Keno Empire

Keno Empire is a free-to-play social casino game built entirely around keno, the lottery-style number game, rather than slot machines. It comes from Childhood Friends Inc., an independent studio with no parent company or acquisition history on record.

If you have not played keno: you pick between 4 and 10 numbers, called spots, from a grid of 1 to 80, place a wager in virtual coins, and the game draws 20 numbers. Numbers you matched are catches, and the payout follows that game's pay table. It is simpler than slots and slower-paced, which is much of the appeal.

The game started on Facebook around 2015 and was described as the number one keno game on Facebook by 2018. It reached iOS on 14 July 2016 and Android in January 2018, and the Facebook version is still part of how people play it.

Being keno-only makes this one of the more distinctive games we cover. Almost everything else in this category is slots with something bolted on; here the keno is the whole product.

The library is built from variants rather than machines, and each changes the bonus mechanic rather than just the artwork.

• Cleopatra Keno: Free games in which wins are doubled.
• Caveman Keno: Random multiplier eggs placed on the board.
• Fortune Keno: Fortune cookie multipliers.
• Hitman Keno: Target-based multipliers.
• Double Up Keno: A multiplier applied on the last ball.
• Powerball Keno: A multiplier on the final ball drawn.

There is also a multi-card mode allowing up to 20 cards played simultaneously, which changes the pace considerably and is the closest this game gets to the intensity of a slot machine.

Childhood Friends publishes no return-to-player figures or pay-table odds for any variant.

The free coin structure here is straightforward and, unusually, the timing is documented precisely.

• Timed bonuses: Five per day, collectible every 2 hours. That number is specific rather than approximate, and it means the ceiling on this source is reachable if you check in through the day.
• Daily Login Surprise: A free coin award for logging in each day, separate from the timed bonuses.
• Official link posts: Childhood Friends posts coin links on the game's official Facebook page. Amounts are not documented.

Two honest caveats. First, exact coin values are not published for any of these, so anyone quoting you a figure is guessing. Second, the timed bonuses must be collected within their window; leaving them does not bank them.

The five-per-day cap is the useful detail. Once you have taken all five, no amount of further checking will produce more, so there is no benefit to obsessive refreshing beyond that point.

No. Keno Empire has no documented in-game promo code redemption system, and no active codes are verifiable from any source.

Unlike games that accept alphanumeric codes, Keno Empire distributes free coins entirely through links, in-game bonuses and events. A link opens the game and credits coins automatically; there is nothing to type.

Any site offering Keno Empire promo codes has invented them, because there is no screen to enter one into.

No. Keno Empire runs on a virtual currency model with no real-money gambling and no cash redemption. Coins cannot be withdrawn or exchanged.

The game does position itself partly as practice for real-world casino keno, which is a fair description of what it offers: the variants and pay-table structures mirror the real game closely enough to be useful preparation. That is not the same as being able to win anything here.

Keno Empire leans harder on social features than most games of its size, with in-game chat rooms, leaderboards and Facebook connectivity built in.

Chat rooms in particular are rare in this category now, and they suit keno's slower pace in a way they would not suit a slot machine, since there is time between draws to actually type.

Keno Empire runs on Facebook, iOS and Android. There is also a separate app called Keno Empire Gold, launched on iOS in January 2023 and also available on Google Play, which is a distinct release rather than an update to the original.

Update cadence is slow. The main iOS build was at version 2.0.12 as of late 2024, with an Android update recorded in July 2026. Keno Empire Gold was last updated in mid-2024. This is a maintained game rather than an actively expanding one.

If you are searching for coins or help, check which of the two apps you actually have, since they are listed separately.

Keno Empire is one of the few keno-focused games we cover, so its closest comparisons are games with a similar pace rather than similar mechanics.

• Bingo Blitz: Playtika's bingo game, the nearest match on pace and on the draw-and-match rhythm rather than reels.
• Bingo Bash: Another bingo title with strong social features, if the chat rooms are part of the appeal here.
• GSN Casino: Includes video bingo alongside slots and video poker, so a way to get some of this play alongside other formats.
• Jackpot Party Casino: If you want to move to slots proper, with a much busier reward-link feed.
• Bingo Showdown: SciPlay's bingo game, with competitive rounds rather than solo play.

Nothing else we cover is keno-first, which is the main reason to be here. If what you actually enjoy is the number-drawing rhythm rather than keno specifically, the bingo games above are the closest equivalents and are considerably more actively developed.