The Maryland Lottery and the state’s casinos, sportsbooks and daily fantasy sports operators delivered a combined $1.59 billion in contributions to state programs and services in fiscal year 2025.

Casino gaming contributions to the state were $831.3 million for the year ended 30 June, while Lottery profits were $667.2 million, and sports wagering and daily fantasy sports combined to contribute $89.9 million. 

Portions of proceeds from casinos, sports wagering and daily fantasy sports that were directed to education programs totalled $696.2 million in FY 2025. 

“We focus on fun and games, but we’re serious about the role we play in responsibly generating state revenue,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming director John Martin. “We hope we also generate some good times along the way, but supporting vital state programs is never very far from our minds.”

The Maryland Lottery had the fourth-best performance in its 52-year history with sales of $2.63 billion during the year. Scratch-off ticket sales led the way at $1.059 billion, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the fourth consecutive year.

Profit from the sale of lottery tickets amounted to $667.2 million in FY 2025, including $519.2 million directed to the state’s General Fund, which provides resources for a variety of programs and services, including public schools. The state’s budget allocated the remaining $148 million in lottery profit across 13 other state funds.

Lottery players won $1.67 billion during FY2025, an average of nearly $4.6 million per day, with 490 winning tickets that paid prizes of $50,000 or more and 33 prizes of at least $1 million. 

Retailer sales and cashing commissions totalled $195.7 million, an average of more than $45,000 per retailer. At the end of FY 2025, the lottery had 4,279 retail locations across the state.

Maryland’s six land-based casinos generated $1.97 billion in revenue from slot machines and table games, the third-best single-year total in the 15-year history of the state’s casino program.

The casinos contributed $831.3 million to the state in FY 2025, including $606.2 million to the Education Trust Fund (ETF).

Cumulatively, since the opening of the state’s first casino in September 2010, more than $6.4 billion in casino gaming revenue has been directed to the ETF.

The casinos also contributed $105.1 million in local aid to support the communities where the casinos are located, $95.2 million to Maryland’s horse racing industry, $20.4 million to the state’s Small, Minority and Women-owned Business Fund, as well as $4.4 million to responsible gaming programs.

Maryland’s sports wagering market continued to grow in FY 2025, delivering $88.9 million to the state compared to $60.3 million in FY 2024.

For the first 11 months of the year, all sports wagering operators contributed 15 per cent of their taxable proceeds to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund, which supports public education programs. 

The state’s budget increased the tax rate for mobile sports wagering operators to 20 per cent from June.

From July, mobile operators contribute 15 per cent of taxable proceeds to the Blueprint and 5 per cent to the General Fund. Retail sports wagering operators continue to contribute 15 per cent of their taxable proceeds to the Blueprint.

Operators of fantasy competitions (including daily fantasy sports) also contribute 15 per cent of their proceeds to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund. In FY2 025, these contributions totalled $1,049,448.

Contributions to the state’s Problem Gambling Fund totalled more than $5.7 million in FY 2025, including $4.4 million from casinos via annual assessments of $425 per slot machine and $500 per table game. Expired sports wagering prizes are also directed to the Problem Gambling Fund, which amounted to $1.3 million.