Keno
All towns and cities are required to allow keno games starting June 1, 2027 unless each individual town or city explicitly votes to prohibit them. Very few municipalities have voted to prohibit keno games. If a town or city has voted to prohibit keno games they would then need to vote to rescind the prohibition by voting “no” to prohibit the operation of keno games.
Keno is prohibited within Concord, Keene, Portsmouth, Lebanon, and Meredith.
Petition Process
- Towns
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The minimum number of signatures needed is “25 or more registered voters or 2 percent of the registered voters in town, whichever is less, although in no event shall fewer than 10 registered voters be sufficient”.
RSA 39:3
- Cities
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The minimum number of signatures needed is “5 percent of the registered voters”.
RSA 284:51
Examples
Shall we prohibit the operation of keno games within the Town of Lancaster?
Shall we prohibit the operation of keno games within the City of Laconia?