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Keno in Macau

Last update: August 22, 2007

The only keno I found in Macau, when I was there in August 2007, was at the Lisboa. It can be found in the shopping area in the "Old Lisboa", where the prostitutes walk around.

The game play is the same as in the U.S., where 20 balls are drawn randomly out of 80. There are two types of games. The first is the conventional way, where the player picks 4 to 15 numbers, and is paid according to the number he catches.

Lisboa Conventional Keno Pay-Table
Catch	Pick
Catch	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	100	20	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	500	70	18	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
6	0	0	2000	200	50	20	10	8	3	3	2	1
7	0	0	0	7500	1200	200	80	40	25	15	8	4
8	0	0	0	0	18000	4000	1000	400	150	75	30	20
9	0	0	0	0	0	20000	18000	6400	1200	500	200	100
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	22000	20000	18000	5000	2500	1000
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24000	22000	20000	15000	10000
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26000	24000	22000	18000
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28000	26000	24000
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30000	28000
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30000

The next game shows the hit frequency and return according to the number of picks. The best bet is on the pick-11 at 74.77%.

Lisboa Keno
Pick	Hit Freq.	Return
4	25.89%	73.52%
5	9.67%	73.22%
6	16.16%	74.72%
7	6.16%	58.93%
8	10.23%	61.70%
9	15.31%	58.95%
10	6.47%	59.46%
11	9.83%	74.77%
12	13.97%	74.06%
13	6.23%	74.07%
14	9.05%	74.73%
15	12.50%	76.69%

In addition to the standard type of keno offered in the U.S., the player player may play High/Low/Middle. High is defined as the majority of the 20 balls drawn falling between 41 and 80, Low is the majority falling between 1 and 40, and Middle is a 10/10 split between the High and Low numbers.

The player indicates an exact sequence of High, Low, or Middle for one to three games. The following table shows all the various bets, what they pay, the probability of winning, and the return. Pays are on a "for one" basis, in other words, the player never gets his original bet back.

Return Table for High/Low/Middle
Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Pays	Probability	Return
High or Low			2	39.84%	79.68%
Middle			4	20.32%	81.3%
High or Low	High or Low		4	15.87%	63.48%
High or Low	Middle		8	8.1%	64.77%
Middle	High or Low		8	8.1%	64.77%
Middle	Middle	Middle	16	4.13%	66.09%
High or Low	High or Low	High or Low	8	6.32%	50.58%
High or Low	High or Low	Middle	16	3.23%	51.61%
High or Low	Middle	High or Low	16	3.23%	51.61%
High or Low	Middle	Middle	32	1.65%	52.66%
Middle	High or Low	High or Low	16	3.23%	51.61%
Middle	High or Low	Middle	32	1.65%	52.66%
Middle	Middle	High or Low	32	1.65%	52.66%
Middle	Middle	Middle	64	0.84%	53.73%

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