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Live keno

Live keno is keno with one shared draw that everyone watches at the same time, game after game. Our free live keno draws 20 balls every 2 minutes, around the clock, and everyone on the site sees the same balls drop at the same moment.

How our live keno works

1. Watch the countdown. It shows when the next draw starts.
2. Mark a ticket. Pick 1 to 10 spots, or Quick Pick, and a bet from $10 to $500.
3. Choose how many draws. 1, 5, 10 or 20 in a row.
4. Watch the draw. The 20 balls come out one a second. Your catches light up as they land.
5. Get paid. Each draw is paid on its own from the pay table. Keno payouts.

You play from a $10,000 play-money bankroll that stays on your device. Reset it any time.

What is on the board

• The countdown to the next draw.
• The last draws, number by number.
• Hot and cold numbers from recent draws. They are history, not a forecast. Why.
• Players in the next draw, with their flags.
• Big hits today: the best catches of the day.

Multi-draw (multi-race) tickets

A multi-draw ticket plays the same numbers and bet in several draws in a row. Casinos call it multi-race keno. Ours plays 1, 5, 10 or 20 draws. A $20 ticket for 10 draws costs $200, and each of the 10 draws is paid on its own.

A 20-draw ticket covers 40 minutes. You can leave and come back to the results. Playing many draws doesn't change the odds of any one of them.

An example draw

Your 4-spot ticket is 9264870, $25 a draw for 5 draws. In the first draw 2670 come up: 2 of 4 pays 1 for 1, so your $25 comes back. In the third, 92648 come up: 3 of 4 pays 3 for 1, $75. The other three draws catch 0 or 1 and pay nothing. Five draws cost $125 and returned $100.

Why every 2 minutes

Keno has always been a waiting game. In Las Vegas keno lounges a new game is called every 4 to 7 minutes, and lottery keno in bars and restaurants draws about every 3 to 4 minutes. Ours draws every 2 minutes, so there is always a draw coming. In between, mark your next ticket, check the board, or play Quick Keno on the same page.

What to do while you wait

• Mark your next ticket.
• Look over the last draws and the big hits.
• Play Quick Keno: instant draws on your own, in High Score or Practice. Quick Keno.

Is live keno random?

Yes. Each draw is a fresh, random 20 of 80. Every number has the same 1-in-4 chance, and the last draw has no effect on the next. Everyone sees the same draw, so nobody gets different numbers.

Live keno in a casino

In a casino keno lounge, you mark a paper ticket and hand it in with your bet. Numbered balls are drawn from a ball machine and lit up on boards around the casino, so you can play from the lounge, a restaurant or elsewhere on the floor. Keno runners take tickets from players away from the lounge. Our live keno keeps the shared draw and the board, online and free.

Live keno odds

Live keno has one of the highest house edges in a casino. A survey of every Las Vegas live keno game by the Wizard of Odds in 2001 found returns of 65% to 80%. Our pay table is a standard casino live keno table, returning 71.96% to 75.00% depending on your spot count. Keno odds.

Watching is free too

You don't need a ticket to watch. Open the page and the next draw plays for everyone.

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