One lucky Maryland Lottery player in Ocean City scored a $250,000 scratch-off win for the week ending Aug. 21. 

One lucky Maryland Lottery player in Salisbury scored a $100,000 scratch-off win last week. 

While the growing expansion of casinos and state-sanctioned sports betting steal the spotlight, state lotteries have nearly doubled in size over the past two decades, driving a multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies.

A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player claimed a $100,000 prize last week on a ticket bought in Salisbury.