U.S. [Origin unknown.] A game of chance based on the drawing of numbers and covering of corresponding numbers on cards, in a manner similar to lotto.
1879. R. L. Daniels, in Scribner’s Mag., XIX. 386/1. To play cards and keno for small stakes.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 26 June, 11/2. He opened a door and ushered me in, and the first exclamation I heard was ‘Kino’ and a grunt of satisfaction…. Some of the members were lying about asleep in the gaming room, having, I supposed, been hit hard by the latest American importation, kino.
