Keno - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Keno :  (noun)

1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards [syn: lotto, bingo, beano]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Keno : \Ke"no\, n. [F. quine five winning numbers, fr. L. quini five each, quinque five. See Five.] A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. [U. S.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Lotto \Lot"to\, n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot.] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Keno, OR Zip code(s): 97627

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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