Virginia Lottery releases new Keno game

Comment #19

lottobrain — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 02:44:39 GMT

Made a trip down to VA this weekend and tried two 3 spot plays for 5 games each: cost $10. For hitting all 3 numbers they pay $30. I hit $30 on one ticket and won $2 twice on the other ticket for getting 2 numbers correct. Result $34 -$10 = $24 profit. Will try this again in a few months.

Comment #18

Stack47 — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:37:44 GMT

Don't want to argue any interesting conspiracy theory, but the VA Lottery has a payoff for matching zero numbers starting with the 6-spot. The house edge should trump any reason to cheat.

Comment #17

lottobrain — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:41:58 GMT

Or is cheating the players something new state lotteries figured out? is the correct answer. Time will tell. VA is a big state, maybe they will be a little more generous in the long run than DE.

Comment #16

Kate — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:29:52 GMT

Good catch. The article has been updated with the correct date.

Comment #15

Think — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:30:24 GMT

That is not how it works. For $1 you get $100,000. You have to bet $10 to get the Million $ prize.

Comment #14

Think — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:28:24 GMT

Nope! Keno was not first offered by a U.S. Lottery in 1991! The Michigan Lottery has had a Keno Game since 1990.

Comment #13

Stack47 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:50:48 GMT

This is a game born out of the blazing speed of computers today as it can calculate every bet made instantly so that they can eliminate enough numbers selected by the randomizer to control the payout.

I'm pretty sure this game was born out of financing the building of the Great Wall of China starting in 771 BC. Do you think the Emperor hired thousands of people all using suanpans just to cheat the players?

Or is cheating the players something new state lotteries figured out?

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Comment #12

Stack47 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:25:44 GMT

To win $1 million, Virginia players will have to wager $10 and beat odd of 1:8,911,711 and match their 10 numbers. Kentucky players have a choice, they can make the same wager as in Virginia or an extra $1 hoping they not only beat the almost 9 million to 1 odds of match 10 numbers, but then must beat 80 to 1 odds of getting the 10X multiplier.

Like their payoff format because it's slightly better than most lottery Keno games and pays $1 for matching zero numbers on six through 10 spot wager... [ More ]

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:08:40 GMT

Last night play a $240 wager on KY Keno on-line. It was for 20 draws, $4 bet each with Play Multiplier=yes and play Bullseye=yes. Not even 50% won; a total of $108 in return.

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:08:18 GMT

Last night play a $240 wager on KY Keno on-line. It was for 20 draws, $4 bet each with Play Multiplier=yes and play Bullseye=yes. Not even 50% won; a total of $108 in return.

Comment #9

partlycloudy07 — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:13:42 GMT

I usually play a 4 spot for $5 and 4 or 5 draws I can't remember the pay out is like $75 if you get all of them right it is usually a qp and I've won the most times that way . I agree play when it first comes out but we have people here that play all the time its their game not mine too much like doing powerball or mega millions every few minutes . I have read that doing numbers in quadrants will produce greater wins as well again though I haven't studied keno .....just way to many variables for... [ More ]

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:03:58 GMT

I'm positive it is the same as Kentucky's...a Keno game 100%.

Comment #7

JeetKuneDoLotto — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:50:58 GMT

I am confused. Is this a KENO game, or a KENO STYLE game? They also do not explicitly declare if this is a Tipton Style game.

Comment #6

cbr$ — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:21:23 GMT

This game sound like fun. If it is call every 4 minute. I don't think I could handle 4 hours of this.

Comment #5

lottobrain — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:24:01 GMT

Keno was first offered by a U.S. Lottery in 1991 with 21 states offering the game today. There's certainly reason to offer it, as the quick draw game accounts for more than $4 billion in annual sales across the country.

OK Virginia: Play this game when it comes out as there should be a lot of winners as they work to draw a crowd of players. Later, they are allowed to lock out a certain amount of numbers to control the amount of payout and you will see your numbers disappear the minute you pl... [ More ]

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:52:40 GMT

We've had it in KY for several years.

Didn't see if it was offered on-line and store like here? Aren't other games in Virginia offered on-line?

Most I've ever won was around $500, but I did 10 spots X 20 draws with both multipliers offered so wasn't a cheap ticket.

EDIT: They do offer games on-line, but like Kentucky, it'll probably go on-line after a short period of time.

Comment #3

music* — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:44:14 GMT

Virginia Lottery players who wager $1 have better odds and a better price than a $2 bet on MM and PB. $1,000,000 looks sweet. Good Luck

Comment #2

TheMeatman2005 — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:46:52 GMT

In NY, we have QuickDraw

The only way to win $1 mil is to hit 10 of 10 (which pays $100,000) and pay an extra $1 for the extra play multiplier and hope it comes out on 10x.

It has 1x (no extra), 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 10x. Most of the time it lands on no extra or 2x.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 01:55:13 GMT

Luck testing? Sounds like fun if you hit the $1 mil prize.

Virginia Lottery releases new Keno game

Lottery Post — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 01:31:45 GMT

By Kate Northrop

The Virginia Lottery has added a new draw game to its arsenal for lottery enthusiasts to test their luck.

Virginian lottery players can now try their hand at Keno, a fast-paced lottery where drawings take place every four minutes and players have a chance to win prizes of up to $1 million.

Players wager $1 to $10 every drawing and attempt to match 20 winning numbers to a drawn pool of numbers ranging from 1-80.

According to Kevin Hall, the Executive Director of the V... [ More ]