Why play cosmic keno when the odds are so bad

Why play cosmic keno when the odds are so bad

fiction
edward w pritchard

Someone asked me why gamble on the State lottery or at the casino when the odds are so bad against you?

Even now as an old man I had to smile and for days I had a warm glow inside from her casual inquiry. Because since I was a young man for me Keno was cosmic keno which is what I once called girl watching.

Remembering back what a pleasure it was to watch and now recall a properly put together young woman ride by me on her bike as I walked or jogged up hill watching her legs strain to make the crest wearing white short shorts visibly stimulating but not lewd just yet, that occurs later sometimes if a  lucky connection at cosmic keno is made.

Sadly now my girl watching is restricted to modern torch singers in trio singing in throaty voices and tight dresses on the you tube "it's all about the bass" as they wiggle just right to obtain views and likes or a bar maid doing the usual to get a proper tip.

I always pick my own numbers at cosmic keno and don't follow a set system of numbers such as odd or even numbers under 18 which out of respect for the higher numbers which I now tend to favor for some reason- sometimes out of the blue I still play at a little cosmic keno and let randomness send me the numbers me merely acting as the proper opportunist.

Once I had a winner at lucky 19 and for years and years I stuck loyally to just that number now though it's a bit of a pipe dream to expect a winner. More about the wishing than the execution and denouement really.