West Virginia's two new keno scratch-offs both pay above the state average for their price

The West Virginia Lottery launched two keno-style scratch-offs on Tuesday, September 29, one at $10 and one at $2. On both, players scratch their keno numbers and look for matches across five games on the ticket. Both pay back more of their sales as prizes than the average West Virginia game at the same price.

RETRO-BLACK-DUCK-ELECTRIC KENO ($10)

The $10 game is a small run, 960,000 tickets, with three $75,000 top prizes, so the odds of one are 1 in 320,000. Its 73.5% payout is four points above the 69.5% average for West Virginia's 11 active $10 games, and at 88.6 it rates second of the state's 43 games on our ValueScore™, behind only $300 GRAND. About 41% of its winning tickets simply return the $10. A bonus spot pays whatever dollar amount it reveals.

DOUGH-BEE-DILL-KING KENO ($2)

The $2 ticket has three $20,000 top prizes in 2,640,000 tickets, odds of 1 in 880,000. It adds a multiplier. Reveal a 2X or 5X and every winning game on the ticket is multiplied by it, though the lottery notes the symbol can also appear on losing tickets. It returns 69.5%, more than three points above the 66.2% average for the state's $2 games, and leads the five of them at 59.5. Almost 44% of its winning tickets pay the $2 back.

Both games are brand new, so their ratings reflect a full set of prizes that will thin out as tickets sell. The rest of the state's games are ranked on the West Virginia ValueScore™ list, and new releases appear on the new West Virginia scratch-offs page.

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West Virginia Lottery: RETRO-BLACK-DUCK-ELECTRIC KENO (1278)

West Virginia Lottery: DOUGH-BEE-DILL-KING KENO (1280)