 10/10 already hit really high.