Be in the know! An educated player has more fun playing Lottery games. Be sure to follow these tips:
–Only buy a ticket from a Tennessee Lottery retailer. If approached by an individual offering to sell you a “winning lottery ticket,” refuse the offer and contact Lottery Security at (615) 324-6688 or your local law enforcement agency.
–The Tennessee Lottery encourages you to immediately sign your ticket after purchase. This will prevent someone else from signing and redeeming your winning ticket should your ticket be lost or stolen.
–Make sure that you have received the purchase that you requested. If not, immediately point this out to the retailer.
–For draw-style games, verify that the ticket you received contains all of the numbers you played and that all the information has printed on the ticket.
–On instant tickets, inspect the ticket to make sure the latex covering the play area has not been removed. You should not accept a ticket if any part of the latex has been removed.
–Tickets can only be validated once. Ask the retailer for a printout of the winning ticket.
–Check your own ticket to see if it’s a winner. There are several ways to do this:
- Use the TN Lottery Apple or Google mobile app.
- Visit the home page of the Lottery’s website for draw-style winning numbers.
- Use the in-store ticket-checker at retail locations.
- Watch televised drawings for many draw-style games.
- Ask the retailer for a printout of winning numbers.
- Watch and listen to the monitor at a retailer as a ticket is being scanned. If the ticket is a winner, a sound will play.
- Questions? Call the Lottery Helpline.