This is the type of stuff I will club Singer over the head with if he is fool enough to take my challenge. I'm going to introduce you all to a video keno game called Jackpot Rocket. I studied the keno math of John Scarne many years ago. It has payed big dividends. So here is a screenshot of the game:
http://www.imgur.com/MquQoVY
You can see that it is a 7-spot. You can see the money odds in the Win column, the money in the progressive meters and the countdowns. Its just a fifty cent bet (two quarters) to qualify for the progressive meters. The game works like this, take the 4 out of 7 for example. The countdown is showing 248. A regular 4 out of 7 pays 5 for 1. When you hit one the countdown will go down to 247. Hit another one and the countdown will go down to 246, etc. Hit all 248 four out of sevens and you get the money in the meter. The other hits work the same way.
So what happens after the ploppies play the game? The screenshots are from my last road trip. I find stuff like this:
http://www.imgur.com/5F0QDie
I can tell you this right now. Rob would have no idea what he was looking at in that screenshot because he doesn't have a clue. But because I know keno math I see something. This is a super strong play.
Individually, none of those meters would be worth going after. With the 4 out of 7 the money is at $119 and the countdown is at 90. The frequency of a 4 out of 7 is 19.16 so the expectation would be to play about 1700 games to take the meter off. But it's only about a 95% play.
The 5 out of 7 meter is in better shape. The money is at $221 and the countdown is 21. The frequency of a 5 out of 7 is 115.76. So the expectation would be to play about 2400 games to take the meter off. But it's only about a 98% play.
But combined these two meters are worth going after. On my way to hitting 21 five out of sevens I'm going to take the 4 out of 7 meter off too. This makes the play about a $100 earn for about 1 hour's seat time (on turbo speed it plays at 40 games per minute, 2400 games per hour).
But much more interesting is the 6 out of 7 meter. The money is at $511 and the countdown is 3. The frequency of a 6 out of 7 is 1366. So the expectation would be to play about 4100 games to take the meter off. Just playing to hit 3 four out of sevens would be about a $70 loser on paper. If the countdown were 2 or 1 it would be a strong play. But since I'm expected to play about 2400 games to take the bottom two meters off I'm freerolling to knock the countdown on the 6/7 down to 2, 1 or zero.
So I had a great big go for it on this play. The 5/7 meter runs at 1% and it's a fifty cent bet. So every dollar I put into that meter represents 200 games I played. This is the meter I used to monitor how many games I played. Per the next screenshot I was 800 games in. The 4/7 countdown is down to 47. The 5/7 countdown is down to 15. And the 6/7 countdown is down to 2. This made it a straight through play until I took off all three meters.
http://www.imgur.com/hsGA4uT
Per the next screenshot, at 1400 games in, I had the 4 out of 7 countdown down to just 1. This game has a big drop to it and I was stuck $188 at the time. But after hitting the next 4/7 I was only $67 stuck.
http://www.imgur.com/ijRzkDi
At 1600 games in I hit another 6/7. At this point I was only $31 stuck.
http://www.imgur.com/EXHfDwg
At 2400 games in I hit the 5/7 meter. At this point I was $95 in the black, about expectation.
http://www.imgur.com/qcXC4Tg
Per this screenshot, at 4500 games in I completed the play by hitting the last 6/7. It was time to move on and find another play. You can see that I had $609 in credits on the machine. Since I had $200 in the machine, after the tip I made $400 on the play for two hours seat time.
http://www.imgur.com/fu8A5Xa
This is the type of stuff I'm going to club Singer over the head with if he is foolish enough to take my bet.
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life in Montana, but I did catch a glimpse just now about some bet where he wants me to follow him around in some hickville bar or something, to watch him play keno? 
