Method for playing Keno with side bets
US7481706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3262
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A novel Keno game is disclosed wherein a player selects up to ten numbers from a field of eighty numbers to be played and these numbers are compared to twenty numbers randomly selected by the game from the same field of numbers in a manner known in the prior art. When the player places one or more conventional bets on the outcome of the game, they now also place one or more side bets as to the number of hits or matches there will be between the player selected numbers and twenty numbers selected by the game computer. The player may place side bets on more than one number of hits or matches to increase their odds of achieving side bet winnings.
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