keno
pronunciation
How to pronounce keno in British English:
UK ['kiːnəʊ]
How to pronounce keno in American English:
US ['kinoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
Word Origin
- keno (n.)
- game of chance (akin to bingo), 1814, American English, probably from French quine "five winning numbers in a lottery," from Latin quini "five each," distributive of quinque "five" (see five). The numbers are arranged in rows of five.
Example
- 1. The welfare lottery network already offers high - frequency betting on keno , a bingo-like game .
- 2. Analysts are more cautious on the outlook for keno .
- 3. Cls first announced its contract with the welfare lottery for a national keno network three years ago .
- 4. " My personal view is that keno definitely will be bigger than vlt , " mr liao said .
- 5. But the roll-out has been delayed as local governments , some of which had set up keno games with other foreign suppliers , sought to put their imprint on the system .