MD lottery agent bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
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; pricing is 2% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and approval runs a soft credit pull only, never a hard inquiry.
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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:
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Your business details, your county, the bond amount the Lottery set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
Most applicants are approved instantly — no waiting, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Lottery
Submit the executed bond with your lottery retailer application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Agency insists.
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 price the amount the Director set at 2% of that bond amount, $100 minimum, with a soft credit pull only, never a hard inquiry.
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One application, 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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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the Director set and file the same day.