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Keno Again

#1

My comments earlier about Keno being a playable game didn't refer to
mathematics. In other words, I don't play Keno because the underlying
math even comes close to favoring the player.

For example, a single number has a 1 in 4 chance of occurring. Keno
pays you 3 if you pick that number and it hits. Therefore, if events
are truly random there can be no advantage to the player.

Or if you play any other grouping of numbers. Every play is far from
even 90% payback.

UNLESS ... as I said ... you can determine a pattern of numbers that
repeats. My assertion is there is indeed skill in keno, and it is in
determining those patterns which are machine-specific. I don't cite
live keno, because only those situations with defective i.e. non-
standardized weight balls would create a player's advantage. But with
machines, I could indeed cite personal experiences that are not
possible mathematically. That's not relevant to you as a strategy. So,
I am only saying that the uniqueness of this game is the reality that
the odds can be defied if you are disciplined enough to patiently do
your homework. The math of the paytable is irrelevant.

#2

<<My assertion is there is indeed skill in keno, and it is in determining
those patterns which are machine-specific.>>

Dude, you just don't talk about stuff like this. We're busy making a billion
dollars from these machines and you're giving away the secret?

Cogno

#3

My comments earlier about Keno being a playable game didn't refer to
mathematics. In other words, I don't play Keno because the underlying
math even comes close to favoring the player.

For example, a single number has a 1 in 4 chance of occurring. Keno
pays you 3 if you pick that number and it hits. Therefore, if events
are truly random there can be no advantage to the player.

Or if you play any other grouping of numbers. Every play is far from
even 90% payback.

UNLESS ... as I said ... you can determine a pattern of numbers that
repeats. My assertion is there is indeed skill in keno, and it is in
determining those patterns which are machine-specific. I don't cite
live keno, because only those situations with defective i.e. non-
standardized weight balls would create a player's advantage. But with
machines, I could indeed cite personal experiences that are not
possible mathematically.

There has to be SOME mathematical basis for what you're saying. Or
are you saying that there is, but the mathematics that's based on each
number always having the same chance of occurring isn't relevant
because it isn't true?

That's not relevant to you as a strategy. So,
I am only saying that the uniqueness of this game is the reality that
the odds can be defied if you are disciplined enough to patiently do
your homework. The math of the paytable is irrelevant.

Are you sure that these patterns are predictable? Or might they just
be records of observations? Could you give an example?