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K E N O
by Paul Breesawitz with Modifications by Robert Markland
Text by Fender Tucker
Knees Calhoon once wrote a song that had the lyrics:
"Mama left us as we passed through Reno,
For a man who was winnin at Keno."
Apparently, Knees wasn't told that it's best to write about what you know,
because he obviously doesn't know much about Keno. It's not a game you're
"winnin" at -- it's more a game that you've "won" at, like the lottery.
Back when Knees wrote the song (1972) the only way to legally play Keno was
in Nevada. You bought a Keno card, filled in your picks, gave it back to
the cashier who gave you a copy, then you sat around drinking until they
called the 20 winning numbers. Since they only called about a dozen or so
games a day, there probably weren't too many people who sat around all day
"winnin" at Keno.
But now that they have these nifty Video Keno games where you can play
at your own pace, I guess old Knees' song may be due for a revival. Too
bad the rest of it is pretty sappy.
Paul Breesawitz's KENO program is designed to be fast. He had a few
inefficient routines in it so I sent it to Bob Markland who tidied it up
and added his very useful RANDOMIZER routine. Once you pick your numbers
and set your wager you can play a game in about 15 seconds by just pressing
RETURN (or the FIREBUTTON of a joystick in Port #2) twice. This allows you
to play the same bet and numbers quickly. Of course you can change your
bet or numbers at any time. At the casinos they want you to hurry up and
lose, while on LOADSTAR 128 we want you to hurry up and have fun.
The game screen gives you your five options. Note that the START
option doesn't have a highlighted S until you set your wager and pick your
numbers. You MUST do those first. You may wager up to $100 of your
starting $10000 bankroll on any bet. You may pick from 1 to 10 numbers out
of the 80 on the screen. The selected ones will turn grey. Then when you
press S (or RETURN or FIRE) the computer picks 20 numbers at random. If
enough numbers match the ones you picked, you win according to the
MATCH/WIN chart at the right.
That's about all there is to this classic gambling game. You have a
choice of how many numbers you want to play so you should study the payoffs
to see if you can find one that gives you the best odds. The payoffs that
Paul uses are standard Vegas or Atlantic City payoffs, but now that
gambling is opening up to the other states, other payoffs may be in vogue.
The payoffs are in DATA statements in lines 1430 to 1540 if you want to
change them. Be careful not to leave out or add a comma.
Good luck!
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