Fire Power Keno
Introduction
Fire Power is a keno variant I noticed on multi-game machines made by U1. It is the same game as Power Keno, except the multiplier ball is the first drawn, not the last.
The same game is offered by Ace Gaming under the name Shockwave Keno.
Rules
- The player chooses 2 to 10 numbers from 1 to 80.
- The game will randomly choose 20 numbers from the same range of 1 to 80.
- The player is paid to number of his picks that match the numbers drawn by the game.
- If the first number drawn is a match then any win will be quadrupled.
The following pay table was observed at the Rampart casino on June 3, 2013, based on a $2 bet.
Fire Power Keno — Pay Table
| Catch |
Pick |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
12.275 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
0 |
29.775 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
88.3 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
429 |
60 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
| 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
519 |
153 |
55 |
16 |
8 |
| 7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1230 |
605 |
230 |
50 |
| 8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3000 |
1230 |
307 |
| 9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4800 |
1500 |
| 10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6000 |
The next table shows the probability of each combinations of picks and catches.
Fire Power Keno — Probability TableExpand
| Catch |
Pick |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 0 |
0.560127 |
0.416504 |
0.308321 |
0.227184 |
0.166602 |
0.121574 |
0.088266 |
0.063748 |
0.045791 |
| 1 |
0.379747 |
0.430867 |
0.432732 |
0.405686 |
0.363495 |
0.315193 |
0.266464 |
0.220666 |
0.179571 |
| 2 |
0.060127 |
0.138754 |
0.212635 |
0.270457 |
0.308321 |
0.326654 |
0.328146 |
0.316426 |
0.295257 |
| 3 |
0.000000 |
0.013875 |
0.043248 |
0.083935 |
0.129820 |
0.174993 |
0.214786 |
0.246109 |
0.267402 |
| 4 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.003063 |
0.012092 |
0.028538 |
0.052191 |
0.081504 |
0.114105 |
0.147319 |
| 5 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000645 |
0.003096 |
0.008639 |
0.018303 |
0.032601 |
0.051428 |
| 6 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000129 |
0.000732 |
0.002367 |
0.005720 |
0.011479 |
| 7 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000024 |
0.000160 |
0.000592 |
0.001611 |
| 8 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000004 |
0.000033 |
0.000135 |
| 9 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000001 |
0.000006 |
| 10 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
| Total |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
1.000000 |
The final table shows the return of each combinations of picks and catches.
Fire Power Keno — Return TableExpand
| Catch |
Pick |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 0 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
| 1 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
| 2 |
0.959470 |
0.360759 |
0.276426 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
| 3 |
0.000000 |
0.599052 |
0.250838 |
0.243412 |
0.188238 |
0.253740 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
| 4 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.432796 |
0.232173 |
0.319625 |
0.250517 |
0.260812 |
0.182568 |
0.235710 |
| 5 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.484177 |
0.325042 |
0.181409 |
0.224207 |
0.228210 |
0.269995 |
| 6 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.127192 |
0.212815 |
0.247322 |
0.173875 |
0.174487 |
| 7 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.061531 |
0.199005 |
0.278976 |
0.165142 |
| 8 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.028681 |
0.088195 |
0.091462 |
| 9 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.008170 |
0.021575 |
| 10 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.000000 |
0.001683 |
| Total |
0.959470 |
0.959811 |
0.960060 |
0.959762 |
0.960097 |
0.960011 |
0.960026 |
0.959995 |
0.960055 |
Ace Gaming Shockwave Keno
In the interests of brevity, I present only the pay table for Ace Gaming's version of Fire Power Keno, which they call Shockwave Keno. The lower row shows the return.
Ace Gaming Shockwave Keno
| Catch |
Pick |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
|
35 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| 4 |
|
|
74 |
11 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 5 |
|
|
|
385 |
61 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| 6 |
|
|
|
|
770 |
200 |
44 |
10 |
14 |
| 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
800 |
770 |
237 |
75 |
| 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
1100 |
770 |
| 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2500 |
1200 |
| 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2500 |
| Return |
90.57% |
88.46% |
89.00% |
89.08% |
89.00% |
89.01% |
89.12% |
89.00% |
89.04% |
Written by:
Michael Shackleford
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