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A Henderson County resident holds the new Tennessee Lottery record for the largest top prize won on an instant “scratch-off” game with her $5 million win from $5,000,000 Multiplier Spectacular. Belinda Garner of Heron, Tenn., claimed the hefty top prize yesterday at the Lottery’s Nashville headquarters accompanied by her brother, Clothel, and son, Darrell. SheMORE
Jackpots for all but one of the Tennessee Lottery’s jackpot games continued to grow over the weekend while a lucky winner in New York matched all six Powerball numbers to win $130 million. Tennessee Lottery players have a chance to win over an estimated $207.62 million in jackpots this week, along with a huge varietyMORE
Three Tennessee Lottery winners and their guests are jetting off to Chicago today for a weekend of fun, headlined by a manic 90-second shopping spree for up to $15,000 worth of merchandise in a warehouse full of household goods, electronics and more. The winners, from Deerlodge (Morgan County), Elizabethton (Carter County) and Holladay (Benton County)MORE
Laura Pittman of Marion County was all smiles and a bit shaky when she arrived today at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters—which isn’t surprising since she came to claim a $1 MILLION prize! “I thought I was seeing things,” said Laura when describing what happened as she scratched a Millionaire Jumbo Bucks instant ticket onMORE
NASHVILLE – A ticket purchased in Oak Ridge matched all five white numbers for the MEGA MILLIONS drawing held Oct. 18, making it a $250,000 winner! In addition, Saturday, Oct. 19, was the day of the first morning drawings for Cash 3 and Cash 4 and marks the beginning of these popular drawing-style games beingMORE
The Powerball jackpot of $213.4 million was won Wednesday, Oct. 23, by a player who purchased a ticket in California. In Tennessee, the drawing created over 18,000 winning tickets and additional proceeds for Lottery-funded programs.
NASHVILLE – Topping the weekend news from the Tennessee Lottery is a $250,000 Mega Millions win by a player who purchased a ticket in Oak Ridge and a Powerball jackpot that now stands at an incredible $216 million for Wednesday’s drawing. The big Oak Ridge win came after Friday night’s drawing, which also created aMORE
NASHVILLE – Two friends from Dyersburg arrived at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters on Thursday hesitant and uncertain, but left with a jaunty skip in their step—and a check for $2.2 million. The longtime co-workers won the hefty all-cash prize playing one of the Lottery’s newest games, Hot Lotto, making them the first Tennessee jackpotMORE
NASHVILLE – Continuing a trajectory that has produced nine consecutive years of record sales growth, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation announced today impressive, record-setting sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Lottery sales for the three-month period ending Sept. 30 reached $338.5 million, an 8.6 percent increase over last year’s then-record first quarter,MORE
NASHVILLE – Tennessee scored its first HOT LOTTO jackpot winner last night since joining the multi-state game in May. The lucky ticket was sold in Dyersburg and is worth $1.97 million in cash. Unique to other Lottery prizes, the withholding taxes on a HOT LOTTO jackpot are paid. So, the yet unknown winner will receiveMORE