Nevada Numbers was a statewide lottery

Lottery

A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...

-style progressive keno

Keno

Keno is a lottery or bingo gambling game often played at modern casinos, and is also offered as a game in some state lotteries. A traditional live casino keno game uses a circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 balls which determine the ball draw result. Each ball is imprinted...

 game with a minimum jackpot of $5 million. Nevada Numbers was proprietary to Las Vegas Gaming Inc. Tickets were available for purchase at participating keno lounges in casinos across the state. Players chose five numbers out of 80. Tickets cost $2 each.

The game was originally field tested in 2001 at three casino

Casino

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s - Bally's, Paris Las Vegas

Paris Las Vegas

Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA, that is owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp....

 and the Las Vegas Hilton

Las Vegas Hilton

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The progressive jackpot

Progressive jackpot

A progressive jackpot is a jackpot for a gaming machine where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played...

 was annuitized; however, winners could choose to have the jackpot paid in cash

Present value

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The original Nevada Numbers was discontinued on March 31, 2009.

The largest keno ticket ever was paid out at the Sam’s Town Casino in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

. The player hit all five numbers in September 2007, winning $6,376,452.

Nevada Numbers Lite

A revived version of the game, now called Nevada Numbers Lite, was reintroduced at a handful of casinos. As of September 2011, it's is available at two Las Vegas casinos and one Laughlin casino. The game is a traditional keno game, with players choosing 9 numbers, and 20 numbers drawn from a field of 80. Play is one dollar per game. Draws are approximately every 10 minutes.