Keno

Keno is a popular gambling game in Las Vegas. Its history can be traced to a Chinese game called "The Game of the White Dove (白鴿票)" invented during the Han Dynasty (187 BC).

History

The following account of the history of the game is an excerpt from Stewart Culin's paper published in 1891.

This game is an old establishment, and was first introduced by Chéung léung of the great Han Dynasty. When the city was hard pressed, and provisions were beginning to fail, they (the besieged) were anxious to increase the contributions, and to exhort the people to subscribe more for the army, but were unable to do so. Hence they established a game of chance (to guess characters), by which they hoped to tempt the people to hazard their property. In order to fix a method of losing or gaining at hazard, they chose 120 characters for the whole game and eight characters for one subdivision. If the people lost one (whole) subdivision they lost three lí of property; if they gained one division they were rewarded with ten taels. These regulations being once established, who would not sacrifice a little in order to gain much? The two games in the morning and evening were attended by men and women who tried their luck by guessing. They had only opened the game for about ten days, when they had accumulated more than 1000 pieces of silver; and after a few more decades their wealth was boundless. The money thus gained was considered a contribution to the army for the reduction of the empire….

At present the people practice the game as a profession. They borrow the characters from the Thousand Character Classic, of which eighty are chosen and arranged after a new plan, ten characters forming one division, which the people are permitted to purchase for more or less (for whatever they please.)

Three cash gaining ten taels makes the people covet the game without loathing. When they guess five characters they gain five lí; when six characters they gain five candareens; when seven characters they gain five mace; when eight characters they gain two taels and five mace; when nine characters they gain five taels; when ten characters they gain ten taels.

When this game was first established, the houses were often at a great distance, and communication being difficult and the people anxious soon to know the result respecting their gaining or losing, they employed letter doves to carry the news to the parties, whence the present designation: 'The Game of the White Dove.'

Modern keno

Keno, in its modern form, is like a lottery or bingo in that it is a numbers game. Unlike lotteries or bingo, the keno player picks the numbers for his or her ticket(s). Keno cards have 80 numbers; the keno player can pick as many (or as few) numbers as desired. This is done by circling or otherwise marking them with a pencil. Once the player has picked their numbers, they must bring their card back to the clerk at the keno booth. The clerk will then issue a receipt after recording the player's numbers.

After picking numbers and recording them at the keno booth, the player will then watch either a "big board" in which winning keno numbers will light up or on a video monitor showing the selected numbers. As the winning numbers light up, the player usually marks them on his or her card with a bright-colored marker. The amount of numbers the player originally picked that match winning numbers of a particular drawing will determine if any money is won and, if so, how much. The winning ticket needs to be taken to the keno booth immediately if it is an individual game ticket, as drawings usually take place every five minutes. If the player tries to redeem a winning ticket when the next drawing starts, it is void and no money is paid out.

To avoid having a void ticket, a keno player can purchase a "multi-race" ticket with the same picked numbers on anywhere from 2 to 20 tickets. When the maximum number of games (matching the number of tickets) is finished, the player can then redeem any winnings and avoid the peril of a void ticket. Another option is the "stray and play" ticket, which is usually a number of games greater than 30. Unlike standard keno tickets, the "stray and play" doesn't have to be redeemed immediately and is often good for up to a year after purchase.

Modern Usage: Keno

Commercial Usage: Keno

Photo Album: Keno

Usage Frequency: Keno

Name Usage Frequency: Keno

Cities: Keno

1. Keno, OR
Zip Code(s): 97627
Country: USA

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Expression: Keno

Expression using "keno": game of keno. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Keno

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
keno	1,506	keno lottery	26
keno game	174	free keno download	25
free keno	158	leigh keno	25
keno online	154	ontario keno	24
keno game for free	77	drive in keno	23
daily keno	77	keno software	23
keno and mass lottery	77	keno rule	22
keno casino	70	free keno downloads	22
play keno	67	win at keno	22
play keno online	50	free keno download game	20
internet keno	49	gambling keno	20
keno number	44	play keno for free	20
video keno	42	four card keno	19
keno cheat	42	keno downloads	19
keno download	34	keno strategy	19
mass keno	33	free online keno	19
pogo keno	32	keno on line	19
online keno game	31	cyber keno	19
superball keno	29	web keno	18
keno jackpot	29	keno numbers	17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Keno

Language		Translations for "keno"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		andespil (game of keno). (various references)

Dutch		kienspel (game of keno). (various references)

German		Kenospiel (game of keno). (various references)

Greek		είδοσ τυχερού παιχνιδιού, είδοσ τυχαιρού παιχνιδιού (lotto). (various references)

Italian		giuoco della tombola (game of keno, game of loto, game of lotto). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ガ行 (buzzword, catch phrase, Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu", keel, keep, keeper, key, key advisor, key chain, key club, key currency, key holder, key industry, key market, key point, key punch, key station, keyboard, keyhole, keyhole journalism, keyman, key-map, keynote, keypad, keypuncher, keystone, keystone combination, key-stroke, keysym, key-symbol, key-touch, keyword, kiwi, kiwi fruit, reference sample, the key). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		キーノー . (various references)

Pig Latin		enokay

Portuguese		jogo de quino (game of keno). (various references)

Thai		เกมเสี่ยงโชคชนิ�"หนึ่ง. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Keno

Derivations
	Words beginning with "keno": kenos, kenosis, kenosises, kenotic, kenotron, kenotrons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Keno" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceni, ceno, cuno, ekn, Ekondo, Enno, eno, feno, jeho, Jeno, kaeno, Kaeon, kahnoh, kando, Kango, kanna, kano, kanoe, kanof, Kanzo, kao, Kaon, kaona, kaxo, keano, Keco, keebo, keeno, keent, Keino, Kemo, kena, kenab, kenaf, kenar, Kencot, kend, keneo, keng, Kengo, Keni, Kenix, Kenjo, kenlow, Kenn, kenne, kenod, kenor, kenpo, Keone, Kernow, kero, keso, ketn, keto, kevo, keyo, kezo, Khenj, kibo, kigo, kilno, kimo, kinko, Kinnon, kinoa, kinow, kinu, kion, kndo, kne, kneh, knev, knex, kno, knod, knoe, knog, knoq, knu, koen, kono, Konoe, kuni, kunna, kyen, Okuno, Qenmo, yeno, zeno. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Keno"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "keno" (pronounced kē"nō)
4	k ē" n ō	maraschino.
3	-ē" n ō	amino, andantino, bambino, cappuccino, casino, Cassino, Chino, fino, ladino, latino, lino, Merino, neutrino, palomino, wino.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Keno

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-k-n-o"
	-1 letter: eon, ken, oke, one.
	-2 letters: en, ne, no, oe, on.
	Words containing the letters "e-k-n-o"
	+1 letter: eikon, enoki, kendo, kenos, koine, krone, oaken, token, woken.
	+2 letters: awoken, beckon, beknot, bonked, broken, conked, conker, donkey, eikons, enokis, honked, honker, honkey, honkie, invoke, kelson, kendos, ketone, knower, koines, konked, kronen, kroner, leukon, monkey, nekton, nocked, oinked, reckon, spoken, tokens, unyoke, yonker, zonked.
	+3 letters: beckons, beknots, betoken, bonkers, bookend, bookmen, bunkoed, bunkoes, clonked, cockney, conkers, convoke, doeskin, donkeys, dorneck, eikones, einkorn, evoking, honkers, honkeys, honkies, invoked, invoker, invokes, kaoline, keelson, kelsons, kenosis, kenotic, kerogen, ketones, ketonic, keynote, knobbed, knocked, knocker, knolled, knoller, knopped, knotted, knotter, knouted, knowers, kokanee, leukons, menfolk, moniker, monkery, monkeys, nektons, network, nonpeak, nonsked, nookies, pinkoes, plonked, reckons, rewoken, snooked, snooker, snorkel, sockmen, sokeman, sokemen, sonlike, stenoky, tokened, unbroke, unchoke, unspoke, unyoked, unyokes, wonkier, workmen, yonkers, younker.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Keno

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 65 6E 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01100101 01101110 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0065 006E 006F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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woordeboek, fjalor, ‏معجم, ‏قاموس, diccionariu, речник, diccionari, diksyonario, diksinario, 字典, gérlyver, slovník, ordbog, woordenboek, shimiyuc p'anca, orðabók, orðbók, dictionnaire, wurdboek, wörterbuch, λεξικό, אוצר מילים, szótár, uqausiit tukingit, dizionario, 字引 , じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , 사� �, dizionari, recnik, fockleyr, dikshonario, słownik, dicionário, dicţionar, dicziunari, словарь, lolomi fefiloi, foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachan, pukuntau, leksikon, rečnik, vocabbulariu, diccionario, sí-chazamagâma, ordbok, lexikon, พจนานุกรม, sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, словник, довідник, có tính chất sách vở, geirlyfr, geiriadur, for dictionary;
definisie, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, 定義 , 定义, definice, deskriptordefinition, definitie, määritelmä, définition, ορισμός, �"�'�"ר�", �"�'בל�", meghatározás, definíció, definizione, 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, � �의, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght, definishon, definição, definiţie, determinare, definire, определение, definicija, definición, definition, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, diffiniad, darnodiad, for definition;
vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור�'מ� ות, תר�'ום, �"עתק�", �"עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい�"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ�"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th� nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו�'ת שמרים, �"� י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, �"ול� �"י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란�"�, Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน�"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน�"์, � รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b� xã", for Dutch;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, �"ερμανός, gjermanisht, �'רמ� י, �'רמ� ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, � าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו� ית, יו� י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア�", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b� gi� gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l� kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, � าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі�"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル�", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B�"-đ� o-nha tiếng B�"-đ� o-nha, for Portuguese;
Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい�", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, � าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та�"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai;

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You said keno is legal in Burbank. (Animaniacs; writing credit: Nick Dubois; Peter Hastings)
Movie/TV Titles	Liar Keno Bates (1915)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	All About Keno (reference) Casino Keno (reference) Complete Guide to Winning Keno (reference) How to Make a Killing at Keno (reference) Keno (Gunsmoke Western) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Keno game operator. Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit: Library of Congress.		Logs piled in the mill yard. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. Credit: Library of Congress.
	"Pond monkey" carrying cable from mill shed to pond. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress.		Sawn lumber leaving the mill by truck. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mill pond. Klamath River beyond. Log rafts and log chute to the mill. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. Credit: Library of Congress.		Ellington Lumber Company mill. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Lumber mill worker's house. Note pump. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Keno	Last name	200	40,316
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Keno

Definitions: Keno

Keno

Noun

Synonyms: Keno

Specialty Definition: Keno

Crosswords: Keno

Modern Usage: Keno

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Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Keno

Books

Photo Album: Keno

Usage Frequency: Keno

Name Usage Frequency: Keno

Cities: Keno

Expression: Keno

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Keno

Modern Translations: Keno

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Japanese Kanji

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Derivations & Misspellings: Keno

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Keno"

Anagrams: Keno

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Keno

4B 65 6E 6F

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01001011 01100101 01101110 01101111

&#75 &#101 &#110 &#111

004B 0065 006E 006F

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