Basically your keno strategy should be to enjoy yourself.
Sure, that's good advice no matter what game you're playing, but its even
better for keno... because there's not too much more to add.
That isn't to say there's nothing to learn. In fact, if you can simply learn
to understand your own motivations for playing the game, you'll become a more
intelligent player. First of all, lets look at the options available to us,
the player, when we first attempt to employ a keno strategy. What variables do
we have direct control over? Obviously we control the numbers we pick, and on
top of that the number of numbers we pick, and the casinos offer 'way' bets to
combine more than one bet on one card. Do these things have an outcome on
play? Well you'd be hard pressed to prove that the outcome of a keno game has
nothing to do with the numbers that come up, but you could pretty easily say
that it has nothing to do with the numbers that you choose. If you can affect
the numbers that come up with the numbers that you choose, then you're more
than a step ahead of me. Ok then, so what about our other variables? The
number of numbers you choose.
The sharp mind is going to say, hey, the odds have to change with the number
of numbers I pick, right? I mean, if I pick just two numbers, isn't there a
better chance of hitting 100% of those numbers than if I had picked 10? In
actuality yes, but as payouts fluctuate with the number of numbers picked, the
casinos compensate for any weak mathematics.
Basic bottom line advice? It doesn't really matter how many
numbers you choose, or if you combine or wheel your bets. Choose less numbers
if you like to win a little bit, a little more often; choose many if you only
really want to win once in keno, but you want it to put yourself in the lap of
luxury for life.