The Secrets to Winning in Las Vegas Casinos Isn't Staying in Las Vegas Anymore

Las Vegas. What happens there, stays there. At least according to the multimillion dollar ad campaign. So in other words, what happened when you walked into the casino and decided to try out that weird little game of keno where you get to plop down in a cushy and comfy chair—with armrests, mind you—and you walked out barely hanging onto your shirt…that secret stays there.

Not anymore. Here’s the real secret to winning at keno in Las Vegas or any other casino. Keno is a high payoff bet for the house. Those comfy keno chairs are there to keep you sitting for a long time. Las Vegas casinos do not want you playing a quick game of keno because the longer you sit and play, the more they win. And they never really did have to fix keno to make a killing. Though, of course, they did fix it all the time before the amateur gangsters were run out of town and replaced by the master criminals: Disney and Donald Trump. The longer you sit and play keno, the higher the profit for the casino. In fact, when it’s all averaged out at the end of the day—well, you know, if there were such a thing as the end of a day in Las Vegas—the casino would collect at the very least 75 cents out of every dollar spent on keno.