English

Noun

keno ‎(uncountable)

1. A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005), page 41:

     Memories of this night are extremely hazy. All I have, for guide-pegs, is a pocketful of keno cards and cocktail napkins, all covered with scribbled notes.