Playing Online Keno at English Harbour

Keno is defined most of the time as a casino game which closely resembles the lotteries which is widely played today. English Harbour Casino also offers online gamblers the opportunity to play their favorite online keno game.

Skill is not required in winning on keno games. However, in order to play online keno more effectively, you should be acquainted with some keno jargons or terminologies. Here they are:

Call - means to draw the numbers for each game.
Catch (a number) - means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn.
Combination Way Ticket - A ticket in which groups of numbers are bet several different ways, allowing the player to spread money over several combinations.
Keno Board - A large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers.
Number Pool - The range of numbers from which you select the ones you want to play. A typical keno pool ranges from 1 to 80.
Spot - Any number from 1 to 80 that a player selects on a keno ticket. It also refers to the number of numbers that are marked on a ticket.
Touch Wand - A pointing device used on some video keno machines to select numbers.

How to Play Online Keno at English Harbour

If you start playing your online keno game for the first time, your keno table will be empty and the default amount of your wager is active. However, if you exit the game for some reasons, your current game status will be saved and when you open the game again, your previous game status will be shown.

In selecting the amount that you want to wager, you should click on one of the COIN buttons. Afterwards, you can select and mark up to 15 numbers on your keno ticket for your selected spots. The "Total Numbers Played" field on your screen displays how many spots you had chosen, and based on how many marks you selected, the paytable will change.

Now it's time to start the fun in your online keno game. Click on one of the PLAY buttons to do it, and you will see the balls that are bouncing and drops from the drum randomly. Each ball that drops from the drum rolls across the screen, and you will have your winning number. The number on each ball that drops will be displayed on your screen once it stops completely.

If you have a catch, the following three things happen:

1. On your Keno ticket, your mark changes color,
2. The ball and number change color.
3. The paytable highlights to show that a catch was made.

20 numbers will be drawn, and once these 20 numbers are completed, you can count how many catches you got and you can see how much you have won in the PAYOUT field in the screen.

You can also choose to play 5 or 10 games. If you want to play these, then you should click the PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 buttons. Once you do so, the balls then roll off the table and new numbers will be called. This will start again after each game until you have completed the 5 or 10 plays. Your account balance in the online casino will be adjusted after each game, the paytable shows the payout (number of tokens), and how many catches remain.

To play again click on the CLEAR, PLAY 1, PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 button.

Online Keno Buttons in English Harbour

COIN buttons - used to choose and adjust the size of your bet. The bets can only be changed or added between games.

Keno Ticket - the large grid of numbers from 1 through 80. Left click on a Keno ticket button to select and highlight up to fifteen numbers. You can also unselect a number by clicking on a highlighted number..

PLAY buttons - start a new game of Keno. The PLAY 1 button plays a single game of Keno, the PLAY 5 button plays five successive games using the same numbers and wager, and the PLAY 10 button plays ten successive games of Keno using the same numbers and wager.

CLEAR button - removes all selected numbers from the Keno ticket and removes the balls that were drawn.

REBET button - resets the game by removing the balls from the table and leaves your selected numbers on the Keno ticket.

Online Keno Table Limits and Payouts

The minimum machine wager is one $1.00 coin and the maximum wager is one $10.00 coin. The payouts for Keno depend upon the number of marks you selected. Below is a table showing the paytable for the various numbers of marks and catches.

Examples:

• If you selected 11 marks and correctly predicted 6 catches you would win 6 times your initial bet.
• If you selected 4 marks and correctly predicted 1 catch you would win half your initial bet.
• If you selected 15 marks and correctly predicted 11 catches you would win 300 times your initial bet.

Keno Rules

1. Twenty balls are drawn per game from the eighty balls available in Keno.
2. The wager made stays the same no matter how many marks are on the ticket.
3. The ticket has a minimum of 1 mark and a maximum of 15 marks.
4. You can change your mark(s) or wager between games only.
5. If you selected PLAY 5 or PLAY 10 you can change your mark(s) or wager after all 5 or 10 games are completed.
6. Payouts are dependant on the number of catches made and the value of the coin wagered.

Come play keno at English Harbour for more online keno fun and excitement.

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What You Need To Know About Keno

Keno is a game which closely resembles lottery and bingo. Online keno is becoming popular in online casino websites. There are also the video keno and the traditional keno game, with their respective keno booths in land-based casinos, which uses the “Rabbit Ear” or the “Hand Cage” in picking the numbers.

Keno is fun and is quite easy to play. The most common mechanism of playing the game is by selecting 1 to 20 numbers, which are termed as spots, and win prizes depending on how many hits (also termed as catches), or spots that match with the numbers being picked from time to time. Most keno players gathered in a single lounge where they can engage in social conversations with each other.

Manual keno games uses the Rabbit Ear, a transparent container with two tubes that form a V-shape at the top, resembling the ears of a rabbit. This container houses 80 ping-pong balls marked with the numbers from 1 to 80, and from the bottom of the container, air is blown which sends the balls flying inside in all directions. When the caller is about to draw a number, he would press a lever which will open an “ear” and allows a ball to pop outside the container. The number printed in the ball will be verified and will be recorded, and up to 20 numbers will be drawn in each game.

Other tool used in manual keno is called the Hand Cage, which is a metal cage mounted on an axle. This cage also contains similar number-printed balls and is rolled constantly, mixing the balls inside. When a number is about to be picked, a small slot somewhere in the middle will be opened, permitting one of the balls to roll out of the cage and be picked as a winning number.

In this traditional game, players are issued with keno tickets where numbers from 1 to 80 are printed in which their selected numbers (usually up to 20 spots) are indicated. If a number drawn from the Rabbit Ear matches with a spot, the player will mark the spot with an x and depending on how many hits they have, they will receive cash prizes.

Video keno on the other hand uses a random number generator, and from time to time, numbers are randomly generated and will be displayed in a video monitor. Video keno players also uses the traditional keno tickets in playing.

Online keno features video keno and visual representation of the keno ticket combined in a software. The players will only click on their desired numbers to select their spots. Then the system will generate the numbers randomly, and the virtual keno ticket will automatically mark the spot when there is a hit.

Payouts vary from one keno game to another, whether it is manual keno, video keno, or online casino keno. Basically, the more hits a player got, the higher is the payout. The number of spots selected also is considered in making a payout. There are even some keno games in which the casino will pay the players if their selected spots did not match any of the numbers drawn. In most keno payout tables, the payout is calculated by the amount of bet multiplied by the amount specified to a certain number of catches out of a certain number of spots. For example, if a player wagers $2 and selects 4 spots, and he managed to obtain 3 hits. If 3 hits out of 4 spots is given the amount of 6, then his bet will be multiplied by 6, resulting in a payout of $12. Therefore, he will have $14 in total.

An example keno payout table in online casinos run by Microgaming is as follows:

Keno is easy and fun to play. Players will just have to select their spots, wait for the winning numbers to be picked, and mark their catches. Then they could claim their prizes in the casino keno booths, or add their winning payout to their online casino money accounts.

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