The following was the only answer to my quetion. If the answer is true, the player has some choice in video keno and could guess right. I had problem with this since I thought slot machines were programmed to payout a certain % as determined by the slot manager or casino. I thought there was a legal minimum in Nevada for a slot machine the involves no action by the player other than "to pull the lever"? A payout minimum is why I thought it did not matter which numbers the player picked in video keno in spite of some choice.
In thory, a video keno machine might never pay out if the random numbers did not match those selected by the player. Is that how video keno differs from other slot machines?
Elliot wrote:
In places like Las Vegas where the Video Poker machines are random, so are the video keno machines to the best of my knowledge.
Thus, there is no pre-programmed 'time to payoff'. It draws 20 random numbers out of the 80 and if the Player wins, the Player wins. The payouts are so low on most of these machines (albeit higher frequently than real keno) that the casinos don't have to worry much about losing.
Elliot
"I was observing players on both sides of me playing video keno. They had their numbers selected and as soon as some of their numbers
were hit they started knocking on their sreeens as if that would cause the remaining numbers to also be hit.
I am not questioning the stupidity of pounding on the screen and I must admit it was very annoying. However, I was wondering the selection of the specific numbers or pattern have any meaning. Is the machine program to pay out a certain return, and when a pay out of a certain size is going to happen, it will find the numbers necessary for that pay out and hit enough numbers? Will do this regardess which numbers the player selected or where they were
place on the screen? Or, is there any significance in the selection of the numbers or pattern to play?
I thought I would ask if anyone has any insights. I wanted to be sure since it might be very inflating to tell them that it does
not even matter what numbers or pattern they select, much less think they can phyically help those numbers get hit. Obviously many slot
machines are simply played by hitting the button without any choice. However some machines involve some choice, such as keno, and I was wondering if there is any significance, even though it is luck, to their choices."
Bob
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "futrend" <futrend@y...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Elliot Frome" <compuflyers@p...> wrote:
In places like Las Vegas where the Video Poker machines are random,
so are the video keno machines to the best of my knowledge.
Thus, there is no pre-programmed 'time to payoff'. It draws 20
random numbers out of the 80 and if the Player wins, the Player
wins. The payouts are so low on most of these machines (albeit
higher frequently than real keno) that the casinos don't have to
worry much about losing.
Elliot
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "futrend" futrend@y... wrote:
>
> I was observing players on both sides of me playing video keno.
> They had their numbers selected and as soon as some of their
numbers
> were hit they started knocking on their sreeens as if that would
> cause the remaining numbers to also be hit.
> I am not questioning the stupidity of pounding on the screen and
I
> must admit it was very annoying. However, I was wondering if the
> selection of the specific numbers or pattern have any meaning. Is
> the machine program to pay out a certain return, and when a pay
out
> of a certain size is going to happen, it will find the numbers
> necessary for that pay out and hit enough numbers? Will do this
> regardess which numbers the player selected or where they were
place
> on the screen? Or, is there any significance in the selection of
the
> numbers or pattern to play?
> I thought I would ask if anyone has any insights. I wanted to
be
> sure since it might be very inflating to tell them that it does
not
> even matter what numbers or pattern they select, much less think
they
> can phyically help those numbers get hit. Obviously many slot
> machines are simply played by hitting the button without cany
> choice. However some machines involve some choice, such as keno,
and
> I was wondering if there is any significance, even though it is
luck,
> to their choices.
>
> Bob
>
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