KENO
Keno game originated in China, This game was brought to America at the end of 19 century by Chinese immigrant. At the beginning, People use 80 Chinese characters to play keno game, but in America these characters were instead of 80 Arabic numerals. The word Keno was derived from the Latin and the French word. It means hit 5 numbers from the chosen numbers will win the prize.
Now Keno has became a very popular numeral game in many countries and areas. The normal official game rule is to randomly pick 1-10 numbers from 01-80 numbers. The keno system draws 20 numbers as the result at random. And the computerized keno system calculates all wagers based on the numbers drawn.
Type of Wagers |
Definition |
Payout |
1) Big / Small |
Big (1410 - 811)
Total of 20 winning numbers
Small (810-211)
Total of 20 winning numbers |
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2) Over / Under |
Over (5,6,7,8,9)
Last digit of total of 20 winning numbers
Under (0,1,2,3,4)
Last digit of total of 20 winning numbers
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3) Odd / Even |
Odd (1,3,5, ……)
Last digit of total of 20 winning numbers
Even(2,4,6, ……)
Last digit of total of 20 winning numbers
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4) Head / Tails (Example of 11 winning numbers in the category of Head. Head wins and vice versa) |
Head (1 to 40)
Winning numbers in this range
Tails (41 to 80)
Winning numbers in this range
Draw ( 10 winning numbers in Head & 10 winning numbers in Tails)
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5) Five Elements (Gold, Wood, Water, Fire & Earth) |
Gold (210-695) Total of 20 winning numbers
Wood (696-763) Total of 20 winning numbers
Water (764-855) Total of 20 winning numbers
Fire (856-923) Total of 20 winning numbers
Earth (924-1410) Total of 20 winning numbers
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In Select Your Lucky Number, player has the option to choose between 1 to 5 number selections from the range 01 to 80. System draws 20 numbers ranging from 01 – 80. The payout is based on the number of hits against the number of selections that the player has chosen. Sequence is not a factor for the payout.
The table below shows the payout rate:
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5 Selections |
4 Selections |
3 Selections |
2 Selections |
1 Selections |
Hit 5 |
200 |
non |
non |
non |
non |
Hit 4 |
22 |
50 |
non |
non |
non |
Hit 3 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
non |
non |
Hit 2 |
non |
2 |
2 |
10 |
non |
Hit 1 |
non |
non |
non |
non |
3 |
Hit 0 |
non |
non |
non |
non |
non |
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Example Draw result: 01, 04, 05, 10, 11, 13, 20, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 47, 54, 59, 61, 64, 67 & 79
Selections: 06, 20, 30 & 67
Bet Result: 4 selections, 3 Hits (20, 30 & 67) Wager: USD 100 Payout: USD 100 x 5.0 = USD 500
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