Stephen Martino

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Current Position	Director Maryland Lottery
Career Brief	Special Assistant Attorney General at State of Kansas Executive Director at Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission Attorney at Foulston Siefkin LLP
Education	Washburn University School of Law University of Kansas
Residence	Maryland, USA
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About Stephen Martino

Stephen Martino has served as director of the Maryland Lottery since April 2010. He is the chief executive officer of the world’s 15th largest lottery based on per capita sales and has oversight of commercial casino gaming in the state. Martino leads an agency with a staff of 225 people and an operating budget of $92.8 million. He brings to the Maryland Lottery diversified leadership in law, public policy, media relations, legislative affairs and organizational management.
For fiscal year 2011, the Maryland Lottery set a 14th consecutive sales record with $1.714 billion in traditional lottery sales. Martino oversees efforts to market, promote and sell lottery products, including two numbers games; two monitor games; national and state jackpot games; and instant tickets. Martino organized the regulatory response and oversaw the opening of Maryland’s first two commercial casinos. In fiscal year 2011, these two facilities generated $103 million in gross gaming revenue and nearly $50 million to support Maryland public education.
From 2005-2010, Martino was the executive director of the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission. He was a chief gubernatorial liaison for the passage of expanded gaming legislation. He led the effort to establish the state’s casino regulatory framework that culminated with the opening of the first U.S. state-owned-and-operated casino.
While at the KRGC, Martino designed and administered Kansas’ casino selection process, acclaimed for its transparency, thoroughness and ethical conduct. He also served as a special assistant attorney general for the state of Kansas. Martino has put a priority on responsible gambling awareness and promoting easy access to problem gambling treatment. He founded the Kansas Responsible Gambling Alliance, a working group of stakeholders invested in the problem gambling cause.
Likewise, he took the initiative to spearhead efforts that led to the formation of the Maryland Alliance for Responsible Gambling.
Specialties :Public policy development; government and legislative affairs; pari-mutuel and gaming regulatory issues and compliance; responsible gambling programs; gaming background investigations of individuals, operators and suppliers; gaming suitability determinations; criminal enforcement of illegal gambling; and government competitive selection processes.
Groups and Associations: St. John's Episcopal Church, Ellicott City, Md.; Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America; International Masters of Gaming Law; North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries; North American Gaming Regulator's Association