Keno comeback in 2016?

The House Ways and Means Committee is recommending a bill to establish keno in New Hampshire in 2016. 

Keno is a lottery game offered in bars and some other establishments that serve alcohol. A player selects numbers on a slip, and a computer generates random numbers every four minutes. The player gets a payout for matching numbers from the computer and the slip.

Under the 2016 keno bill, a town or city must vote in favor of allowing keno before any establishment applies for a $500 keno license from the state.

Roughly 90% of keno profits would then go to school funding.

The Lottery Commission can't know for sure how many towns would approve keno or how many establishments would apply for keno licenses. However, the Commission estimates that keno would generate roughly $8.4 million annually for school funding. 

Keno supporters note that Massachusetts already offers keno at restaurants and bars. They argue New Hampshire is losing out on revenue when Granite Staters cross the border to play.

Keno opponents argue that the game is too similar to the instant gratification of slot machines.

When New Hampshire considered keno in 2014, Robert Kay of the New Hampshire Council of Churches warned, "Gamblers can and do wipe out paychecks, family food budgets and worse in one evening at Keno locations, which over time would be located within a very short distance from virtually every New Hampshire household." 

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