MD SB541

Authorizes the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue licenses for up to 5 instant ticket lottery machines to veterans' organizations and up to 3 machines to fraternal organizations

Fraternal organizations must be tax-exempt under IRC § 501(c)(7) or § 501(c)(8), own or lease property, and have at least 300 active members (or 5 years in an eligible county); college and high school fraternities/sororities are excluded

Veterans' organizations retain 50% of net proceeds, with 5% going to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and remaining amounts covering agency costs and the Education Trust Fund

Fraternal organizations retain 25% of net proceeds for scholarships, capital improvements, or community outreach; 20% goes to the Homelessness Solutions Program (prioritizing women veterans, single-parent veteran families, and domestic violence victims); 5% to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund

Does not apply in nine Eastern Shore counties (Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester); machines must be located at the organization's principal meeting hall and cannot be on college campuses or in student housing