The Tennessee Lottery was created on June 11, 2003. It is owned by the state of Tennessee TN, and profits are used to fund educational projects and scholarships. State voters approved a referendum to amend the state constitution and create a lottery in 2002. The first tickets were sold in January 2004.Tennessee Lottery:Chronology Find TN Lottery winners, winning numbers, results and top prizes. Since the TN Lottery began selling tickets in 2004, they have sold more than $6 billion in ticket sales, where lottery players have won almost $3.6 billion. Out of the total revenue from ticket sales, they have raised more than $1.6 billion for educational programs in the state. For the school year of 2009/2010, it is estimated that more than 100,000 students will receive monetary awards for their college educations in TN. http://www.tnlottery.com/aboutus/media/TEL_Fact_Sheet_2010.pdf
The TEL, Tennessee Educational Lottery provides many different games of chance including instant win games and drawing style games such as Mega Millions, Powerball, Cash 3, Cash 4 and Pick 5.
Lottery Games at TNLottery.com
Tennessee Lotto Plus
Cash 5
Instant Games
Online Games
Tennessee Powerball
Lotto Plus
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Fast Facts
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Headquarters
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Main phone number
(1) (615) 324-6500
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President and CEO
Rebecca Hargrove
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Has raised over $1.6 billion for education since it started.
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Has awarded more than $2.5 billion to winners
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There have been more than 40 winners who won $1 million or more.
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They first began selling tickets on January, 20, 2004.
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Total lottery ticket sales are now greater than $6 billion.
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Players have won almost $3.6 billion in prizes.
