Keno lottery game planned

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 | 11:13 a.m.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Lottery plans to begin its new Club Keno game May 28 in about 470 bars, restaurants and similar locations.

The start date announced Monday is a few days earlier than the initial June 1 target. The number of participating businesses is nearly double the amount the lottery had approved in March.

The game is expected to generate $79 million in sales annually, of which nearly $21 million would go to public schools under the budget for the state fiscal year starting July 1.

Most of the money is to be paid back in prizes but a share also goes to the retailers and to the Lottery Commission.

Gov. Bob Holden included the game as part of a plan announced in January to fund education.

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