How to play
Multi-Card Keno is keno with up to four tickets in play at once. Each card has its own numbers, but all of them share the same draw: 20 numbers out of 80. Every card is paid on its own.
- Fill card 1. Tap 1 to 10 numbers on the board, or press Quick pick. Tap a number again to remove it.
- Add more cards with the + button, up to four. Tap a card at the top to switch to it and edit its numbers. A small dot on a number means another card has picked it.
- Choose your bet per card: 10, 50, 100 or 500 credits. With three cards and a bet of 50, the draw costs 150.
- Press Play. Twenty balls are drawn one by one, and every card lights up its hits as they come in. Each card’s win is shown on the card itself.
Your cards stay filled after the draw, so you can play them again right away. Remove card takes the selected card off the table.
Pay table
Every card is paid with the same table. Amounts are per 1 credit bet on that card and include your bet back:
| Spots picked | Catch → pays |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 → 3 |
| 2 | 2 → 15 |
| 3 | 2 → 2, 3 → 46 |
| 4 | 2 → 1, 3 → 6, 4 → 145 |
| 5 | 3 → 3, 4 → 15, 5 → 750 |
| 6 | 3 → 2, 4 → 5, 5 → 100, 6 → 1,600 |
| 7 | 3 → 1, 4 → 2, 5 → 21, 6 → 400, 7 → 7,000 |
| 8 | 4 → 1, 5 → 15, 6 → 110, 7 → 1,652, 8 → 10,000 |
| 9 | 4 → 1, 5 → 6, 6 → 44, 7 → 335, 8 → 4,700, 9 → 10,000 |
| 10 | 5 → 5, 6 → 24, 7 → 142, 8 → 1,000, 9 → 4,500, 10 → 10,000 |
The table beside the board shows the pays for the selected card, multiplied by your bet.
The odds
The chance of each catch follows the hypergeometric distribution: 20 of 80 numbers are drawn, so each number you pick has a 1 in 4 chance of coming up. Working through every catch gives the exact return of each card:
| Spots | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 | 75.0% |
| 2 | 90.2% |
| 3 | 91.6% |
| 4 | 91.6% |
| 5 | 91.7% |
| 6 | 91.8% |
| 7 | 92.4% |
| 8 | 92.5% |
| 9 | 92.0% |
| 10 | 92.6% |
More cards don’t change the odds. Your cards share one draw, so their results are linked: two cards with overlapping numbers tend to win together. But the expected return simply adds up, and a draw with several cards returns the average of its cards’ returns.
Tips
- Avoid 1-spot cards. They return only 75%, well below the 90%+ of every other card size.
- Overlap or spread? Cards that share numbers win and lose together, which makes results swing more. Cards with different numbers smooth things out. The long-run return is the same either way.
- Four cards cost four bets. Choose your bet per card with the total in mind; the Play button shows the full cost.
For single-card keno, try Keno. For another number draw, try Three Digit Draw.
If you enjoy Multi-Card Keno, try Multi-Hand 21 or Multi-Hand Video Poker next.
