Since its creation in 2003, the Tennessee Lottery has been operating games and raising funds for education programmes in the state. There are numerous games making up the overall lottery in Tennessee. They include Mega Millions, Powerball, Cash 3 DAY, Cash 3 EVE, Cash 4 DAY, Cash 4 EVE, Tennessee Cash.

The Tennessee Lottery with $10.8 million worth of tickets sold in the first week of the lottery in 2004 and since then $6.3 billion in prizes have been won. Over $10.4 billion worth of tickets have been sold in the last nine years.

An interesting quirk of the lottery in Tennessee is Play It Again!, a game which offers players a second chance to win on their used tickets, a format that also aims to reduce litter.

The record cash prize was won in 2005 where a South Pittsburg resident matched all six Powerball numbers to win the jackpot of $25.5 million

The state’s lottery has raised more than $2.7 billion for Tennessee’s education programmes.

Examples of the benefits of the lottery’s cash include in 2011/2 where funds were used to aid over 100,000 students in dual enrolment classes and after school programmes. Alongside the prizepool and educational endeavours funds raised from lottery tickets in Tennessee are spent on Lottery operations and retailers.