BALTIMORE, MD—Marylanders are the nation’s most enthusiastic lottery players, spending an estimated $867 per resident annually on tickets—the highest lottery spend in the U.S.—according to a new study from a crypto casino and sports betting platform.
The study, released by Duelbits, ranked the states based on a “Lottery Enthusiasm Score,” which combined per capita spending on lottery tickets with per capita Google searches for terms like ‘lucky numbers.’
Maryland was ranked No. 1, earning a score of 81.50 out of 100. The Old Line State’s high rank was driven primarily by its spending figure, which the study calculated at $867 per 100,000 residents, but also by a rate of 65.46 Google searches for ‘lucky number’ per 100,000 residents each year.
“The study has revealed that residents of Maryland are the most enthusiastic lottery players, spending the most money on lottery tickets, and have the highest number of searches per capita for lucky numbers,” a spokesperson for Duelbits said in the release.
Top 5 Most Enthusiastic Lottery States
Following Maryland, the states ranking highest for enthusiasm were:
- Maryland: Score 81.50, $867 annual spend per 100,000 residents
- Florida: Score 73.96, $403 annual spend per 100,000 residents
- Louisiana: Score 67.42, $274 annual spend per 100,000 residents
- Georgia: Score 53.27, $492 annual spend per 100,000 residents
- Delaware: Score 41.74, $399 annual spend per 100,000 residents
Florida, which ranked second overall, led the nation in search interest, with 101.92 Google searches for ‘lucky numbers’ per 100,000 residents, but its spending was significantly lower than Maryland’s.
Utah Ranks Last
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Utah ranked as the least enthusiastic lottery state with a score of just 10.00 out of 100. The state, which does not operate its own lottery, recorded the lowest search interest for lucky numbers at 6.56 per 100,000 residents.
The study noted that several other states also had no data available for lottery spending, including Nevada, Alabama, Wyoming and Alaska, which all finished at the bottom of the rankings.
Rank
US State
Population
‘Lucky number’ searches per 100,000
Lottery spend per 100,000 in dollars ($)
Lottery Enthusiasm Score /100
1
Maryland
6,263,220
65.46
867
81.50
2
Florida
23,372,215
101.92
403
73.96
3
Louisiana
4,597,740
103.09
274
67.42
4
Georgia
11,180,878
47.04
492
53.27
5
Delaware
1,051,917
33.27
399
41.74
6
Pennsylvania
13,078,751
13.99
543
40.66
7
New Hampshire
1,409,032
33.36
374
40.40
8
Illinois
12,710,158
44.69
237
38.16
9
New York
19,867,248
22.65
399
36.78
10
Vermont
648,493
9.25
504
36.31
11
Massachusetts
7,136,171
16.40
443
36.29
12
Connecticut
3,675,069
14.97
445
35.73
13
Washington
7,958,180
16.59
418
35.00
14
New Mexico
2,130,256
7.98
456
33.08
15
Rhode Island
1,112,308
10.79
415
32.13
16
Kansas
2,970,606
12.12
386
31.16
17
Maine
1,405,012
8.54
409
30.76
18
South Carolina
5,478,831
24.28
267
30.29
19
Nebraska
2,005,465
9.97
367
29.12
20
North Dakota
796,568
11.30
353
28.97
21
Oregon
4,272,371
9.60
354
28.23
22
Arizona
7,582,384
27.30
189
27.41
23
Oklahoma
4,095,393
9.52
309
25.72
24
Mississippi
2,943,045
12.91
272
25.27
25
Tennessee
7,227,750
11.21
284
25.13
26
California
39,431,263
16.59
236
25.00
27
South Dakota
924,669
11.90
270
24.68
28
Texas
31,290,831
12.78
260
24.55
29
Idaho
2,001,619
6.99
285
23.22
30
Michigan
10,140,459
22.39
128
21.77
31
Ohio
11,883,304
26.51
88
21.49
32
Missouri
6,245,466
25.94
72
20.35
33
Arkansas
3,088,354
9.71
187
19.11
34
Virginia
8,811,195
17.02
115
18.56
35
Minnesota
5,793,151
10.18
171
18.45
36
Hawaii
1,446,146
6.91
197
18.35
37
Indiana
6,924,275
12.42
140
17.78
38
Kentucky
4,588,372
11.12
150
17.73
39
West Virginia
1,769,979
10.17
157
17.67
40
Colorado
5,957,493
9.90
140
16.61
41
Iowa
3,241,488
13.27
105
16.26
42
Montana
1,137,233
11.43
118
16.11
43
North Carolina
11,046,024
18.02
48
15.34
44
Nevada
3,267,467
12.24
N/A
15.29
45
Alabama
5,157,699
11.44
N/A
14.54
46
Wisconsin
5,960,975
13.09
71
14.30
47
New Jersey
9,500,851
10.42
79
13.50
48
Wyoming
587,618
6.81
N/A
10.23
49
Alaska
740,133
6.76
N/A
10.18
50
Utah
3,503,613
6.56
N/A
10.00
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