Caveman Keno Real Money
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Introduction
Introduction
Caveman Keno Plus is a keno variant I noticed on a Game King machine at the Red Rock casino in Las Vegas on March 21, 2012. It plays like regular keno, except it adds the possibility of multipliers and extra balls. Of course, the cost for that is a lower base pay table.
Rules
- The player makes a bet and chooses 2 to 10 numbers from 1 to 80.
- When the player is done, the game randomly picks three of the unpicked numbers and marks them with eggs.
- The game will then randomly pick 20 numbers from 1 to 80.
- The player's base prize will pay according to how many of the balls drawn by the game match those chosen by the player.
- If the game chooses a number with an egg, then that egg will hatch.
- If exactly two eggs hatch, then any win will be multiplied by 4. If all three eggs hatch, then any win will be multiplied by 8.
- If at least two eggs hatch AND the player already has a winning card based on the pay table, then the game will draw three extra balls, possibly resulting in a larger base prize if these three balls match any of the player's chosen numbers.
- In the event the player wins the extra three balls with two eggs, and one of the extra balls matches the third egg, then the multiplier will go from 4 to 8.
- The final award will be the product of the base prize and multiplier.
Pay Tables
Let me get right to what you want to know. The following tables show pay tables for Caveman Keno Plus. The bottom row shows the expected return for each number of picks for that pay table. The tables are organzied from lowest to highest returns.
Pay Table 1 has a maximum return of 88.20% for a pick 7.
Pay Table 1Expand
| Catch | Pick 2 | Pick 3 | Pick 4 | Pick 5 | Pick 6 | Pick 7 | Pick 8 | Pick 9 | Pick 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 88 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 500 | 110 | 20 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | 1000 | 200 | 120 | 60 | |||||
| 8 | 2000 | 500 | 250 | ||||||
| 9 | 2000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 10 | 2000 | ||||||||
| Return | 86.30% | 87.83% | 87.89% | 88.15% | 88.16% | 88.20% | 87.98% | 88.13% | 87.93% |
Pay Table 2 has a maximum return of 90.29% for a pick 5.
Pay Table 2Expand
| Catch | Pick 2 | Pick 3 | Pick 4 | Pick 5 | Pick 6 | Pick 7 | Pick 8 | Pick 9 | Pick 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 105 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 500 | 112 | 21 | 16 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | 1000 | 250 | 125 | 60 | |||||
| 8 | 2000 | 500 | 250 | ||||||
| 9 | 2000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 10 | 2000 | ||||||||
| Return | 86.30% | 90.22% | 90.15% | 90.29% | 89.93% | 90.13% | 90.18% | 89.88% | 90.13% |
Pay Table 3 has a maximum return of 91.16% for a pick 7.
Pay Table 3Expand
| Catch | Pick 2 | Pick 3 | Pick 4 | Pick 5 | Pick 6 | Pick 7 | Pick 8 | Pick 9 | Pick 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 110 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 500 | 108 | 22 | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | 1000 | 108 | 125 | 63 | |||||
| 8 | 1000 | 500 | 250 | ||||||
| 9 | 2000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 10 | 2000 | ||||||||
| Return | 86.30% | 90.22% | 90.71% | 90.91% | 91.11% | 91.16% | 84.73% | 90.99% | 91.14% |
Pay Table 4 has a maximum return of 92.19% for a pick 7.
Pay Table 4Expand
| Catch | Pick 2 | Pick 3 | Pick 4 | Pick 5 | Pick 6 | Pick 7 | Pick 8 | Pick 9 | Pick 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 100 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 500 | 104 | 25 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 1000 | 250 | 125 | 59 | |||||
| 8 | 2000 | 500 | 250 | ||||||
| 9 | 2000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 10 | 2000 | ||||||||
| Return | 86.30% | 90.22% | 91.84% | 91.85% | 91.89% | 92.19% | 92.07% | 92.11% | 92.00% |
Pay Table 5 has a maximum return of 94.25% for a pick 5.
Pay Table 5Expand
| Catch | Pick 2 | Pick 3 | Pick 4 | Pick 5 | Pick 6 | Pick 7 | Pick 8 | Pick 9 | Pick 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 118 | 57 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 500 | 106 | 22 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 1000 | 250 | 132 | 65 | |||||
| 8 | 2000 | 500 | 250 | ||||||
| 9 | 2000 | 1000 | |||||||
| 10 | 2000 | ||||||||
| Return | 86.30% | 92.60% | 94.10% | 94.11% | 94.25% | 94.11% | 94.05% | 94.10% | 94.02% |
Analysis
This game was a bit complicated to analyze. In the interests of brevity, I will show my analysis for a pick-5 game only. For the purposes of example, I will use the following pay table.
Pick 5 Pay Table
The next table shows the number of combinations for all possible outcomes. An 'n/a' denotes a situation where the player did not early the three extra balls. The bottom right cell shows a return of 90.81%.
Pick 5 Detailed Return TableExpand
| Orig. Catch | Orig. Eggs | Extra Catch | Extra Eggs | Win | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 143,282,767,320 | 0.088266 | 0.000000 |
| 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 162,206,906,400 | 0.099924 | 0.000000 |
| 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 57,072,800,400 | 0.035158 | 0.000000 |
| 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 6,226,123,680 | 0.003835 | 0.000000 |
| 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 270,344,844,000 | 0.166540 | 0.000000 |
| 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 285,364,002,000 | 0.175792 | 0.000000 |
| 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 93,391,855,200 | 0.057532 | 0.000000 |
| 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 9,450,366,300 | 0.005822 | 0.000000 |
| 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 190,242,668,000 | 0.117195 | 0.117195 |
| 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 186,783,710,400 | 0.115064 | 0.115064 |
| 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 2 | 62,261,236,800 | 0.038355 | 0.076709 |
| 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 2 | 56,702,197,800 | 0.034930 | 0.069860 |
| 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 5 | 9,450,366,300 | 0.005822 | 0.029108 |
| 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 5 | 7,958,203,200 | 0.004902 | 0.024512 |
| 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 110 | 530,546,880 | 0.000327 | 0.035952 |
| 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 110 | 411,631,200 | 0.000254 | 0.027893 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45,931,762,800 | 0.028295 | 0.113181 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2,551,764,600 | 0.001572 | 0.012576 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4,536,470,400 | 0.002795 | 0.022357 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7,655,293,800 | 0.004716 | 0.037727 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 278,374,320 | 0.000171 | 0.002744 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 742,331,520 | 0.000457 | 0.007317 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 278,374,320 | 0.000171 | 0.003430 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 4,970,970 | 0.000003 | 0.000122 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 26,511,840 | 0.000016 | 0.000653 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 440 | 1,656,990 | 0.000001 | 0.000449 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 880 | 155,040 | 0.000000 | 0.000084 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13,609,411,200 | 0.008384 | 0.067070 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 742,331,520 | 0.000457 | 0.007317 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1,237,219,200 | 0.000762 | 0.012195 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1,484,663,040 | 0.000915 | 0.018292 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 53,023,680 | 0.000033 | 0.001307 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 132,559,200 | 0.000082 | 0.003266 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 440 | 26,511,840 | 0.000016 | 0.007186 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 880 | 465,120 | 0.000000 | 0.000252 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 880 | 2,325,600 | 0.000001 | 0.001261 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1,855,828,800 | 0.001143 | 0.022865 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 99,419,400 | 0.000061 | 0.002450 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 154,652,400 | 0.000095 | 0.003811 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 440 | 99,419,400 | 0.000061 | 0.026948 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 880 | 3,488,400 | 0.000002 | 0.001891 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 880 | 8,139,600 | 0.000005 | 0.004413 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 440 | 92,791,440 | 0.000057 | 0.025151 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 880 | 4,883,760 | 0.000003 | 0.002648 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 880 | 7,054,320 | 0.000004 | 0.003824 |
| Total | 1,623,302,080,400 | 1.000000 | 0.909080 |
If the table above was too much information, here is the same kind of thing but summarizing each possible total win.
Summarized Return
| Win | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 880 | 26,511,840 | 0.000016 | 0.014372 |
| 440 | 220,379,670 | 0.000136 | 0.059734 |
| 110 | 942,178,080 | 0.000580 | 0.063845 |
| 40 | 471,137,490 | 0.000290 | 0.011609 |
| 20 | 3,618,866,160 | 0.002229 | 0.044586 |
| 16 | 3,000,256,560 | 0.001848 | 0.029572 |
| 8 | 28,352,940,000 | 0.017466 | 0.139730 |
| 5 | 17,408,569,500 | 0.010724 | 0.053621 |
| 4 | 45,931,762,800 | 0.028295 | 0.113181 |
| 2 | 118,963,434,600 | 0.073285 | 0.146570 |
| 1 | 377,026,378,400 | 0.232259 | 0.232259 |
| 0 | 1,027,339,665,300 | 0.632870 | 0.000000 |
| Total | 1,623,302,080,400 | 1.000000 | 0.909080 |
It can be easily see from the table above that the player wins nothing 63.3% of the time, meaning the hit frequency is 36.7%. The variance can be easily calculated as 49.32, so the standard deviation is 7.02.
Calculator
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Acknowledgements
The Wizard would like to thank Wizard of Vegas forum member CrystalMath for confirming my results on this game.
Written by:Michael Shackleford
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