Lothian is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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Lothian is a rural community in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 12 miles southwest of Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...

, 24 miles east of Washington, DC, and 31 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland.

In the 1950s, a bingo and slots machine parlor was opened in a warehouse at Waysons Corner, five miles west of Lothian but in the current Lothian postal zip code area. When gambling was outlawed in Maryland in the 1960s, Edward Wayson kept the bingo business running as Wayson's Bingo in a 750-seat hall. Las Vegas business magnate Steve Wynn, whose resorts on the Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas Strip

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 include The Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn, Treasure Island and Golden Nugget, got his start in gambling by managing the bingo hall here.

Before his death in 2004, Maryland lawyer and lobbyist Edward O. Wayson, Jr. resided in Lothian.

Public Schools: Lothian Elementary, Southern Middle, and Southern Senior.

Members of Congress: U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski

Barbara Mikulski

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 and Ben Cardin

Ben Cardin

Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the junior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1987 to 2007.Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in...

; U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer

Steny Hoyer

Steny Hamilton Hoyer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D-Md.-5th District).

State Representatives: State Representative Robert A. Costa (Maryland House of Delegates District 33B

Maryland House of Delegates District 33B

Maryland House of Delegates District 33B is part of the greater 33rd Maryland Senate district, currently represented by Edward Reilly. Located in Anne Arundel County, the district includes the communities of Deale, Lothian, Davidsonville, Millersville, and Southern Anne Arundel County...

) (see Map of District 33B); Md State Senator Edward R. Reilly

Edward R. Reilly

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