Keno Va Lottery
West Virginia's home for Powerball, MegaMillions, Keno, Daily 3, Daily 4, Cash 25, video lottery, table games and scratchoffs. Keno – It’s Here! Keno is a fun, fast-paced game that gives players a chance to win $100,000 or more. Drawings are held every 4 minutes. Keno can be played at any PA Lottery retailer that sells Draw Games and can be watched live, in person, at select retailers.Animations of past draws can found by clicking the Most Recent Draw tab below. You'll need to first sign up for a MyGameRoom account. If you have purchased a Subscription or entered a Lottery promotion in the past year, you are already a member and may login. Disclaimer: Information found on this website is believed to be accurate. If you have questions about the winning numbers, contact the Lottery at (781) 848-7755 or visit your nearest Lottery agent or Lottery office for the official winning numbers.
On the heels of implementing iLottery in July, the Virginia Lottery followed with launching its new 4-minute Keno in August. It was a big job in the middle of a pandemic.
Keno recruitment for bars and restaurants was very difficult. “Most potential locations were closed to adhere to state and local guidelines. Also, for their safety, our field sales reps were not conducting their normal in-person appointments to sell-in the game. We did see some success with post card mailings that provided a link to a Keno recruitment website. We are working closely with our sales team on some creative ideas to attract non-traditional retailers and confident that we’ll begin to see a rise in those partnership,” said Corey Klingel, Draw Game Specialist, Virginia Lottery.
Though the lottery is advertising on traditional channels, Klingel said it definitely chose to focus on targeting cross-platform device users and streaming consumers. “With many people still working remotely, we felt this was our best opportunity to engage our players with our messages,” said Klingel.
All the lottery’s traditional retailers sell Keno. “Some of our higher-volume retailers also have installed monitors that display the drawings and we are seeing positive results from that,” noted Klingel. “When we begin expanding our reach into non-traditional retailers, we are confident that our player base will already be familiar with the game.”
The first full week of Keno’s sales were $807,101. “We averaged around $100,000 in daily Keno sales until our advertising campaign began two weeks after the official launch. Currently, sales are averaging around $125,000 daily, and we just celebrated our first week over $1M in sales!” he said.
Keno sales are estimated at $35 million in fiscal 2021, based on 11 months of sales. “Our estimates are based on previous performance history with other states. We did lean conservatively, as the pandemic hampered the recruitment process and also eliminated the social advantage on which Keno typically thrives. Despite those hurdles, Keno is performing well and we are above our original expectations after one month of sales,” said Klingel.
Since the lottery cannot conduct consumer launch events, it is educating its players and retailers through its website, targeted publications, emails and SMS. “In partnership with our Public Affairs team, our Experiential Marketing team conducts something called ‘Friday Funday’ on the lottery’s Facebook page. These ‘events’ allow us the opportunity to engage with our players and educate them about everything from our mission to all of our games, including Keno. When it is appropriate for our Experiential Marketing team to conduct face-to-face events, they will be offering Keno free-play coupons to encourage players to give it a try,” said Klingel.
The lottery also developed an educational “how to play” video to teach players about Keno. “Players who watched the entire video were rewarded with a Keno coupon. The promotion allowed us the opportunity not only to educate our players, but also drive them to a visit with one of our valuable retail partners,” said Klingel.
Keno currently is not offered on the iLottery platform, though it may be added at a future date.
The prize tables in keno can look a bit complicated. Here’s our quick tips on what to look out for in keno pay schedules.
Each casino has its own system of payouts, which you will find set out in the Keno brochures or payout schedules around the casino or, if you’re playing Video keno you’ll find a payout table on each machine. An example is shown below.
The term ‘spot’ refers to how many numbers you have marked on your ticket. The term ‘catch’ refers to how many of your chosen numbers match what the house draws.
The table shows what you will win for a 1 coin stake. You need to multiply these amounts by the amount you are wagering. So in the example below, if you make a $2 bet, pick 4 spots and catch 3 of them you will win $12 (that is, $2 x 6).
This schedule does not pay out if you don’t match any numbers. But in some cases if you mark a lot of numbers the casino pays off if you catch 0.
Note that in Keno you do not get your stake back if you win.
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This is the payout schedule for online casinos running on Microgaming software. If you like the look of it, here’s where to find Microgaming casinos.
In a live casino keno game, where lots of players are gambling on the same draw, the most the house can pay out for any one draw is generally $50,000. If there are too many winners they will each get a proportionate share of this sum.