Basically, a a Race Horse ticket is a keno ticket on which you write between 1 and 15 numbers that you intend to play. In return, with this Keno ticket you receive your payment in accordance with the amount of numbers that are the actual winning numbers.
The Keno Race Horse ticket is the namesake of Keno when it was brought to Nevada 50 years ago. At the time, every number supposedly represented a race horse. Apparently, the name of the game and the legend of it remains with us. This is evident in the fact that gambling casinos often persist in calling Keno, Race Horse Keno.
Article Submitted by:
Tera Lee, Gaming and Casino Journalist.