Eighty Nights keno guide: picks, tickets and pacing
Keno looks like luck and nothing else, and the draw is. The choices around it are not: how many numbers, how many tickets, what stake. This guide goes through them.
Published 12 October 2026 · Updated 13 October 2026 · Nocturn Play
Eighty Nights is a fast online keno game by Nocturn Play. You choose 1 to 10 numbers from 80, twenty balls are drawn, and each ticket is paid by a paytable that depends on how many numbers you played and how many came out. Up to 10 tickets can go into one draw, and catching all ten on a 10-number ticket pays tens of thousands of times the stake. It can be played for free on nocturnplay.com.
Keno in sixty seconds
Keno is one of the oldest number games around, and its online version comes down to a loop: pick numbers, place a ticket, watch the draw, repeat. Eighty Nights keeps that loop tight. A countdown runs at the top of the screen, a chameleon in a top hat waits beside the ball globe, and when the timer hits zero the twenty balls tumble out and settle in two rows. Your matches glow on the board as they arrive. Then the next countdown starts.
There is nothing to unlock and no bonus round. All of the game is in the choices you make before the timer runs out.
Choice one: how many numbers
This is the decision that shapes everything, because each pick count has its own paytable. Think of the counts in three bands:
- 1 to 3 numbers. Short tickets with few ways to win. A 1-number ticket pays only if that number is drawn; a 3-number ticket pays for two or three hits. Wins are small multiples but the ticket is easy to follow.
- 4 to 7 numbers. The middle ground. Tables start paying from two or three hits and the top line climbs from roughly a hundred times the stake on four numbers to thousands on seven.
- 8 to 10 numbers. The long shots. The lower hit counts pay nothing or very little, and the money sits at the top of the ladder. Ten numbers is the only ticket with a consolation for zero hits.
Open the Paytable tab before you settle. Tap a pick count and it shows every winning line with the exact amount at your current stake, so you can compare, say, a 5-number ticket with an 8-number one in a couple of seconds.
Choice two: how many tickets per draw
You can place up to ten tickets in the same draw. That opens a few ways to play. Some players spread different pick counts across the draw: a short ticket for regular small wins and a long one for the dream. Others play several 4- or 5-number tickets on different parts of the board so the twenty balls have more chances to land on something. Tickets in one draw share a single stake, so the cost of a draw is simply the stake times the number of tickets.
Choice three: the stake and the pace
Because a draw comes round roughly every minute, keno sessions add up fast in number of tickets even when the stake is low. Decide on a session budget, divide it by the cost of one draw, and you know how many draws you have. The chips next to the stake make it quick to switch between three levels without tapping the plus button ten times, and Repeat sends your last set of tickets back into the next draw so you can keep the same plan without rebuilding it.
A draw, told from the slip
Here is one way a round can go. You place two tickets at 1 dollar each. Ticket one has 4 numbers: 7, 19, 33 and 62. Ticket two has 8 numbers spread over the board. The countdown ends, and the balls start rolling. Ball 3 is 19. Ball 9 is 62. Ball 14 is 33. Ticket one now holds three hits, which on a 4-number table is a paying line. Ticket two picks up only three hits over the whole draw, and on an 8-number table three hits pay nothing. The result screen shows a win for ticket one at its multiple of 1 dollar, and both tickets appear under My tickets with their hits marked. Press Repeat and the same two tickets are ready for the next draw.
Hot, cold and other habits
The Hot & Cold tab counts which numbers were drawn most and least over recent draws, and the Hot / Cold button flags those numbers on the board itself. Plenty of keno players like this; it gives the board a story. Just keep in mind what the game itself says on that tab: every draw is new and the past doesn't steer the next one. Hot numbers are a way to pick, not a better way. The same goes for quick picks and birthdays: all tickets of the same size are equal in front of the globe.
Who Eighty Nights is for
It suits lottery and keno fans who want a draw every minute rather than twice a week, sports bettors who know fast keno from betting sites, and slot players who want a break with simpler rules. It also works well on a phone during a short break: place a ticket, glance back a minute later, done. Upright, the board takes the top of the screen with the slip below; in landscape it looks much like the desktop version.
Start playing
Open the Eighty Nights game page to play free in your browser without an account. Draw games with a different feel, like Night Bingo, are listed with the rest of our titles in the full catalogue.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best number of picks in Eighty Nights?
There isn't a best one. Few picks give smaller, more regular wins; ten picks put almost everything on the top of the paytable. Compare the tables in the Paytable tab and choose the style you prefer.
Can I play several tickets in one draw?
Yes, up to ten tickets per draw, all at the same stake.
What happens if I place a ticket during a draw?
It is entered in the next draw automatically.
What does Repeat do?
It places your last tickets again, with the same numbers, for the coming draw.
Is Eighty Nights free to try?
Yes, on nocturnplay.com with no registration and nothing to download.
