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Keno Appendix 9 - High/Low/Middle Keno

Last Update: Aug 12, 2007

The Lisboa in Macau offers a casino game that can be best translated as High/Low/Middle. It can be found in the "old Lisboa", in the shopping area where the prostitutes walk around.

The game is based on conventional keno, in which 20 ball are drawn randomly out of 80. In addition to the standard type of keno offered in the U.S., the player player may play High/Low/Middle. High is defined as the majority of the 20 balls drawn falling between 41 and 80, Low is the majority falling between 1 and 40, and Middle is a 10/10 split between the High and Low numbers.

The player indicates an exact sequence of High, Low, or Middle for one to three games. The following table shows all the various bets, what they pay, the probability of winning, and the return. Pays are on a "for one" basis, in other words, the player never gets his original bet back.

Return Table for High/Low/Middle
Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Pays	Probability	Return
High or Low			2	0.398378	0.796757
Middle			4	0.203243	0.812972
High or Low	High or Low		4	0.158705	0.634822
High or Low	Middle		8	0.080968	0.647741
Middle	High or Low		8	0.080968	0.647741
Middle	Middle	Middle	16	0.041308	0.660924
High or Low	High or Low	High or Low	8	0.063225	0.505799
High or Low	High or Low	Middle	16	0.032256	0.516092
High or Low	Middle	High or Low	16	0.032256	0.516092
High or Low	Middle	Middle	32	0.016456	0.526596
Middle	High or Low	High or Low	16	0.032256	0.516092
Middle	High or Low	Middle	32	0.016456	0.526596
Middle	Middle	High or Low	32	0.016456	0.526596
Middle	Middle	Middle	64	0.008396	0.537313