Maryland collected $1.637 billion in fiscal 2026 from its lottery, casinos, sports wagering and fantasy sports, about $48 million more than a year earlier. Nearly $700 million went to education programs, and about $5.4 million went to the state’s Problem Gambling Fund.
According to Maryland Lottery and Gaming, casinos provided the largest share of the total at $822.2 million, followed by lottery profits of $681.6 million and sports wagering and fantasy sports contributions of $133.3 million. Director John Martin said, “We’re proud to operate and oversee gaming that raises critically needed state revenue.”
Casino gaming itself produced $1.931 billion in slot-machine and table-game revenue, the fifth-best single-year total in the 16-year history of Maryland’s casino program. The casinos’ state contributions included $599.1 million for the Education Trust Fund, $103.4 million in local aid, $94.7 million for horse racing and $20.3 million for the Small, Minority and Women-owned Business Fund.
The casinos also paid $4.4 million in assessments to the Problem Gambling Fund. That fund helps support no-cost counseling services for Maryland residents.
Lottery sales reached $2.676 billion, the third-best performance in the Lottery’s 53-year history. Scratch-off sales topped $1 billion for the fifth year in a row, at $1.052 billion, and players won $1.692 billion in prizes, or about $4.6 million a day. The Lottery ended the year with 4,229 retail locations across the state.
Lottery profit returned to the state totaled $681.6 million, with $532.5 million sent to the General Fund. More than $149 million was allocated to other state funds supporting a range of causes.
Sports wagering delivered $132.3 million to the state, up from $88.9 million in fiscal 2025. Of that, $99.7 million went to the Blueprint For Maryland’s Future Fund and $32.6 million to the General Fund, while fantasy competition operators added $1,029,319 to the Blueprint Fund.
Since Maryland’s first casino opened in September 2010, more than $7 billion in casino gaming revenue has been directed to the Education Trust Fund.
