To play online keno, you simply need to pick an online casino and sign-up for their keno game. Once there at the room, you'll receive your virtual keno board, which consists of 80 numbers. Then, you will pick one up to 20 numbers, depending on the set-up of your online casino. Twenty numbers would then be drawn.

Live casinos offer several ways of drawing numbers. There's the big lottery blower, a hand cage, and sometimes even computerized rollers. However, in online casinos, the only way of creating a fair draw is through using a random number generator.

A random number generator uses a complex algorithm to create a scenario of true random draws. This is also the reason why online keno is much safer than live keno -- a random number generator is a system that does not open itself to abuse and cheating. Thus, the draw in online keno will surely be fair.

Playing online keno is as easy as playing the lottery. The only difference is that you are given a board with only 80 numbers available, and you need to fill more numbers than a lottery would require. Here are the simple rules to online Keno.

1. Choose the numbers that you think would be drawn on your keno board. These are called "spots." The quantity of numbers that could be chosen varies from each online casino. Some would let you choose up to 15 numbers only, while some would go for the traditional full 20.

In online casinos, you can opt to let the system generate a random selection for you. This is done by clicking a certain button, most often labeled as "select random numbers," or sometimes as "quick pick."

2. Place your bets. Normally, online casinos allow bets of one to five dollars. The odds of your payout would remain the same no matter how much your bet is. The difference is the amount that you would win: of course, it would increase as your bets increase.

3. Choose how many games you would like to play with the selection that you have. If you have chosen your own numbers, you probably want to use those numbers again for several games. In online keno, you simply need to click on the appropriate game quantity buttons.

4. Once the game begins, you need to wait for all 20 numbers to be drawn. If a number you choose on your board is drawn, it's called a "hit." Your winnings depend on the number of hits that you collect and how many spots you have chosen.

In a traditional keno game where a player is allowed to choose 20 numbers, zero hits would still give a player a huge jackpot; sometimes even up to $500 for a $5 bet. This is because getting zero numbers out of twenty is harder than getting, say, three numbers in twenty.