All of the lottery’s previously existing retailers - gas stations, convenience stores, package stores and the like - as well as new locations were required to carry all of the lottery’s offerings. It didn’t say how many of those locations were new ones that had signed on because of keno.Įmbraced a year ago by lawmakers intent on bolstering the state’s coffers, the game was to be rolled out earlier this month. announced earlier in the day that it was officially introducing keno at nearly 2,900 retail locations, bars and restaurants across the state. Groton - Mark Roy, a self-described Gatehouse Tavern regular, took up his usual position at the Eastern Point Road establishment late Monday afternoon.įor the first time, Roy was able to play keno at the bar, wagering on numbers drawn randomly by computer and screened on a good-size TV monitor on a tavern wall. Julia Pavlova, general manager of Honey Bee Farms convenience store on Broad Street in New London, checks the Keno numbers, Monday, April 25, 2016.
