To understand keno probabilities you must first fully understand the combinatorial function. For example, in the Maryland lotto the player picks 6 numbers out of 49. Then the lottery will draw 6 numbers out of 49, without replacement. The player wins the jackpot if all six numbers match (order does not matter). If you dont know the probability of winning per game is 1 in 13,983,816 then you need to review the combinatorial function before going further.
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In keno the casino, or game machine, will draw 20 numbers out of 80, without replacement. Before this happens the player may pick 1 to 15 (or more) numbers. A 'catch' is a number the player picked and was drawn by the casino. A 'miss' is a number of the player picked but was not drawn by the casino. The player is paid according to the number of picks made and catches.
Statistics for DAILY KENO (Canada, Ontario) Statistics for. DAILY KENO (Canada, Ontario) Frequency Chart for 50 draw days; first draw date in range: December 16, 2020; last draw date in range: February. Joelcom Faceit / 1205 ELO / 150W 127L / Win Ratio 54 / 1.17 K/D Ratio / 43 Average HS. Position: Pitcher Bats: Right. Throws: Right 6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg). Born: April 16, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA us Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chief Sealth HS (Seattle, WA) and the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Everett Community College (Everett, WA). Using a matrix of 10 of 20 of 80 numbers, players can win up to $100,000 on regular Keno, up to $500,000 on Keno Overtime, or up to $1,000,000 with the Keno Plus option. Players may choose from 1 to 10 numbers between 1 and 80, in hopes that some or all will be randomly selected by the centralized computer.
Although the player picks first the combinations get very huge when calculation the number of ways the casino can match the players picks. To start with there are combin(80,20) = 3,535,316,142,212,180,000 ways the casino can draw 20 numbers out of 80. Many calculators dont support numbers this big. So to keep the combinations smaller we will assume the casino draws first, but keeps the numbers secret, and player tries to match the numbers already drawn. I assure you the math is the same either way.
All the following images were taken from the Luxor keno rulebook. All pays are on a 'for one' basis. In other words the player never gets his original bet back, even if he wins. 1 Spot
Lets examine the 1 Spot card first. Here the player just picks one number, from 1 to 80. Then the casino will draw 20 numbers. If one of these 20 match the players number then the player is paid $3 for a $1 bet.
There are 80 numbers the player can pick. 20 of these will result in a winning ticket. So the probability of winning is 20/80 = . The expected return is thus * 3 = 75. Keno Stats Mois 2 Spot
We need to start using the combinatorial function for the 2 Spot card. The player picks 2 numbers and casino must draw both of them for the player to win. There is no consolation prize for only catching one. There are a total of combin(80,2) = 3160 ways the player can draw 2 numbers out of 80. However the player must draw 2 out of the casinos 20 drawn numbers to win. So there are only combin(20,2) = 190 ways to draw 2 winning numbers. So the probability of winning is 190/3160 = 6.01. A winning $1 ticket pays $12, so the expected return is (190/3160) * $12 = 72.15.
Alternatively, the probability the players first pick will match one of the casinos numbers is 20/80. If it does match the probability the second pick will match one of the casinos other 19 numbers out of 79 is 19/79. So the probability of winning is (20/80)*(19/79) = 6.01. 3 Spot
With the 3 Spot card we start having consolation prizes for not matching every pick. First lets determine the probability of catching all 3 marks. There are combin(80,3) = 82,160 ways to draw 3 numbers out of 80. To catch all three the player must pick all 3 numbers from the casinos 20 drawn numbers. There are combin(20,3) = 1140 ways to do this. So the probability of catching all 3 is 1140/82160 = 1.39.
There is a consolation prize for catching 2 out of 3. Imagine the casino puts the 20 drawn numbers in a winning urn and the other 60 numbers in a losing urn. The number of ways to catch 2 out of 3 is the number of ways to draw 2 balls from the 20 in the winning urn, which is combin(20,2) = 190. The number of ways to draw one losing ball out of 60 is obviously 60. So the number of ways to catch 2 out of 3 is the product of the number of ways to pick 2 winning balls from the winning urn and 1 ball from the losing urn, or 190*60 = 11,400. We already know there are combin(80,3) = 82,160 total ways to draw 3 balls out of 80. So the probability of catching 2 out of 3 is 11,400/82,160 = 13.88. Keno Games Massachusetts Lottery
For any bet the expected return is the dot product over every possible event of the probability and what it pays. The following table shows every possible outcome, with the total in the bottom row. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,0) 1140 $42 $47880 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,1) 11400 $1 $11400 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,2) 35400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,3) 34220 $0 $0 Total 82160 $ $59280
The bottom right cell shows that over all 82,160 combinations the player will get back $59,280. So the expected return is 59280/82160 = 72.15. 4 Spot Olg Keno Stats
For the 4 Spot ticket the number of ways to catch all four is combin(20,4) = 4845. The number of ways to catch 3 and miss one is the product of the number of ways to choose 3 out of 20 and the number of ways to choose 1 out of 60, or combin(20,3) * 60 = 1140*60 = 68,400. The number of ways to catch 2 and miss 2 is the product of the number of watch to choose 2 out of 20 winners and 2 out of 60 losers, or combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) = 190 * 1770 = 336,300. The following table shows all the possible outcomes. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,0) 4845 $120 $581400 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,1) 68400 $3 $205200 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) 336300 $1 $336300 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,3) 684400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,4) 487635 $0 $0 Total 1581580 $ $1122900
The return of the 4 Spot ticket is 1,122,900/1,581,580 = 71.00. Ma Keno Stats 4 Spot Special
Next, lets look at the 4 Spot Special. We just worked out all the combinations, so we only need to apply them to a different pay table as follows, based on a $7 ticket. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,0) 4845 $1360 $6589200 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,1) 68400 $20 $1368000 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) 336300 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,3) 684400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,4) 487635 $0 $0 Total 1581580 $ $7957200
The expected return of the ticket is 7,957,200/1,581,580 = $5.0312. However we must divide this by $7, the cost of the ticket, to get the expected return, which is $5.0312/$7 = 71.87. So, if you dont mind extra volatility, and were going to bet $7 anyway, the 4 Spot Special is a better bet than the regular 4 Spot. 5 Spot
For the rest of the tickets I will present just the return tables. Following is the return table for the 5 Spot. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,0) 15504 $800 $12403200 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,1) 290700 $9 $2616300 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,2) 2017800 $1 $2017800 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,3) 6501800 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,4) 9752700 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,5) 5461512 $0 $0 Total 24040016 $ $17037300
5-Spot return = $17,037,300/24,040,016 = 70.87 6 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,0) 38760 $1500 $58140000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,1) 930240 $88 $81861120 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,2) 8575650 $4 $34302600 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,3) 39010800 $1 $39010800 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,4) 92650650 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,5) 109230240 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,6) 50063860 $0 $0 Total 300500200 $ $213314520
6-Spot return = 70.99 7 Spot Keno - Rhode Island Lottery Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,0) 77520 $7000 $542640000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,1) 2325600 $350 $813960000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,2) 27442080 $20 $548841600 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,3) 165795900 $2 $331591800 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,4) 555903900 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,5) 1037687280 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,6) 1001277200 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,7) 386206920 $0 $0 Total 3176716400 $ $2237033400 Keno Numbers Most Drawn Tool - Most Commonly Drawn Numbers
The 7-spot has a return of $2237033400/3176716400 = 70.42 8 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,0) 125970 $20000 $2519400000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,1) 4651200 $1500 $6976800000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,2) 68605200 $90 $6174468000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,3) 530546880 $9 $4774921920 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,4) 2362591575 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,5) 6226123680 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,6) 9512133400 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,7) 7724138400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,8) 2558620845 $0 $0 Total 28987537150 $ $20445589920
8-Spot return = $20445589920/28987537150 = 70.53. 9 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 9 combin(20,9)*combin(60,0) 167960 $25000 $4199000000 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,1) 7558200 $4000 $30232800000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,2) 137210400 $300 $41163120000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,3) 1326367200 $43 $57033789600 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,4) 7560293040 $4 $30241172160 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,5) 26461025640 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,6) 57072800400 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,7) 73379314800 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,8) 51172416900 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,9) 14783142660 $0 $0 Total 231900297200 $ $162869881760
9 Spot Return = 70.23 10 Spot
For some reason there is a $2 minimum beginning with the 10-spot. Here is the return table for a $2 ticket. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 10 combin(20,10)*combin(60,0) 184756 $50000 $9237800000 9 combin(20,9)*combin(60,1) 10077600 $8000 $80620800000 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,2) 222966900 $2000 $445933800000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,3) 2652734400 $260 $689710944000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,4) 18900732600 $40 $756029304000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,5) 84675282048 $4 $338701128192 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,6) 242559401700 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,7) 440275888800 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,8) 486137960550 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,9) 295662853200 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,10) 75394027566 $0 $0 Total 1646492110120 $ $2320233776192
The $2 10-spot returns on average $1.4092. So the expected return is $1.4092/2 = 70.46.
The Luxor keno rule book goes through a pick 15, plus a pick 20. However hopefully you understand how to do the math yourself by now.
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In keno the casino, or game machine, will draw 20 numbers out of 80, without replacement. Before this happens the player may pick 1 to 15 (or more) numbers. A 'catch' is a number the player picked and was drawn by the casino. A 'miss' is a number of the player picked but was not drawn by the casino. The player is paid according to the number of picks made and catches.
Statistics for DAILY KENO (Canada, Ontario) Statistics for. DAILY KENO (Canada, Ontario) Frequency Chart for 50 draw days; first draw date in range: December 16, 2020; last draw date in range: February. Joelcom Faceit / 1205 ELO / 150W 127L / Win Ratio 54 / 1.17 K/D Ratio / 43 Average HS. Position: Pitcher Bats: Right. Throws: Right 6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg). Born: April 16, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA us Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chief Sealth HS (Seattle, WA) and the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Everett Community College (Everett, WA). Using a matrix of 10 of 20 of 80 numbers, players can win up to $100,000 on regular Keno, up to $500,000 on Keno Overtime, or up to $1,000,000 with the Keno Plus option. Players may choose from 1 to 10 numbers between 1 and 80, in hopes that some or all will be randomly selected by the centralized computer.
Although the player picks first the combinations get very huge when calculation the number of ways the casino can match the players picks. To start with there are combin(80,20) = 3,535,316,142,212,180,000 ways the casino can draw 20 numbers out of 80. Many calculators dont support numbers this big. So to keep the combinations smaller we will assume the casino draws first, but keeps the numbers secret, and player tries to match the numbers already drawn. I assure you the math is the same either way.
All the following images were taken from the Luxor keno rulebook. All pays are on a 'for one' basis. In other words the player never gets his original bet back, even if he wins. 1 Spot
Lets examine the 1 Spot card first. Here the player just picks one number, from 1 to 80. Then the casino will draw 20 numbers. If one of these 20 match the players number then the player is paid $3 for a $1 bet.
There are 80 numbers the player can pick. 20 of these will result in a winning ticket. So the probability of winning is 20/80 = . The expected return is thus * 3 = 75. Keno Stats Mois 2 Spot
We need to start using the combinatorial function for the 2 Spot card. The player picks 2 numbers and casino must draw both of them for the player to win. There is no consolation prize for only catching one. There are a total of combin(80,2) = 3160 ways the player can draw 2 numbers out of 80. However the player must draw 2 out of the casinos 20 drawn numbers to win. So there are only combin(20,2) = 190 ways to draw 2 winning numbers. So the probability of winning is 190/3160 = 6.01. A winning $1 ticket pays $12, so the expected return is (190/3160) * $12 = 72.15.
Alternatively, the probability the players first pick will match one of the casinos numbers is 20/80. If it does match the probability the second pick will match one of the casinos other 19 numbers out of 79 is 19/79. So the probability of winning is (20/80)*(19/79) = 6.01. 3 Spot
With the 3 Spot card we start having consolation prizes for not matching every pick. First lets determine the probability of catching all 3 marks. There are combin(80,3) = 82,160 ways to draw 3 numbers out of 80. To catch all three the player must pick all 3 numbers from the casinos 20 drawn numbers. There are combin(20,3) = 1140 ways to do this. So the probability of catching all 3 is 1140/82160 = 1.39.
There is a consolation prize for catching 2 out of 3. Imagine the casino puts the 20 drawn numbers in a winning urn and the other 60 numbers in a losing urn. The number of ways to catch 2 out of 3 is the number of ways to draw 2 balls from the 20 in the winning urn, which is combin(20,2) = 190. The number of ways to draw one losing ball out of 60 is obviously 60. So the number of ways to catch 2 out of 3 is the product of the number of ways to pick 2 winning balls from the winning urn and 1 ball from the losing urn, or 190*60 = 11,400. We already know there are combin(80,3) = 82,160 total ways to draw 3 balls out of 80. So the probability of catching 2 out of 3 is 11,400/82,160 = 13.88. Keno Games Massachusetts Lottery
For any bet the expected return is the dot product over every possible event of the probability and what it pays. The following table shows every possible outcome, with the total in the bottom row. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,0) 1140 $42 $47880 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,1) 11400 $1 $11400 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,2) 35400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,3) 34220 $0 $0 Total 82160 $ $59280
The bottom right cell shows that over all 82,160 combinations the player will get back $59,280. So the expected return is 59280/82160 = 72.15. 4 Spot Olg Keno Stats
For the 4 Spot ticket the number of ways to catch all four is combin(20,4) = 4845. The number of ways to catch 3 and miss one is the product of the number of ways to choose 3 out of 20 and the number of ways to choose 1 out of 60, or combin(20,3) * 60 = 1140*60 = 68,400. The number of ways to catch 2 and miss 2 is the product of the number of watch to choose 2 out of 20 winners and 2 out of 60 losers, or combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) = 190 * 1770 = 336,300. The following table shows all the possible outcomes. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,0) 4845 $120 $581400 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,1) 68400 $3 $205200 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) 336300 $1 $336300 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,3) 684400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,4) 487635 $0 $0 Total 1581580 $ $1122900
The return of the 4 Spot ticket is 1,122,900/1,581,580 = 71.00. Ma Keno Stats 4 Spot Special
Next, lets look at the 4 Spot Special. We just worked out all the combinations, so we only need to apply them to a different pay table as follows, based on a $7 ticket. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,0) 4845 $1360 $6589200 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,1) 68400 $20 $1368000 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,2) 336300 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,3) 684400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,4) 487635 $0 $0 Total 1581580 $ $7957200
The expected return of the ticket is 7,957,200/1,581,580 = $5.0312. However we must divide this by $7, the cost of the ticket, to get the expected return, which is $5.0312/$7 = 71.87. So, if you dont mind extra volatility, and were going to bet $7 anyway, the 4 Spot Special is a better bet than the regular 4 Spot. 5 Spot
For the rest of the tickets I will present just the return tables. Following is the return table for the 5 Spot. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,0) 15504 $800 $12403200 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,1) 290700 $9 $2616300 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,2) 2017800 $1 $2017800 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,3) 6501800 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,4) 9752700 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,5) 5461512 $0 $0 Total 24040016 $ $17037300
5-Spot return = $17,037,300/24,040,016 = 70.87 6 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,0) 38760 $1500 $58140000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,1) 930240 $88 $81861120 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,2) 8575650 $4 $34302600 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,3) 39010800 $1 $39010800 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,4) 92650650 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,5) 109230240 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,6) 50063860 $0 $0 Total 300500200 $ $213314520
6-Spot return = 70.99 7 Spot Keno - Rhode Island Lottery Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,0) 77520 $7000 $542640000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,1) 2325600 $350 $813960000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,2) 27442080 $20 $548841600 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,3) 165795900 $2 $331591800 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,4) 555903900 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,5) 1037687280 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,6) 1001277200 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,7) 386206920 $0 $0 Total 3176716400 $ $2237033400 Keno Numbers Most Drawn Tool - Most Commonly Drawn Numbers
The 7-spot has a return of $2237033400/3176716400 = 70.42 8 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,0) 125970 $20000 $2519400000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,1) 4651200 $1500 $6976800000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,2) 68605200 $90 $6174468000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,3) 530546880 $9 $4774921920 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,4) 2362591575 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,5) 6226123680 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,6) 9512133400 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,7) 7724138400 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,8) 2558620845 $0 $0 Total 28987537150 $ $20445589920
8-Spot return = $20445589920/28987537150 = 70.53. 9 Spot Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 9 combin(20,9)*combin(60,0) 167960 $25000 $4199000000 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,1) 7558200 $4000 $30232800000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,2) 137210400 $300 $41163120000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,3) 1326367200 $43 $57033789600 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,4) 7560293040 $4 $30241172160 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,5) 26461025640 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,6) 57072800400 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,7) 73379314800 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,8) 51172416900 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,9) 14783142660 $0 $0 Total 231900297200 $ $162869881760
9 Spot Return = 70.23 10 Spot
For some reason there is a $2 minimum beginning with the 10-spot. Here is the return table for a $2 ticket. Catch Formula Combinations Pays Return 10 combin(20,10)*combin(60,0) 184756 $50000 $9237800000 9 combin(20,9)*combin(60,1) 10077600 $8000 $80620800000 8 combin(20,8)*combin(60,2) 222966900 $2000 $445933800000 7 combin(20,7)*combin(60,3) 2652734400 $260 $689710944000 6 combin(20,6)*combin(60,4) 18900732600 $40 $756029304000 5 combin(20,5)*combin(60,5) 84675282048 $4 $338701128192 4 combin(20,4)*combin(60,6) 242559401700 $0 $0 3 combin(20,3)*combin(60,7) 440275888800 $0 $0 2 combin(20,2)*combin(60,8) 486137960550 $0 $0 1 combin(20,1)*combin(60,9) 295662853200 $0 $0 0 combin(20,0)*combin(60,10) 75394027566 $0 $0 Total 1646492110120 $ $2320233776192
The $2 10-spot returns on average $1.4092. So the expected return is $1.4092/2 = 70.46.
The Luxor keno rule book goes through a pick 15, plus a pick 20. However hopefully you understand how to do the math yourself by now.
