Las Vegas Keno Odds

A lot of gamblers say to stay away from keno because of the high house advantage, which can be up to 20 percent. Here is an example: To catch one number, the real odds are 25 percent or 4 to 1. For the odds to be perfect, the house should pay $4 for every $1 bet. But in reality, the house pays $3 for $1 bet.

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  1. Also, these are not the kind of tips that would get you kicked out of a casino in Las Vegas. These are the Keno strategy tips that were proven to work by many players worldwide.
  2. The prize tables in keno can look a bit complicated. Here’s our quick tips on what to look out for in keno pay schedules. Each casino has its own system of payouts, which you will find set out in the Keno brochures or payout schedules around the casino or, if you’re playing Video keno you’ll find a payout table on each machine.

Introduction

Following are 15 tables, according to the number of numbers chosen, and the probability of matching any given number, the payoff table at the Atlantic City Tropicana, the contribution toward the expected return, and the total expected return for all possible matches. Following the tables is an explanation of how the probabilities were calculated.

Pick 1

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
00200.2500000.000000
13600.7500002.250000
Total0801.0000002.250000

Pick 2

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0017700.5601270.000000
1012000.3797470.000000
2121900.0601270.721519
Total031601.0000000.721519

Pick 3

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
00342200.4165040.000000
10354000.4308670.000000
21114000.1387540.138754
34311400.0138750.596641
Total0821601.0000000.735394

Pick 4

Las
CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
004876350.3083210.000000
106844000.4327320.000000
213363000.2126350.212635
33684000.0432480.129744
413048450.0030630.398241
Total015815801.0000000.740620

Pick 5

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0054615120.2271840.000000
1097527000.4056860.000000
2065018000.2704570.000000
3120178000.0839350.083935
4102907000.0120920.120923
5800155040.0006450.515940
Total0240400161.0000000.720798

Pick 6

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
00500638600.1666020.000000
101092302400.3634950.000000
20926506500.3083210.000000
31390108000.1298200.129820
4485756500.0285380.114152
5959302400.0030960.294086
61500387600.0001290.193477
Total03005002001.0000000.731534

Pick 7

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
003862069200.1215740.000000
1010012772000.3151930.000000
2010376872800.3266540.000000
305559039000.1749930.000000
411657959000.0521910.052191
525274420800.0086390.215963
635023256000.0007320.256227
78000775200.0000240.195220
Total031767164001.0000000.719601

Pick 8

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0025586208450.0882660.000000
1077241384000.2664640.000000
2095121334000.3281460.000000
3062261236800.2147860.000000
4023625915750.0815040.000000
595305468800.0183030.164723
690686052000.0023670.213004
7150046512000.0001600.240683
8250001259700.0000040.108642
Total0289875371501.0000000.727052

Pick 9

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0014,783,142,6600.0637480.000000
1051,172,416,9000.2206660.000000
2073,379,314,8000.3164260.000000
3057,072,800,4000.2461090.000000
4026,461,025,6400.1141050.000000
547,560,293,0400.0326010.130406
6501,326,367,2000.0057200.285978
7280137,210,4000.0005920.165670
840007,558,2000.0000330.130370
950000167,9600.0000010.036214
Total0231,900,297,2001.0000000.748637

Pick 10

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0075,394,027,5660.0457910.000000
10295,662,853,2000.1795710.000000
20486,137,960,5500.2952570.000000
30440,275,888,8000.2674020.000000
40242,559,401,7000.1473190.000000
5184,675,282,0480.0514280.051428
62218,900,732,6000.0114790.252547
71502,652,734,4000.0016110.241671
81000222,966,9000.0001350.135419
9500010,077,6000.0000060.030603
10100000184,7560.0000000.011221
Total01,646,492,110,1201.0000000.722890

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Pick 11

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
00342,700,125,3000.0327080.000000
101,507,880,551,3200.1439140.000000
202,808,797,105,4000.2680740.000000
302,916,827,763,3000.2783850.000000
401,871,172,527,4000.1785870.000000
50776,190,085,4400.0740800.000000
68211,688,205,1200.0202040.161630
78037,801,465,2000.0036080.288625
84004,310,693,4000.0004110.164567
92500297,289,2000.0000280.070934
102500011,085,3600.0000010.026450
11100000167,9600.0000000.001603
Total010,477,677,064,4001.0000000.713808

Pick 12

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
001,399,358,844,9750.0232270.000000
106,854,002,506,0000.1137660.000000
2014,324,865,237,5400.2377700.000000
3016,852,782,632,4000.2797300.000000
4012,396,517,994,0250.2057630.000000
505,987,752,087,6800.0993870.000000
651,940,475,213,6000.0322090.161044
732423,376,410,2400.0070270.224876
820061,427,380,9500.0010200.203920
910005,747,591,2000.0000950.095401
105000327,018,1200.0000050.027140
112500010,077,6000.0000000.004182
12100000125,9700.0000000.000209
Total060,246,643,120,3001.0000000.716772

Pick 13

Las Vegas Keno Odds

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
015,166,863,427,6000.0163960.016396
1027,987,176,899,5000.0888100.000000
2065,113,023,807,0000.2066190.000000
3085,949,191,425,2400.2727370.000000
4071,624,326,187,7000.2272800.000000
5039,668,857,580,8800.1258780.000000
6114,969,380,219,2000.0475010.047501
7203,880,950,427,2000.0123150.246303
880687,986,666,6400.0021830.174651
960081,903,174,6000.0002600.155939
1035006,322,350,3200.0000200.070218
1110000297,289,2000.0000010.009434
12500007,558,2000.0000000.001199
1310000077,5200.0000000.000025
Total0315,136,287,090,8001.0000000.721665

Pick 14

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0117,345,898,649,8000.0115010.011501
10103,337,268,552,0000.0685190.000000
20265,878,180,545,2500.1762940.000000
30390,678,142,842,0000.2590440.000000
40365,284,063,557,2700.2422060.000000
50229,197,843,800,6400.1519730.000000
6199,172,143,952,2000.0657570.065757
7929,938,760,438,4000.0198510.178662
8426,306,544,444,2000.0041820.175629
9310917,315,555,5200.0006080.188554
10110090,093,492,0600.0000600.065711
1180005,747,591,2000.0000040.030488
1225000222,966,9000.0000000.003696
13500004,651,2000.0000000.000154
1410000038,7600.0000000.000035
Total01,508,152,231,077,4001.0000000.720188
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Pick 15

CatchPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
0153,194,089,192,7200.0080160.008016
10346,917,972,996,0000.0522790.000000
20981,704,051,244,0000.1479390.000000
301,595,269,083,271,5000.2404010.000000
401,660,382,107,078,5000.2502130.000000
501,168,909,003,383,2600.1761500.000000
60572,994,609,501,6000.0863480.000000
710198,344,287,904,4000.0298900.298897
82548,650,485,712,4000.0073310.183286
91008,408,725,925,6000.0012670.126716
103001,009,047,111,0720.0001520.045618
11280081,903,174,6000.0000120.034559
12250004,310,693,4000.0000010.016240
1350000137,210,4000.0000000.001034
141000002,325,6000.0000000.000035
1510000015,5040.0000000.000000
Total06,635,869,816,740,5601.0000000.714402

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Written by:Michael Shackleford