WOBURN - The City Council isn't quite ready yet to gamble on the state lottery's new "Keno-to-Go" game.

Council members want to schedule a meeting with lottery officials to determine if they should exercise an opt-out clause by April 4. No date for the meeting has been set, but given the time sensitivity, Ward 3 Alderman Scott Galvin suggested it should be "as soon as possible," with the council's Liaison Committee as the forum.

"This is already fast-tracked and rolling," said Alderman at-large Denaro.

Denaro noted the council may not necessarily be opposed to the "Keno-to-Go" component, but he at least wants an explanation before it allows 30 lottery agents in the city to sell the game cards, which are also sold at some bars and restaurants.

"We may well decide to grant them all," said Denaro.

The Keno-to-Go game is expected to generate an additional $100 million in annual sales, the state lottery commission announced Tuesday.

Players will be allowed to buy Keno-to-Go tickets at convenience stores, grocery stores and other retailers. Instead of checking numbers on an on-site monitor, players will use the Massachusetts Lottery Web site.

"Sometimes customers can't get to their favorite place to play Keno and this will give them a chance to win wherever they may be," executive director Mark Cavanagh said.

The Keno-to-Go locations could be available as soon as mid-April, spokesman Dan Rosenfeld said.

The state's 1,776 Keno agents sold more than $775 million in tickets during the last fiscal year, $538 million of which was paid out in prizes.

Of the estimated $100 million in new sales Keno-to-go will generate, nearly $70 million will be paid out as prizes and $20 million will be returned as aid to cities and towns. The rest goes to lottery operating costs.

Woburn received slightly less than $3.9 million in lottery aid this year.

In Keno, players choose between 1 and 12 numbers from a field of 80.

The lottery's computer then selects 20 numbers at random, and players win depending on their bet and how many numbers they match.

(Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.)