Keno in the casino has the highest profit of any game in the casino, at 25 percent or more. Another way that it is like Powerball is that the odds are very bad. You pick several numbers on a ticket, and hope to match the numbers drawn from the ping pong ball machine. She said Keno brings in about $186 million a year in profits, which are then distributed to the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns as direct state aid.
Lisa McDonald, a spokeswoman at Massachusetts State Lottery, said there are 3,800 Keno monitors at 2,537 retailers across the state. Those numbers appear on a television screen, and you will find these screens in many bars and restaurants. While I think it is fine for Keno to be offered in the adult lounging area it struck me as funny that it was offered in the dining area where there are families with young children.įor those who don’t know, Keno is a state lottery game where you match numbers on a ticket to numbers spit out randomly from a machine. I also noticed people were playing Keno in the bar area. I went to Kitty’s restaurant in North Reading, Massachusetts for dinner one night and while enjoying a fabulous meal, I noticed that Keno was being played in the dining area.
