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Jack Whittaker won a nearly $315 million on Christmas 2002, then the largest undivided lottery prize in U.S. history. He took his winnings in a lump sum of $113 million after taxes is now broke and can’t pay a settlement to a casino worker.

Since winning he has been beset by problems including the death of his granddaughter by drug overdose. He’s been sued by Atlantic City Casinos for bouncing checks. His cars and business’s have been burglarized and he was sued by the parents of an 18 year old boy, a friend of his granddaughters, who was found dead in his house.

In the latest lawsuit, Whittaker said, that “a team of crooks” cashed checks in September at 12 City National Bank branches and “got all my money,”.

Let’s start with a little history on the game. Keno is a popular gambling game in the United States. Its history can be traced to a Chinese game called “The Game of the White Dove” invented during the Han Dynasty (187 BC). The name “keno” descends from a form of Bingo or Lotto popular in the USA in the 19th century. There are many references to “Keno” played in a bingo like format in the eastern states prior to the influx of Chinese during the gold rush. The name appears to have been transferred to the similar format Chinese lottery in the late 1800s.

Did you know? A couple of years ago a Las Vegas Casino ran a special promotion in which if a player hit 20/20 on the same Keno card twice, the player would win a $1,000,000 prize. Great promotion right? Wrong. In over 2000 years no one has ever hit 20/20. No One.  Yet thousands of people played in hopes of winning. Here’s a little more information on Keno.

Modern Keno

Keno, in its modern form, is like a lottery or bingo in that it is a numbers game. Unlike bingo, the keno player picks the numbers for his or her ticket(s). Keno cards have 80 numbers; the keno player can pick as many (or as few) numbers as desired. This is done by circling or otherwise marking them with a pencil. Once the player has picked his numbers, he must bring his card back to the clerk at the keno booth. The clerk will then issue a receipt after recording the player’s numbers.

After picking numbers and recording them at the keno booth, the player will then watch either a “big board” in which winning keno numbers will light up or on a video monitor showing the selected numbers. As the winning numbers light up, the player usually marks them on his or her card with a bright-colored marker. The amount of numbers the player originally picked that match winning numbers of a particular drawing will determine if any money is won and, if so, how much. The winning ticket needs to be taken to the keno booth immediately if it is an individual game ticket, as drawings usually take place every five minutes. If the player tries to redeem a winning ticket when the next drawing starts, it is void and no money is paid out.

To avoid having a void ticket, a keno player can purchase a “multi-race” ticket with the same picked numbers on anywhere from 2 to 20 tickets. When the maximum number of games (matching the number of tickets) is finished, the player can then redeem any winnings and avoid the peril of a void ticket. Another option is the “stray and play” ticket, which is usually a number of games greater than 30. Unlike standard keno tickets, the “stray and play” doesn’t have to be redeemed immediately and is often good for up to a year after purchase.

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