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Keno Appendix 12 — Triple Trouble Keno

Last Update: May 30, 2008

Triple Trouble Keno is a keno variant I noticed at the Suncoast in May 2008. In addition to the regular keno game, the player will get zero to three devils. If the player gets three devils, then he will win three credits, plus three free tripled free games. If the player gets three devils in a free game, then he will win an extra nine credits. The probability of three devils is 2%.

The following pay table was observed at the Suncoast.

Triple Trouble Keno Pay Table
Pick	Catch
Pick	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	1	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	1	5	96	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	1	10	805	0	0	0	0	0
6	1	0	0	0	4	76	1600	0	0	0	0
7	1	0	0	0	1	22	405	2500	0	0	0
8	1	0	0	0	1	8	58	1600	2500	0	0
9	1	0	0	0	1	3	40	255	2000	2500	0
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	24	110	800	2000	2500

The next table shows the probability for each event in the base game. This would be the same as in conventional keno.

Pick	Catch
Triple Trouble Keno Probability Table
Pick	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2	0.560127	0.379747	0.060127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0.416504	0.430867	0.138754	0.013875	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0.308321	0.432732	0.212635	0.043248	0.003063	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0.227184	0.405686	0.270457	0.083935	0.012092	0.000645	0	0	0	0	0
6	0.166602	0.363495	0.308321	0.12982	0.028538	0.003096	0.000129	0	0	0	0
7	0.121574	0.315193	0.326654	0.174993	0.052191	0.008639	0.000732	0.000024	0	0	0
8	0.088266	0.266464	0.328146	0.214786	0.081504	0.018303	0.002367	0.00016	0.00000435	0	0
9	0.063748	0.220666	0.316426	0.246109	0.114105	0.032601	0.00572	0.000592	0.00003259	0.00000072	0
10	0.045791	0.179571	0.295257	0.267402	0.147319	0.051428	0.011479	0.001611	0.00013542	0.00000612	0.00000011

The next table shows the return for each type of win in the base game. This would be the same for regular keno, with this pay table.

Pick	Catch
Triple Trouble Keno Return Table
Pick	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
2	0	0	0.721519	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.721519
3	0	0	0.138754	0.582765	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.721519
4	0	0	0.212635	0.216239	0.294086	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.722961
5	0	0	0	0.083935	0.120923	0.519164	0	0	0	0	0	0.724023
6	0.166602	0	0	0	0.114152	0.235269	0.206376	0	0	0	0	0.722398
7	0.121574	0	0	0	0.052191	0.190047	0.296491	0.061006	0	0	0	0.72131
8	0.088266	0	0	0	0.081504	0.146421	0.137269	0.256728	0.010864	0	0	0.721052
9	0.063748	0	0	0	0.114105	0.097804	0.228782	0.150878	0.065185	0.001811	0	0.722313
10	0.045791	0	0	0	0	0.102855	0.275505	0.177226	0.108335	0.012241	0.000281	0.722235

The next pay table shows the return for the regular game, bonus, and the total. This table shows the best bet is the pick 5 with a return of 92.51%.

Pick	Base Game	Bonus	Total
Triple Trouble Keno Summary
2	0.721519	0.200673	0.922192
3	0.721519	0.200673	0.922192
4	0.722961	0.200933	0.923893
5	0.724023	0.201124	0.925147
6	0.722398	0.200832	0.923229
7	0.721310	0.200636	0.921946
8	0.721052	0.200589	0.921642
9	0.722313	0.200816	0.923130
10	0.722235	0.200802	0.923037