Difference between Bingo and Keno

What is the difference between Bingo and Keno?

Bingo as a noun is a game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. while Keno as a noun is a gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

Bingo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. A win in such a game. A play where all seven letter tiles are played.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Used by players of bingo to claim a win. Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall. Similarly, used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!".

Example sentence: I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

Keno

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

We hope you now know whether to use Bingo or Keno in your sentence.

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