MD lottery agent bonds.
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The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency can require a lottery retailer to post a surety bond before issuing or keeping a license — a guarantee that the agent remits the ticket money it owes the Lottery. The Director sets the amount case by case; we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard lottery agent bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Lottery. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, your county, the bond amount the Lottery set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Lottery
Submit the executed bond with your lottery retailer application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Agency insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Director set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the lottery agent bond covers
The Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency licenses lottery retailers (sales agents), and its regulations — COMAR 36.02.02 — let the Agency require a retailer to provide a surety bond as a condition of licensure. A retailer collects money for the State on every ticket sold, and the bond backs that obligation.
Specifically, the bond protects the public and the Lottery if the retailer fails to remit the funds it owes the Agency. Because retailers vary, there is no single statutory amount — the Director determines, case by case, whether a bond is required and in what amount, often tied to your expected sales volume, and notifies you of the figure.
It is not insurance for you. If the Lottery draws on the bond for unremitted funds and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Retailers who settle their lottery accounts on time treat the bond as a licensing formality. We issue the amount the Director set at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Lottery set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Lottery agent bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Director set and file the same day.