Maryland Lottery
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The Maryland Lottery is the state-run lottery system that offers various draw and instant-win games to generate revenue for public programs in Maryland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maryland Lottery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7459929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Lottery Context triple: [Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, oversees, Maryland Lottery]
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A.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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B.
Province of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colonial territory in North America, established in the early 17th century along the Chesapeake Bay and serving as a significant center of tobacco cultivation and religious toleration.
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C.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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D.
Maryland Bar
The Maryland Bar is the professional association and licensing body for attorneys authorized to practice law in the state of Maryland.
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E.
Luke, Maryland
Luke, Maryland is a small town in Allegany County known historically for its paper mill and its location along the North Branch of the Potomac River near the West Virginia border.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Lottery Target entity description: The Maryland Lottery is the state-run lottery system that offers various draw and instant-win games to generate revenue for public programs in Maryland.
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A.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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B.
Province of Maryland
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colonial territory in North America, established in the early 17th century along the Chesapeake Bay and serving as a significant center of tobacco cultivation and religious toleration.
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C.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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D.
Maryland Bar
The Maryland Bar is the professional association and licensing body for attorneys authorized to practice law in the state of Maryland.
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E.
Luke, Maryland
Luke, Maryland is a small town in Allegany County known historically for its paper mill and its location along the North Branch of the Potomac River near the West Virginia border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
state lottery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy | Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MD Lottery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMediaChannel |
mobile app
ⓘ
online results ⓘ televised drawings ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Let Yourself Play ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.mdlottery.com/ ⓘ |
| hasResponsibleGamblingProgram | Yes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1973 ⓘ |
| industry |
gambling
ⓘ
lottery ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maryland
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state government agency ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| offersGame |
Bonus Match 5
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cash4Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Mega Millions NERFINISHED ⓘ Multi-Match NERFINISHED ⓘ Pick 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pick 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pick 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Powerball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offersGameType |
draw games
ⓘ
instant-win games ⓘ scratch-off games ⓘ terminal-based games ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
generate revenue for public programs in Maryland
ⓘ
support the state’s General Fund ⓘ |
| regionServed | Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | lottery games in Maryland ⓘ |
| sellsTicketsThrough |
licensed lottery retailers
ⓘ
self-service lottery terminals ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Maryland state law ⓘ |
| usesRevenueFor |
Maryland General Fund
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
education funding ⓘ environmental programs ⓘ public health programs ⓘ public safety programs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maryland Lottery Description of subject: The Maryland Lottery is the state-run lottery system that offers various draw and instant-win games to generate revenue for public programs in Maryland.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.