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Keno horror stories

2009-11-13T01:33:26-07:00

I’ve had many, but this one is the absolute worst. Big Board Keno at an Indian casino near Tacoma, WA about 10 years ago.

Filled out a card for a 15-spot. The numbers, if anyone cares, were 1,2,11,12…5,6,15,16…9,10,19,20…71,72,73.
See the pattern? Anyway, I was about to play it and then decided not to. Right out of the gate, they started drawing the #‘s like crazy. An amazing 13 of the 15 came up. I think the odds of hitting that are even higher than hitting many lotteries. Missed out on $50K for a straight $1 wager.

Anyone have a brutal story to share?

In Vegas, my wife had a 7-spot (way ticket with a 3 & a pair of 2’s) ticket filled out and she was on her way up to the counter to play it, but they closed the game before she got up there. Sure enough, ALL 7 came up.

Keno can be a vicious game, but I love it.

Learning all about Keno

2009-01-06T00:50:00-07:00

Some of my fondest memories with my parents have to be when I learned how to play Keno while in a cafe at a hotel in Reno, Nevada. I was probably about 10 years old and I was just having breakfast with my folks before the dropped me off with some friends before they went gambling. We all sat down and my dad asked me to hand him the Keno card and crayon. I thought I would get to color some stuff or something but he soon showed me what he was doing. He let me pick some numbers and play my own card (even though I couldn’t).

Any time I make it to a casino in Nevada I remember to go and have breakfast in a cafe in a casino just so I can play Keno and remember those times.

I won even though I lost

2009-01-30T01:43:30-07:00

The casino I went to has you turn your losing Keno tickets in at the Keno booth with your name and info on the back of the ticket and holds a drawing. I put my ticket in there just for the heck of it and I won $500! WooHoo.