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Council to send Keno prohibition question to voters after statute change
Concord City Council · August 25, 2025
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Summary
Following a change in state law that makes Keno default-authorized statewide in 2027 unless a municipality prohibits it, Concord’s council voted to place the prescribed prohibition question on the November ballot to let voters decide whether to bar Keno locally.
The Concord City Council voted Sept. 8 to place the statutorily prescribed question on the Nov. ballot asking whether to prohibit operation of Keno games within the city, after staff outlined a recent legislative change reversing the prior local-option framework.
City Deputy Solicitor explained the 2017 statute that…
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