The new Ohio Lottery game starts Monday amid hopes for increased revenue both by the state andby bar and restaurant owners, 10TV's Cara Connelly reported.
"There's definitely a lot of interest in the game and a lot of people asking about it," saidSarah Griffith, manager of the Jimmy V's bar in German Village, which has installed a Kenomachine.
Players choose 10 out of 80 numbers in drawings held every four minutes. A $1 ticket brings thepossibility of winning $300,000.
Host businesses will receive 6.2 percent of Keno ticket sales, which are expected to resultin an additional $13,000 a year on average for bar and restaurant owners with the game.
The introduction of Keno has been controversial since Gov. Ted Strickland announced it as a wayto increase state revenue by more than $70 million.
Monday's start of the game will be the largest expansion of the state lottery since Ohiojoined the multistate Mega Millions game in 2001.
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