The Las Vegas Strip’s only bingo room is going virtual. The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is launching a partnership this week with Buffalo Studios, the company behind the popular Facebook game Bingo Blitz.

Fredella’s Fix | One version of Caveman offers a top award of 2,000 credits for hitting a solid seven-spot or better and a top multiplier of 10X, giving the player a total top possible award of 20,000-1, twice that of traditional keno.

Keno Lil |  I just don’t buy the "cluster" strategy. The only mathematical rationale behind the clustering theory would be the theory that the random number generators built into these machines is faulty to the extent it will produce visible clusters of numbers on the board.

Keno Lil | This week we investigate the 6-way 9-spot ticket. In my column you will find four different tickets, a 12-spot, a 13-spot, a 14-spot and a 15-spot, all of which have a 6-way 9-spot way as part of their combinations.

Pokin' Around | This past Saturday the Riviera Hotel & Casino hosted a special bingo charity event to benefit several charities. There were three packages available. The "Healing Package" cost $50 and included six packs, equaling 36 cards.

Keno Lil |  Last week we talked about the idea that the amount of paint on the keno ball could affect the outcome of the call. I pretty much debunked that with the proviso that this idea can actually be tested these days through simple statistical methods.

Keno Lil |  So the unintentional effect of paint is ruled out but there is also concern with the use of paint to tamper intentionally with the game’s results. In other words, the use of paint as a cheating device.

Keno Lil |  Consider these four different tickets, which all have 15 spots and are all four way nines: 6-3-3-3, 5-3-3-3-1, 4-3-3-3-2, and 3-3-3-2-2-2.

Keno Lil |  Although it is useful in a mathematical sense the keno player will find that in most instances you will not get as many plays as the formula suggests since it includes the lucky few who hit solid winners that skews the distribution.

A county judge has finally ruled that the electronic bingo machines that been operating in Alabama are definitely illegal. Some 300 of the devices were confiscated in raids in Jefferson County last year. 

Keno Lil | The "Rule of the Twins" is simple and applies to the basic structure of a keno way ticket. We observed years ago that in fact on every keno ticket if you take away a certain number of spots, that leaves a certain number.

Keno Lil |  The technique of splitting your ticket to provide more diverse ways to play can be applied to more complex tickets as well as the simple ones that we examined last week.

Keno Lil | Are you bored with your old keno way ticket? Maybe you play a six and 3/2, 2-2-2 for $2.50 and you’d like to try a new path to success. Perhaps you play that old eight and 4/2 marked 2-2-2-2 and you hunger for more diversity in your play. 

Keno Lil |  The six way 6 is of course one of the most popular way tickets of all time, when marked with 12 spots, grouped 3-3-3-3.

Keno Lil | The six-spot is not one of my favorite tickets. I think that in general you get more bang for the buck with a five-spot or an eight-spot, so I don’t tend to write about them much. That being said, it is true the six-spot is the most popular ticket played today.

Keno Lil |The 25-way tickets were once beyond affordability for most players, but one benefit of computerization is that these are much easier to write and check.

Keno Lil | Since the New Year will bring us 2012, it is only fitting that we explore a few 12 spot ways.

Keno Lil | We are not talking about the standard 20-spots marked with five groups of 4. This traditional way to play the 10-way-8 is probably the best method. But being humans we sometimes seek variety, especially if that 20-spot has not been nice to us lately.

Keno Lil | The 5-way-8 is getting into the territory of keno tickets that Lil considers to be the sweet spot. At five ways the price is not too high and the 8’s provide a good shot at winning something substantial.