Yes. Manitoba players can play WCLC Keno at lottery retailers, with a fresh draw about every 5 minutes, plus video keno machines at casinos across the province. Here is how it works and where to play.
Manitoba has keno in two forms. The main one is WCLC Keno, the lottery keno game run by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation and sold at lottery retailers throughout the province. A new draw happens roughly every 5 minutes: you pick 1 to 10 numbers from a field of 1 to 80, 20 numbers are drawn, and you win based on how many you match, up to a maximum prize of $100,000 per draw.
In Manitoba the lottery is administered by the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation using the WCLC Keno game, so the rules, draw schedule, and prizes are the same across the Prairie provinces. You must be 18 or older to play.
Pick 1 to 10 numbers from 1 to 80 and choose a wager of $1, $2, $5 or $10. Manitoba sees the Central Time draw window, 5:30 am to 3:30 am CT, with a fresh draw every 5 minutes and tickets on sale from an hour before the first one. Twenty numbers are drawn from 80, and you win by spot count up to the $100,000 per-draw maximum.
See the complete WCLC Keno prize tables for every spot count, the exact odds, and the $100,000 prize limit.
Beyond the lottery, Manitoba casinos offer video keno machines, where you play against a paytable on the machine rather than a shared lottery draw. You will find them at Club Regent Casino and McPhillips Station Casino in Winnipeg, as well as Sand Hills Casino near Carberry and South Beach Casino at Scanterbury. Casino keno paytables differ from the WCLC lottery game, so check the machine before you play.
WCLC runs the same Keno draw for all three Prairie provinces, so the odds and paytables above apply equally in Winnipeg, Calgary and Regina. What sets Manitoba apart is the way gaming is owned here, and a second route to playing keno that neither neighbor offers in the same form.
Manitoba sits on Central Time and does observe daylight saving, so the local draw window of 5:30 am to 3:30 am CT shifts with the clock twice a year. It matches Saskatchewan's window on the label, but Saskatchewan never changes its clocks, so for part of the year the two provinces are drawing at different absolute moments despite showing the same local times.
Manitoba is the most directly state-run of the three. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is a Crown corporation, formed in 2013 by merging the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission with the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, and it operates the casinos itself rather than licensing charities or private operators to run them. That is the opposite of Alberta's charitable model, where volunteer groups conduct casino events, and different again from Saskatchewan's split between SIGA and SaskGaming.
Manitoba gives you a second way to play keno that is easy to miss. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries runs video lottery terminals in hotels, lounges and legions across the province, and keno is one of the three VLT game types alongside spinning reel games and poker. That means you can play a keno-style game on a VLT in a small-town lounge without a casino anywhere nearby. Be clear about what you are playing: a VLT keno game pays against its own paytable and is not the shared WCLC draw, so the odds on this page do not apply to it.
Manitoba sets 18 as the minimum age for lottery, casinos and online play alike, matching Alberta rather than Saskatchewan's 19-for-casinos rule. Online, Manitoba was an early mover: PlayNow.com launched here in January 2013, BCLC-powered and operated by Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, making Manitoba the second province in Canada on the platform after British Columbia, and nearly a decade ahead of Saskatchewan. WCLC Keno itself is still bought at a retailer.
A keno prize is not taxed anywhere in Canada. The Canada Revenue Agency treats lottery winnings as a windfall rather than income, so nothing is withheld at either the federal or the provincial level and there is no equivalent of the 24% the US lotteries take off larger prizes. The part people miss is what happens next: the prize itself is clean, but any income it goes on to earn is not. Interest in a savings account, dividends, rent, and capital gains on anything you buy with it are all taxable in the year they arise.
All payouts below are for a $1 play and scale with your wager, up to the $100,000 per-draw maximum. See the full WCLC Keno guide for every spot count from 1 to 10.
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Payouts and rules are based on WCLC's published Keno game conditions and prize structure and may change. Always confirm current payouts and draw times at wclc.com or with a Manitoba lottery retailer.
Yes. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries runs video lottery terminals in hotels, lounges and legions across the province, and keno is one of the three VLT game types alongside spinning reel and poker games. A VLT keno game pays against its own paytable and is separate from the WCLC Keno draw, so the odds and payouts on this page do not apply to it.
You must be 18. Manitoba applies 18 to lottery tickets, casinos and online play alike, the same as Alberta. Saskatchewan differs, allowing lottery play at 18 but requiring 19 for casinos.
Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, a Crown corporation formed in 2013 from the merger of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission and the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, operates Club Regent Casino and McPhillips Station Casino in Winnipeg directly, along with the Shark Club Gaming Centre. Alberta, by contrast, licenses charities to run casino events.
No. The Canada Revenue Agency treats lottery winnings as a windfall rather than income, so nothing is withheld federally or provincially. Income you later earn on the money, such as interest or investment gains, is taxable.
PlayNow.com launched in Manitoba in January 2013. It is powered by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and operated by Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, which made Manitoba the second province on the platform after British Columbia and roughly a decade ahead of Saskatchewan.
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