Iowa has no lottery keno, but it has a deep bench of licensed casinos and riverboats where you can play. Video keno is widely available, and some properties run live keno too.
The Iowa Lottery offers draw games and scratchers but does not run a monitor keno game. Keno in Iowa means casino keno.
Iowa was an early adopter of riverboat gambling and has built that into a statewide network of state-licensed casinos and racinos, plus a few tribal casinos. There are roughly 19 commercial casinos spread across the state, from the Mississippi River towns on the east to the Missouri River on the west and Council Bluffs across from Omaha.
Most of these casinos carry video keno machines on the floor, and some of the larger properties run live keno as well.
Video keno is the most common format you will find. Because each casino sets its own game mix, call ahead if you want live keno specifically.
Casino keno in Iowa uses the standard 80-number, 20-draw format. The odds of catching your spots are the same as keno everywhere, and the paytable on a given machine or lounge game sets the return. Video keno generally returns more than live keno. Compare any spot count with our odds calculator.
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