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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: keno n : a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards [syn: {lotto}, {bingo}, {beano}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Keno, OR Zip code(s): 97627
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