D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 30, r. 30-925

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024
Rule 30-925 - DESCRIPTION OF KENO
925.1

The Agency may offer a game known as KENO to the public. Keno is a twenty (20) out of eighty (80) lottery game with set prize amounts. For each drawing, a player places a KENO wager by playing from one (1) to ten (10) Spots from a field of one (1) to eighty (80) numbers. KENO prizes are won based on the match between the winning numbers selected in a KENO drawing and the numbers wagered, as set out in section 926.

925.2

The numbers that a player selects for each drawing, the KENO Game Play, are printed on the KENO Ticket along with the caption "Keno", the date(s) of the drawing(s) for each Game Play, the number of consecutive drawings in which the KENO Ticket may be played, the identifying number for each such drawing, the price of the KENO Ticket, a retailer number, a serial number, and a bar code.

925.3

At each KENO drawing twenty (20) winning numbers from a field of eighty (80) numbers are selected by a computer-driven random number generator. The winning numbers are displayed on a monitor at identified agent locations.

925.4

KENO drawings will occur at the following times and intervals:

(a) Every four (4) minutes during KENO hours of operation designated by the Executive Director, the first drawing occurring four (4) minutes after the start of sales at 6:00 am each day and the last drawing occurring at 12:56 am each day; or
(b) Other KENO drawing times and intervals designated by the Executive Director and made available to agents and the public in game instructions issued pursuant to Chapter 7 and 8 of this Title.
925.5

A player may wager the followings amounts in a single KENO Game Play which consists of from one (1) to ten (10) spots:

a) one dollar ($ 1);
b) two dollars ($ 2);
c) three dollars ($ 3);
d) four dollars ($ 4);
e) five dollars ($ 5); or
f) ten dollars ($ 10) for a single KENO drawing.
925.6

A player selects up to twenty (20) consecutive KENO draws for each KENO Game Play on a single KENO Ticket.

925.7

The minimum KENO Ticket price for consecutive drawings is $ 2.00, $ 1 x 2 consecutive drawings or $ 2. The maximum KENO Ticket price for consecutive drawings is $ 100.00. A KENO Ticket purchased for consecutive drawings is limited to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 20 consecutive drawings so long as the price of a KENO Ticket does not exceed the $ 100 maximum. A selection slip indicating a price greater than $ 100 shall be automatically rejected by the terminal.

925.8

If a player has games remaining on a KENO Ticket at the close of daily KENO operations, the remaining games shall be played and drawn at the start of operations the next day.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 30, r. 30-925

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 1520 (February 14, 2003), 50 DCR 10135 (November 28, 2003), 51 DCR 9993 (October 29, 2004)