Good Morning Keno enthusiasts. I received the following message from Gail Howard this Sunday morning. She gave me permission to post it, COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FROM GAIL HOWARD'S LOTTERY MASTER GUIDE BOOK.
TIPS FOR WINNING PICK-10 KENO
Basically, pick-10 Keno is a 10-20-80 game in which the player picks 10 numbers from 1 to 80, and the lottery draws 20. New York, Wisconsin and New Zealand all have 10-20-80 keno games. Usually keno is drawn daily. A few statesCalifornia's Hot Spot, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, New York's Quick Draw, draw every five minutes which, of course, makes tracking complete records impossible.
Some keno games allow the player to pick fewer than 10 numbers. Others have smaller number fields to choose from. In Colorado's 10-20-60 keno game, the lottery draws 20 from only 60 numbers. In Canada, Ontario's keno and Quebec's Banco 10-20-70, the lottery draws 20 from 70 numbers. In Michigan's pick-10 Keno, the lottery draws 22 numbers from 80. In Australia's 20-20-80 Keno, the player marks 20 numbers, and 20 are drawn from 80.
Here are some valuable tips that should fatten your bank account. Notice that between 25 and 33 percent of all the winning numbers drawn in keno-type games are numbers that won in the last drawing. Between 44 and 56 percent of all winning numbers, are either repeat hits or numbers that were out only one game. And between 58 and 71 percent of all winners were out TWO GAMES OR LESS! Find the exact percentages for the keno game YOU play below:
Games Out 10-20-80 10-20-70 10-20-60 10-22-80 20-20-80
0 25% 28% 33% 27% 25%
1 44% 50% 56% 48% 44%
2 58% 64% 71% 62% 58%
PLAY ONLY THE HOTTEST NUMBERS
Keep in mind, you need to get only HALF of the 20 numbers drawn to get the 10 numbers required to win the jackpot. Repeat hits AND numbers out ONE game (that is, numbers repeated from the previous drawing, and numbers drawn one game before that) account for about half of all the winning numbers drawn. Two valuable tools: A Multiple Hit Pattern Chart® will tell you which numbers are most likely to hit two drawings in a row. A Skip and Hit® Chart will tell you which numbers hit most often after skipping just one game.)
BEST TIMING FOR GUARANTEED HOTTEST NUMBERS.
Usually five (or six) of the winning numbers are numbers repeated from the last drawing. For example, in the 10-20-80 game, there are, on average, five numbers repeated from the previous drawing. When you see one or two drawings that have had fewer than five repeat hits, you could expect the next drawing or two to have a higher than an average number of repeat hits.
Consider this a VERY Short Term Bias Tracker", because we are considering only the last two drawingsexpecting to see an immediate Trend Reversal when the Bias shows a below average number of repeat hits. Between nine and eleven of the winning numbers (depending on which keno game it is), are either repeat hits or numbers out just one game. And, between 11 and 14 of the winning numbers drawn are either repeat hits or numbers out one or two games. See the table below for the average number of winning numbers out two games or less to expect for the keno game YOU play. You don't have to play every day. Wait for one or two drawings that have had fewer than 9 winning numbers out two games or less, because invariably the next drawing or two will produce more of those than average, making it easier to win.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF HITS
Games Out 10-20-80 10-20-70 10-20-60 10-22-80 20-20-80
0 5 5.8 6.7 6 5
1 8.8 9.8 11.1 10.4 8.8
2 11.6 12.8 14.1 13.6 11.6
WHEN TO PLAY A LONG SHOT NUMBER.
Since one-quarter to one-third of all keno numbers are drawn each game, you don't see many long skip periods between wins. The longest losing streak for any keno number was 35 games. In the entire 3000+ game history of a 10-20-80 keno, only eight times has a number skipped more than 30 drawings without a win. When you see a number out more than 30 drawings, by all means play it. Probability is on your side. A long shot number in keno is one that has skipped more than 10 games. (In Lotto 6/49, a long shot numbers is one that has been out for 17 games or more.) Numbers out for more than ten games account for only four percent of the winning numbers drawn.
GET THE ODD/EVEN ADVANTAGE.
You should have a relatively equal mix of odd and even numbers. More than half (58%) of all the drawings have a relatively even spread of 10 Odd/10 Even or 9 Odd/ 11 Even or 11 Odd/ 9 Even. There has never been a drawing in which all Odd or all Even numbers occurred. The Odd/ Even Bias Tracker" tells you whether you should play more Odd or more Even numbers.
GET THE HIGH/LOW ADVANTAGE.
In keno, half your numbers should be chosen from the Low Numbers, 1 to 40, and the other half chosen from the High Numbers, 41 to 80. More than half (57 %) of all the drawings have a relatively even spread of 10 Low/10 High or 9 Low/11 High or 11 Low/ 9 High. There has never been a drawing in which all Low or all High numbers occurred. The Low/High Bias Tracker" tells you whether you should play more Low or more High numbers the next drawing.
DO NOT FALL FOR THE LOTTERY'S GIMMICKS.
This tip is for keno players in Ontario, Canada: Do not spend more than one dollar on any one set of numbers. The Lottery encourages keno players to spend up to $10 for one set of numbers. Would you buy ten tickets for the same set of six Lotto numbers? Of course not!!! Do not do the advance playunless you plan to be away from Ontario. Pick your numbers fresh each time. And NEVER BUY QUICK PICKS. Studies have proven you would do much better picking random numbers out of a hat!
Platinum John in sunny and warm Escondido, California