Machin E. Whittemore, Deputy Director,
Administration, Finance, and Operations

711 W. 40th St., Suite 350
Baltimore 21211 Telephone: 383-6311

The General Assembly created the State Lottery
Agency in 1972 to generate revenue for the support
of State government (Chapter 365, Acts of 1972).
Establishment of the Agency was contingent upon
the adoption of an amendment to Article III,
Section 36, of the Constitution of Maryland. The
amendment was ratified by referendum on Novem-
ber 7, 1972, and accordingly the Agency com-
menced operation on January 2, 1973.

The Agency conducts statewide lottery opera-
tions for weekly, lotto, and daily games. Lottery
ticket sales outlets are located in licensed retail
establishments, and each location can provide
How-to-Play brochures and other game informa-
tion. Prizes of under $600 may be claimed through
any of these sales outlets. Winning numbers are
drawn on television.

In 1976, the Agency began a pick-your-own
three-digit daily lottery called "The Numbers
Game," and, in 1983, a pick-your-own, four-digit
lottery and a pick-six-out-of-forty Lotto Game.
Licensed sales outlets sell and cash in daily lottery
tickets through a terminal connected to a comput-
erized on-line real-time system. Official winning
numbers are drawn on television. For 'The Num-
bers Game," they are drawn daily Monday
through Saturday, for the four-digit lottery, Mon-
day through Friday immediately following the
three-digit drawing, and for the Lotto Game,
Saturday evenings (Code 1957, Art. 88D).

The Agency is under the immediate supervision
and direction of a Director appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The Director is aided by four Deputy
Directors appointed by him.

Serving as an advisory board to the Agency, the
Commission consists of five members appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate.

MARYLAND LOWER EASTERN
SHORE TOURISM CENTER
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Mark 0. Pilchard
not yet appointed

R.F.D. 3, Box 100
Pocomoke 21851 Telephone: 632-0473

Independent Agencies/377

The Maryland Lower Eastern Shore Tourism
Center Advisory Committee was created by Chap-
ter 716, Acts of 1984. The Committee advises the
Development of Economic and Community Devel-
opment on the development and operation of the
Maryland Lower Eastern Shore Tourism Center.

The Committee consists of nine members. The
Somerset County and Worcester County Boards of
County Commissioners and the Wicomico County
Council each appoint three members from their
respective counties. Members serve five-year terms
(Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 257M-1),

THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL
CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING
COMMISSION

Chairperson: Norman L. Christeller, Montgomery
County, 1985

Vice-Chairperson: Charles A. Dukes, Jr., Prince
George's County, 1985

Montgomery County Commissioners: Mable
Granke, 1986; Judith B. Heimann, 1987; Betty
Ann Krahnke, 1987; Richmond M. Keeney,
1988.

Prince George's County Commissioners: Edwin H.
Brown, Sr., 1986; Roy I. Dabney, 1987;
Margaret S. Yewell, 1987; Edgar B. Keller, Jr.,
1988.

John F. Downs, Jr., Prince George's County
Planning Director; Richard E. Tustian,
Montgomery County Planning Director; Hugh B.
Robey, Prince George's County Parks and
Recreation Director; William G. Colpitts,
Montgomery County Deputy Parks Director

Thomas H. Countee, Jr., Executive Director

6609 Riggs Rd.
Hyattsville 20782 Telephone: 853-4800

County Administration Building
Prince George's County
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro 20780 Telephone: 952-3560

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission has jurisdiction over parks and
planning in Montgomery and Prince George's
counties. Created by acts of the General Assembly,
the Commission exercises its authority over all of
the two counties except for certain incorporated
municipalities.