Tommy Brann's Steakhouse and Grill is described as a sports bar/restaurant/casino. On the color television sets that are strategically placed around the restaurant located at 4157 S. Division Avenue, different sets of numbers continue to flash as customers, like Shawn Wind, drink beer and wait to hit the right combination of numbers.
Wind, who usually bets 3 times a week, said that he uses the game to pass the time because you can get lucky even if you are just sitting around drinking beer. Shawn Wind is just one of the growing numbers of customers who are getting hooked on the keno game in West Michigan.
Club Keno, which was approved by the state back in 2003 aside from the lottery, has already produced around $40 million in both the counties of Kent and Ottawa just last year.
About 7 of Michigan's top 20 sites are stationed there, like the Florentine Pizzeria Ristorante and Sports Lounge in Grand Rapids which occupies the number 2 spot. The Tommy Brann's Steakhouse and Grill is currently at the number 4 spot all over Michigan.
The Club Keno game produced $440 million in total profits on the 2,100 restaurants and bars in Michigan. About $120 million were allocated to public schools in Michigan.
The rest of the money is allocated for the prizes, game administration and the payout for the customers. The sales made by Club Keno, which was about 24% back in 2005, have put Club Keno in the same platform as the total money which was bet by the 3 casinos in Michigan.
Monday, April 02 , 2007
John Sullivan
