Keno FAQs
Browse through this set of frequently asked questions about Keno to learn all you need to know, from how the game works to how to claim prizes.
Drawings are held at 7:29 PM ET every day.
You can buy tickets until 7:08 PM ET each day. Ticket sales resume for the next day’s draw at 7:10 PM ET.
To play Keno, you just have to select 10 numbers between 1 and 80, and decide how many consecutive drawings to play, up to a maximum of 60. Go to the How to Play page for full details.
In a Keno draw, 22 winning numbers are selected at random.
It costs $1 for a single Keno play.
The minimum age to buy MI Keno tickets is 18.
To win a prize, you need six or more of the 10 numbers you pick to appear in the draw. There is also a prize for matching no numbers.
The Keno jackpot is worth $250,000 if you are able to match all 10 of your numbers. Go to the Odds and Prizes page to see all the different ways to win and the payout amounts that are available.
The overall odds of winning are 1 in 19. Your chances of winning the jackpot are 1 in 2,546,203.
Your options for claiming prizes depend on how much you win. You can either claim from a Michigan Lottery retailer, mail in your winning ticket or go to a claim center. Find out more on the How to Claim page.
The claim period is one year from the draw date.