Bingo vs. Keno; The Lottery Showdown
Do you love to scream Bingo! while at the same time you enjoy the odds at Keno? Those two games are so much alike and are yet so different. The big question is not which game brings in more money, but which game is generally more fun to play. We created the ultimate challenge and ultimately found out which game is the better lottery; Bingo or Keno.
Bingo and Keno have both a quite interesting history. Keno was created as a war financing game in China and Bingo was created in Spain as a form of lottery. Kenos history dates back all the way to ancient Han dynasty in China while Bingo only dates back to the 16th century. This means that Keno has an edge over Bingo.
Keno and Bingo even have a similar game play although within the course of the game you notice how different both really are. Bingo is played with preset bingo cards where numbers are shown, a person calls the numbers and the special design such a straight line is a Bingo. Keno consists of 70 up to 80 numbers and players can tip on 20 numbers depending on the kind of Keno and wager. 20 numbers are drawn, and like in a typical lottery the right marked number wins. Here again, Keno has an edge over Bingo because the Bingo system makes it a little harder to win.
Let us go to the juicy part of every lottery; the money and the jackpot. In Keno you can choose from a list of different bets and wagers. For example you could win the jackpot if you bet that you win none of the numbers that you market or vice versa. The probability to win in Keno is very high. Bingo on the other hand has only little cash prizes and community prizes since the actual Bingo games are usually organized by churches that do not have enough funds to provide a million dollar jackpot. The chances of winning anything in Bingo for that matter are fairly small anyways, so it does not really need high cash prizes. The edge again goes to the game of Keno.
The overall result of our lottery showdown proves that Keno is the winner over Bingo. Keno has an older and more interesting history, the game play and the whole system is far easier than the Bingo system and the jackpots are considerably higher as well as the option and the wagers. This makes Keno the undisputable lottery showdown king.