# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 3. Budget and Management

### Subtitle 3

#### Section 3-308

(a) In this section, "video lottery operator" has the meaning stated in Sec. 9-1A-01 of the State Government Article.

(b) Certification of a debt or claim owed to the State that the Central Collection Unit sends to the video lottery operator under Sec. 3-304(a)(4) of this subtitle shall contain:

  (1) the full name of the debtor and any other name known to be used by the debtor;

  (2) the Social Security number of the debtor; and

  (3) the amount of the debt.

(c) If a debtor wins a prize to be paid directly by a video lottery operator requiring the issuance of Internal Revenue Service form W-2G or a substantially equivalent form by the video lottery operator, the video lottery operator shall notify the debtor that:

  (1) the debtor has won a prize to be paid by the video lottery operator;

  (2) the video lottery operator has received notice from the Central Collection Unit of the debtor's debt or claim owed to the State in the specified amount;

  (3) State law requires the video lottery operator to withhold the prize and to pay it toward the debtor's debt or claim;

  (4) the debtor may appeal to the Central Collection Unit if the debtor disputes the existence or the amount of the debt or claim; and

  (5) if an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the video lottery operator will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the amount of the debt or claim to the Central Collection Unit.

(d)

  (1) The video lottery operator shall withhold all or part of the prize up to the amount of the debt or claim owed to the State.

  (2) The video lottery operator shall honor prize interception requests in the following order:

    (i) an interception request under Sec. 10-113.1 of the Family Law Article;

    (ii) an interception request under Sec. 11-618 of the Criminal Procedure Article;

    (iii) an interception request under Sec. 3-307 of this subtitle; and

    (iv) an interception request under this section.

(e)

  (1) On receipt of a notice from the video lottery operator, a debtor who disputes the existence or amount of the debt or claim may appeal the proposed transfer in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

  (2) If an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the video lottery operator shall transfer the amount of the prize withheld to the Central Collection Unit.

  (3) If the debtor appeals the proposed transfer, after a hearing held in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article, the Central Collection Unit shall notify the video lottery operator that the withheld prize shall be:

    (i) paid to the debtor;

    (ii) transferred to the Central Collection Unit; or

    (iii) in specified amounts, partly paid to the debtor and partly transferred to the Central Collection Unit.

(f) The Secretary and the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency may jointly adopt regulations to carry out this section.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)