If keno revenues exceed expectations, however, schools statewide may receive more. Starting next school year, every school with a full-day program will get an extra $1,100 per kindergartner, regardless of whether they allow keno or not. State legislators legalized keno last year and left the decision to allow the game to each municipality’s residents or elected officials must pass keno at the ballot box in order for the game to be played within a town’s borders, but no school’s kindergarten funding is contingent on the town’s vote.

The state projects keno could supply $9 million in revenue. The idea of keno was pitched as a way to fund statewide full-day kindergarten. They also can earn bonuses - capped at $75,000 - for selling a KENO 603 prize of $10,000 and greater. These locations will keep 8 percent of every dollar spent on the KENO 603 game, according to the Lottery Commission. The owners of establishments applying for keno will be subject to a background check and will have to pay an annual $500 licensing fee, according to the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. “I told them I’m willing to be a test mule, if they need it,” Gale said. Owner Jim Gale said he’s already let the state know he wants to participate.

Most of those stores that qualify have already received informational postcards from the state detailing their options. She said doesn’t anticipate any problems. Richardson said that the governing body of the VFW will officially decided whether to apply to get keno at its Oct. Now, it’s up to vendors who qualify to make arrangements with the state to get keno machines installed, which could be in place as early as December. New Hampshire Lottery officials said last August that eight locations in Franklin have liquor licenses that qualified them to allow keno, which is similar to an electronic form of bingo. It passed in all three wards with about 60 percent of the vote. It’s all positivity.”įranklin became the first municipality in the state to approve the gambling game keno during a citywide election in Franklin on Tuesday. “There’s no one in here I’ve heard that doesn’t want it. “We’re getting it,” she said Wednesday from behind the bar. VFW bartender Bonnie Richardson has no doubt she’ll be seeing keno at her workplace soon.

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