Winning Keno Strategy

Are you doing the best you can at Keno? Are you running out of ideas to come up with lucky numbers all the time? Has Keno started to lose its appeal for you? Well, don't blame the game. Maybe what you need is a personal keno strategy.



Keno is one of the most popular casino games. The charm lies in the simplicity. There is no "wheel of fortune" with a little metal ball bouncing around the Keno. There is no green felt table filled with all sorts of symbols and numbers. No one is yelling "come" or "lucky seven" all the time. There are no crafty-eyed blackjack dealers urging you to take another card when all you want to do is stand form. Nope, with keno, you pick the numbers and then just sit back and watch the computer do the rest. The key is picking great numbers.

Strategy for Choosing Keno Numbers

Of course some numbers will be obvious. Everyone plays their birthdays, and then the birthdays of members of their family. The year you were born should give you two numbers (although because so many people do this, nineteen is used a lot! People use their telephone numbers, fax machine numbers, and so forth. But for the person who likes to play keno several times a day, how many ways can you come up with good numbers?

Be creative. Try using you dog's license number. What's that? You don't have a dog? O.K., try using the numbers in your driving license. Go through your house and add up all the electrical outlets for another number. You can also add light bulbs or windows or doors.

Here's a good one. Take out a cook book. Go through all the recipes and add up how many cups of sugar are used in the whole book. That's a great number. Why not open a pickle jar and count the pickles. You will find it's different every time. How about the number of walnuts on a ½ pound bag of nuts?

You can find lucky numbers everywhere. Call the phone company and start to mumble. Count how many times the agent answering your call says the word "what?!" Ask a travel agent how much it costs to fly to Honolulu. Take the number and break it into two digit numbers. You can get a few that way. And maybe if you win big you can actually take that trip to Hawaii!

Picking numbers is really more an art than a science. It does not have to be a chore. If done right, picking the numbers can actually be one of the most exciting and most fun aspects of the game. So just look around. There are lucky numbers just begging to be played all around you. The key is to finding which ones work best for you. After many people find a number picking strategy that works for them, they often keep it a secret. After all, if you found a way of winning, why shouldn't you be the only one to reap the benefits.

Good luck and happy hunting those lucky numbers!