How to play Kinzo

Playing Kinzo is as easy as it is exciting:

• To play Kinzo, place your cash bet on the gaming table.
• A Kinzo ticket* costs $2.
• Your game ticket* features 15 numbers divided over 3 rows and 9 columns. To facilitate tagging of numbers drawn, each column is grouped into ten, in ascending order.

Games

Kinzo is two games in one:

• The Line: The first player in a Kinzo express location to mark 5 numbers in a horizontal line and announces it, according to the rules**, namely, by pressing the buzzer button in front of him or her, wins the prize associated with the line game.
• The 15/15: The round continues until a player, in a Kinzo express, marks all 15 numbers on his or her card and announces it, according to the rules**, namely, by pressing the buzzer button in front of him or her, thus winning the prize associated with the 15/15 game.

A first sound signal announces the end of the line game and another announces the end of the 15/15 game.

Both Kinzo games are always followed by a break during which tickets are sold for upcoming games for which they are issued.

At specific times during opening hours, another type of ticket is sold. This is the Kinzo Plus ticket, which costs $4. Kinzo Plus is played the same way as the $2 Kinzo.

Kinzo Prize Structure

Kinzo prize amounts are determined by a system where all bets are pooled and vary in accordance with the amount of tickets sold in Kinzo express locations.

The following table details the Kinzo prize structure.

Rules

Consult the Kinzo Rules [PDF Format, 49 KB - Help, last update June 9, 2011]
 

*A ticket is valid only for participating in the line and 15/15 games where it is issued.
**Detailed game rules are available in the Kinzo express halls.
† Divisible if there is more than one winner.
‡ The bonus is a cumulative jackpot that increases each round by an amount equivalent to 4% of ticket sales. Once the target amount is reached, the bonus is added to the 15/15 prize for the next round.