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The word "keno" has French or Latin roots (Fr. quine "five winning numbers", L. quini "five each"), but by all accounts the game originated in China. Legend has it that Zhang Liang invented the game during the Chu-Han Contention to raise money to defend an ancient city, and its widespread popularity later helped raise funds to build the Great Wall of China.
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Keno is played every four minutes at many lottery retailers. Twenty numbers from 1 through 80 are selected and displayed on a monitor. Players choose 1 to 10 numbers. Keno has a multiplier option, for an extra $1 per play, that multiplies prizes by 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x.
Ohio added a twice-daily game on August 5, 2007, called Ten-OH!, which was a Keno-like game; the first Ohio Lottery game in which the drawings were computerized. [7] (As a result, the Ten-OH! drawings were not televised.) The top prize of $500,000 was won by matching 10 of the 20 numbers drawn. [citation needed]
In 1996, as a result of a lawsuit by a pachinko parlor and an association of owners and trainers of race horses, [14] the Supreme Court of California unanimously struck down the lottery's implementation of keno, ruling that it was a house-banked game, not a lottery game, which at that time was illegal anywhere in California. [15]
Keno is played at all retailers, although some retailers are equipped with a special monitor. Keno has been available on all mobile devices and computers located within the state of Rhode Island since 2020; between 2016 and 2020 Keno could be bought on mobile devices with a special app at specific retailers.
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Players must be at least 18 (including video lottery); however, the minimum is 21 for Quick Draw (a keno game drawn four minutes apart) where alcohol is served. [2] Lottery winnings are subject to state and Federal income taxes. New York City and Yonkers residents also are subject to local income taxes.