First of all, you need to get a keno ticket. In keno lounges you
can find keno tickets on every table just waiting to be picked up by
players. If you're moving around the casino you can ask the casino's
employees and they would point you to a place where you can get a
keno ticket. After you gained one, which is also referred as a
Master Keno ticket, you can get down to the business of learning
keno rules.
First, mark your chosen numbers on your ticket with big Xs. Land
based casinos offer you crayons in keno lounges for free. Use these
instead of pens or pencils. According to keno rules, standard
tickets have 80 numbers, from "1" to "80". It doesn't matter which
numbers you pick, but you cannot pick more than 20 numbers in one
keno ticket.
Each casino has its specific keno rules, but the essence is the
same. The more numbers you mark, the more you will win if they
match. The less numbers you mark, the liker you are to win, but the
less money you will win. Common sense keno rules dictate your best
odds of winning are to mark three to eight "spots."
After you know how many numbers you want to play, pick them by
marking them on the card. It doesn't matter how you pick them. Any
number is just as likely to hit as another. Anyone that tells you
different is not someone who can be trusted with keno rules or basic
math and probability.
Keno tickets are named according to the amount of numbers you bet
on. In keno rules, the numbers picked are called "spots" When you
bet on two numbers the keno ticket is named "Two Spots", if you bet
on five numbers the card would be called "Five Spots" and so on.
You can also write down how many games you want the ticket to be
valid for. These are called multi-game tickets. For each game you
pay the price of one ticket. If you play a $1 keno ticket and you
want it to be playable for 5 rounds then it would cost you $5. Some
casinos offer special payouts for multi-game tickets.
