KENO GLOSSARY - Page 3

Enhanced Payoff - A greater payoff received by playing a combination of games on a single ticket. Pays more than would have been received if the games had been played on individual tickets. 

Entry Fee Tournament - Players pay a fee up front an compete with each other for cash or prizes. Players do not keep winnings from individual games in the tournament. 

Exacta - A ticket played for two games, with a special payoff rate. 

Expected Value - The rate at which an outcome is expected to occur. 

Field - A group of marked spots that is not circled. 

Flashboard - The electronic signs that display the numbers drawn for a keno draw. Most are now LED, but older boards using light bulbs are still around. 

Fractional Rate Ticket - A ticket played for some fraction of the normal rate. Normally only used on a way ticket. 

Free Play - A keno win that pays no money, but lets you play your bet again. 

Goose - A term used for the machine that blows the keno balls up into two long tubes. 

Group - Spots that are circled or separated from the other spots marked on a keno ticket. 

Handle - The total of all money taken in for a game, shift, day or some other period of time. 

High End Ticket - A keno ticket that pays more for catching a high number of spots, but less (or nothing) for catching fewer spots (as compared to a regular ticket). 

High Roller Ticket - A ticket that has a high minimum ticket price. 

Hit - When a drawn number matches the spot on your ticket. 

Hold - Handle minus payoffs, or the gross receipts after paying out all winning tickets. 

House - The place where keno is being played.
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