12/26/2006 |
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JACKPOT WIN IN MUSIC CITY! |
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A Lotto 5 ticket sold in Nashville correctly matched all five numbers from Monday night's drawing, hitting the jackpot of $518,712--sure to make the holidays even more merry for the lucky player. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. (*please note that the Tennessee Lottery offices are closed today, December 26, for the holidays. We will reopen on December 27.) |
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12/21/2006 |
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JACKSON & LAFOLLETTE PLAYERS WIN $200,000 IN POWERBALL! |
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Two lucky players, one in Jackson and one in LaFollette in Campbell County, each won $200,000 in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. In addition, there were 24,925 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state of Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, 6,145 players multiplied their winnings by five. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $65 million for the next drawing on Saturday, December 23.
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12/17/2006 |
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$200,000 POWERBALL WINNER IN WAYNE COUNTY! |
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A player in Cypress Inn in Wayne County won $200,000 in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing. In addition, there were 31,321 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state of Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, 8,306 players multiplied their winnings by four. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $53 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, December 20.
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12/7/2006 |
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MEMPHIS PLAYER WINS $216,122 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Memphis wins the $216,122 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing. In addition, 69 players win $158 and another 2,062 win $8. The estimated jackpot for Friday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000.
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11/28/2006 |
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SMYRNA PLAYER WINS $45,697 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Smyrna wins the $45,697 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing. This makes the second Lotto 5 jackpot win in as many draws! No additional information is available until the winner comes forward to claim the prize.
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11/19/2006 |
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PROFESSIONAL CAR DRIVERS TAKE THE WHEEL IN LOTTERY’S NEWEST GAME! Win $25,000 or more with HOT TRAX CHAMPIONS |
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Move over, Daytona—fans of professional car racing have a new venue for watching action-packed races with the arrival of HOT TRAX CHAMPIONS, the newest game from the Tennessee Lottery. The TV-monitor game, which launched at over 300 Lottery retailer locations on Monday, November 20, is designed to be played in social establishments such as restaurants and taverns, giving players the opportunity for fun and cash prizes. The animated car race features professional drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Tony Stewart and many others. |
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11/5/2006 |
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WINNING LOTTO 5 JACKPOT TICKETS SOLD IN MIDDLETON & FRANKLIN! |
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Two winning Lotto 5 jackpot tickets were sold for Friday night’s drawing of the popular online game. One ticket was sold in Middleton in Hardeman County and one ticket was sold in Franklin in Williamson County. The lucky players will share the $40,000 jackpot. No additional information is available until the winners come forward to claim the prize. |
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11/2/2006 |
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LOTTO 5 JACKPOT WON IN HUMBOLDT; Powerball Jackpot Tickets Sold In Arizona & Minnesota! |
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A lucky player in Humboldt in Gibson County wins the $159,800 Lotto 5 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing. In addition, 44 players won $234 and over 1,600 players won $10. No additional information is available until the jackpot winner claims the prize. In other news, with Wedneday night's Powerball jackpot at $94 million, two winning jackpot tickets were sold, one in Arizona and one in Minnesota. The lucky players will split the prize. In Tennessee, the drawing produced over 30,000 winning tickets. By selecting the Power Play option, more than 7,000 of those winning players doubled their prize amounts. |
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10/26/2006 |
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RIDGETOP PLAYER WINS $45,523 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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The jackpot wins just keep coming for Lotto 5 players! This time, a player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Ridgetop in Robertson County wins the $45,523 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing. This marks the fourth Lotto 5 jackpot won in the last six draws for the popular online game. No additional information is available until the winner comes forward to claim the prize. |
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10/22/2006 |
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TRIFECTA IN TENNESSEE!
$200,000 Winning Tickets Sold in Columbia, Jackson & McKenzie!
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Saturday night’s Powerball drawing produced a Tennessee trifecta when three $200,000 tickets were purchased in the state! The winning tickets were sold in Columbia in Maury County, Jackson in Madison County and McKenzie in Carroll County. No information is available about the winners until they claim their prizes. The estimated Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is $70 million. |
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10/17/2006 |
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LA VERGNE PLAYER WINS $48,448 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in La Vergne in Rutherford County wins the $48,448 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing. No additional information is available until the winner comes forward to claim the prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000. In addition, Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot is $47 million. |
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10/16/2006 |
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MOMENTUM CONTINUES WITH $62.2 MILLION RAISED
FOR EDUCATION! Latest Lottery transfer brings total to $699.1 million since inception |
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The Tennessee Lottery’s transfer of $62.2 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Account pushes the amount raised for education to nearly $700 million, reinforcing its role in creating a brighter future for education in the state. “Not only does our performance remain healthy, but the number of Lottery awards given to students is on the rise,” said Rebecca Paul, President and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery. According to the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, the organization that oversees the Lottery-funded scholarship programs, more than 65,000 students will receive awards during the 2006-2007 school year.“These results are proof positive that the mission behind the creation of a Lottery is being accomplished.” |
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10/5/2006 |
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$1 MILLION WINNER IN HARDEMAN COUNTY! |
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There’s another Tennessee player who will be $1 million richer! That’s right: A player who purchased a Powerball ticket in Hickory Valley in Hardeman County used the Power Play option to become the latest Lottery player to win $1 million. The ticket matched five white balls in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, which is a $200,000 prize. However, that win was increased to $1 million since the Power Play multiplier drawn was five. No additional details are available until the player claims the prize. Wednesday night’s lucky winner is the 12th Tennessee Lottery player to win $1 million or more since the Lottery began selling tickets on January 20, 2004. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $20 million for the next drawing on Saturday, October 7. |
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10/1/2006 |
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POWERBALL JACKPOT WON IN LOUISIANA; $200,000 TICKET SOLD IN OAK RIDGE! |
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Saturday night’s Powerball drawing produced yet another $15 million jackpot winner, this time in Louisiana. This marks the third Powerball jackpot won in as many draws. In addition, a $200,000 Powerball ticket was purchased in Oak Ridge. No information is available about the winners until they claim their prizes. |
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9/28/2006 |
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POWERBALL JACKPOT WON IN KANSAS; LOTTO 5 JACKPOT AT $265,000! |
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A winning $15 million Powerball jackpot ticket was purchased in Kansas for Wednesday night’s drawing, which also produced more than 23,000 winning tickets in Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, nearly 6,000 of those winning players tripled their prize amounts. The Lotto 5 Jackpot reaches $265,000 as it rolls over to the next drawing on Friday, September 29. Wednesday night’s drawing produced 1,764 winners, including 61 players who each won $172 and 1,703 players who each won $10. |
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9/25/2006 |
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IT'S A DEAL! Lucky Player Wins $100,000 in Lottery's Newest Instant Game. |
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Luck seems to run in the Pieratt family of Indian Mound in Stewart County! After witnessing his father, Brian Pieratt, Sr. win $20,000 playing the instant game "Spicy Hot Cash," it was Brian Jr.’s turn to win big. Brian is the first winner of one of the top prizes of $100,000 in the Lottery’s newest instant game "Deal or No Deal." Brian and wife Mandy were thrilled with their prize and plan on using a portion of their winnings to purchase a new home. The winning ticket was purchased at Ridge Mart in Indian Mound. Congratulations to the Pieratt family!
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9/24/2006 |
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IOWA PLAYER HITS $200 MILLION JACKPOT!
Lotto 5 Climbs to $150,000 |
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A lucky player who purchased a ticket in Iowa won the Powerball jackpot of $200 million from Saturday night's drawing. Although there were no top-level prize winners in Tennessee, 59,780 players who purchased tickets in the state won one of seven other prizes in the popular game. In other weekend drawing news, Friday night's Lotto 5 drawing produced a total of 2,000 winners and a jackpot of $150,000 for Monday night's drawing. |
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9/22/2006 |
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Tipton County Winner Claims “$100,000 Hold ‘em Poker” Second-chance Drawing Prize |
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Stunned is the only way to describe Tipton County resident Homer Davis when he claimed his prize at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters. Davis is the latest winner of a seat in a U.S. qualifying World Series of Poker tournament event, a prize that is won through playing “$100,000 Hold ‘em Poker.” In lieu of the winning trip, however, Davis chose the cash prize option of $15,000. “I really don’t have any idea how to play poker,” he said. Accompanied by his wife Martha and daughter-in-law Melissa, Davis was thrilled to receive his prize money. “Now this is when the shouting starts!” said Davis. |
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9/19/2006 |
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$860,305 LOTTO 5 WAYNESBORO WIN! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Waynesboro in Wayne County wins the $860,305 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing. No additional information is available until the winner comes forward to claim the prize. |
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9/19/2006 |
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Routine Drive Pays Off With $860,305 Win!
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A routine drive paid off for Tim Smith of Lawrence County after he claimed the Lotto 5 jackpot prize of $860,305—the largest jackpot paid to a single winner for that game. “I called the Lottery player hotline four times to check my numbers,” said Tim. “I made Amanda (his girlfriend) listen, too, because I just couldn’t believe it!” The reason Tim has been driving to neighboring Wayne County for several years is to visit his girlfriend. That routine trip always includes a stop to purchase Tennessee Lottery tickets.
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9/12/2006 |
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HOW DOES $595,000 SOUND?
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Lotto 5 fans are sure to be thrilled as the jackpot for the popular game continues to rise, hitting $595,000 for tonight's drawing. With a Powerball jackpot of $137 million, tonight will be a big one for Tennessee Lottery enthusiasts. |
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9/5/2006 |
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Take Home Your Prize in Style! |
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If the chance to win $100,000 instantly isn’t enough, how about the opportunity to win a luxurious briefcase and another chance to fill it with $100,000! One of the Tennessee Lottery’s newest instant ticket games, “Deal or No Deal,” offers just that with a series of second-chance drawings for cash and a choice of luxury briefcases. The drawings culminate with a final drawing that will award a briefcase … and $100,000!
Other instant ticket games launched this month include “Easy 10,” a $2 game with a top prize of $25,000, and “Wild Cherry,” a $1 game with a top prize of $2,100.
For more details about “Deal or No Deal” or any other game, visit a Lottery retailer or call our Player Service Hotline at 877.786.7529 (in Metro Nashville, 254.4946).
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9/3/2006 |
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KNOXVILLE PLAYER WINS $200,000 IN POWERBALL! |
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A player in Knoxville won $200,000 in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing. In addition, there were 38,033 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state of Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, 9,252 players multiplied their winnings by four. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $102 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, September 6. |
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8/24/2006 |
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WINNING $329,787 LOTTO 5 TICKET SOLD IN ARDMORE! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Ardmore wins the $329,787 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The estimated jackpot for Friday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000.
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8/20/2006 |
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LEBANON PLAYER WINS $200,000! |
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A player who purchased a ticket in Lebanon will win $200,000 after the ticket matched five of five white balls selected in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. No information is available until the player comes in to claim the prize.
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8/13/2006 |
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HERMITAGE PLAYER WINS $200,000! |
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A player from Hermitage matched all five white balls correctly in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, to win $200,000, while another player turned a $10,000 win into $50,000 by using Power Play! No additional information about the players is available until they come forward to claim the prizes. |
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8/10/2006 |
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MEMPHIS PLAYER WINS $312,746 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a ticket in Memphis wins the $312,746 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing for Lotto 5. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000. |
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8/3/2006 |
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SLAYDEN PLAYER WINS WORLD SERIES OF POKER TRIP |
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For Brenda Green, patience and follow-up pays off … this time in the form of a World Series of Poker Trip from the Lottery’s latest second chance drawing! Encouraged by a relative’s wins in the popular instant ticket game, “$100,000 Hold ‘em Poker,” Brenda, of Slayden, Tenn., began playing and entering the drawings. “Show me the money!” joked Brenda when she and husband James, who have twin boys, 27, came to claim their prize. Good luck and congratulations to the Greens!
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8/2/2006 |
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$250,000 Is Blazin’ Red Hot! |
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Summer gets even hotter this month with “Blazin’ Red Hot Numbers,” one of three new instant ticket games from the Tennessee Lottery. The $10 ticket is no sweat to play, and there’s a top prize of $250,000! Other new games include Mountains of Cash and Fantasy 4’s. |
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7/30/2006 |
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COOKEVILLE PLAYER WINS $200,000 IN POWERBALL! |
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A player in Cookeville won $200,000 in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing. In addition, there were 45,276 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state of Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, 10,023 players quadrupled their winnings. The Powerball jackpot is estimated at $178 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, August 2.
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7/17/2006 |
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EDUCATION WINS! LOTTERY RAISES $636 MILLION!
Lottery announces fiscal year ‘06 highlights; Sales up 18 % |
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More than $636 million has been generated for education programs in the state since the Tennessee Lottery began selling tickets nearly two and a half years ago. The news comes as the Lottery officially wraps up fiscal year 2005-2006, which ended June 30, with gross ticket sales 18 percent above the previous year – nearly $1 billion at $996.3 million. During the past fiscal year the Lottery raised $269.8 million for the Lottery for Education Account . . .(click headline for more) |
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7/16/2006 |
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$200,000 POWERBALL TICKET PURCHASED IN RUTHERFORD! |
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A winning $200,000 ticket for Saturday night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Rutherford. In addition, there were 33,991 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state. By selecting the Power Play option, 8,361 players multiplied their winnings by four. The Powerball jackpot for the draw Wednesday, July 19 is $100 million. |
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7/4/2006 |
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HERMITAGE PLAYER WINS $40,000 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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The Lotto 5 wins just keep coming as a player who purchased a ticket in Hermitage wins the $40,000 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing for that game. The Hermitage player is the sixth jackpot winner for Lotto 5 in the last five draws! |
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6/22/2006 |
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$200,000 POWERBALL TICKET SOLD IN CLINTON! Lotto 5 Grows to $280,000! |
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A winning $200,000 ticket for Wednesday night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Clinton. In addition, there were 21,319 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state. By selecting the Power Play option, 5,618 players multiplied their winnings by three. The Powerball jackpot for the draw Saturday, June 24 is $20 million. |
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6/22/2006 |
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WIFE'S LUCK RUBS OFF ON "$100,000 HOLD 'EM POKER" PLAYER! |
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According to Pleasant View resident Alan Miller, his wife of 19 years, Deanna, is the luckiest person around. “She wins every contest she enters,” says Miller. But it seems that her luck has finally rubbed off on Alan!
Miller is one of the latest winners of a trip to a World Series of Poker event from the Tennessee Lottery. He claimed his prize Thursday morning at the Lottery’s Nashville office.
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6/21/2006 |
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Hamilton County Player Wins Big With Bingo! |
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John Rannigan of Hixson in Hamilton County became $50,000 richer when he played the Tennessee Lottery’s latest instant game Bingo. After finding out that he was one of the winners of Bingo’s largest prize, John called a few friends to share the great news! John purchased his winning ticket at the Fast Food & Fuel in Chattanooga. |
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6/18/2006 |
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OVER 51,000 POWERBALL WINNERS IN TN! $101 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in Oklahoma |
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A player in Oklahoma won the $101 million Powerball jackpot after Saturday night’s drawing, which also produced an incredible 51,071 winners who purchased tickets in Tennessee. Of those Tennessee players, one lucky player in Knoxville won $200,000 by matching 5 of 5 and 9,852 quadrupled their prizes by using the Power Play option. The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is estimated at $15 million. |
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6/12/2006 |
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Cookout Turns Into $8,500 Win for Millersville Player! |
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Jim Dowden, of Millersville, won a quick $8,500 playing the Lottery’s new Bingo instant ticket game and came straight from a cookout to the Nashville office to collect his winnings. “I said, this cooking will just have to wait!” said Jim, who is a roofer.
Jim and his sister, Joyce, were excitedly heading to Home Depot to use some of the prize.
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6/11/2006 |
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OOLTEWAH PLAYER WINS $41,811 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Ooltewah in Hamilton County will win the $41,811 jackpot from Friday night’s drawing for that game. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The Powerball jackpot continues to climb and is estimated at $86 million for the next drawing on Wednesday, June 14. |
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6/8/2006 |
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RAMER PLAYER HITS $191,168 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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One lucky player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Ramer in McNairy County wins the $191,168 jackpot from Wednesday night’s drawing for that game. The estimated jackpot for Friday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000 |
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6/7/2006 |
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$800,000 TICKET EXPIRES FRIDAY! Powerball ticket sold in Memphis remains unclaimed |
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Just three days remain in the life of an $800,000 Powerball ticket sold last December in Memphis. As with all of the Tennessee Lottery’s numbers-pick games, players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize. Since the ticket was purchased for the Dec. 10, 2005 drawing, the ticket expires this Friday.
The Lottery encourages players who purchased a ticket for that drawing to check their pockets, keepsake boxes … mattresses… to be sure their ticket isn’t this one. . . |
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6/6/2006 |
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YOU MAY B-1 LUCKY WINNER! BINGO JOINS LOTTERY’S INSTANT GAME ROSTER! |
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The instant ticket Bingo joins the Tennessee Lottery’s instant game roster this week. With four Bingo “cards” and four chances to win up to $50,000 on every ticket, players will find this newest game exciting and fun to play. Also available this week, the instant tickets Doubling Red 8s and $20,000 Moneybags. You can find these, as well as other Tennessee Lottery products, at participating Lottery retailers throughout the state. |
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6/4/2006 |
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WINNING $200,000 POWERBALL TICKET PURCHASED IN WHITESBURG! |
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A winning $200,000 ticket for Saturday night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Whitesburg in Hamblen County. In addition, there were 27,976 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state. By selecting the Power Play option, 7,148 players multiplied their winnings by five. The Powerball jackpot for the draw Wednesday, June 7 is $60 million. |
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5/30/2006 |
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TWO MEMPHIS PLAYERS SHARE LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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Two lucky players who purchased their tickets in Memphis will share the estimated $120,000 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing for that game. No additional information is available until the players claim their prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000. |
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5/23/2006 |
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DYERSBURG PLAYER WINS $129,330 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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A player who purchased a ticket in Dyersburg wins the $129,330 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing for that game. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000.
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5/18/2006 |
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OVER 35,000 POWERBALL WINNERS IN TN! $114 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in SD |
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A player in South Dakota won the $114 million Powerball jackpot after Wednesday night’s drawing. In Tennessee, the drawing produced 35,505 winners, of which 8,349 quadrupled their prizes by using the Power Play option. The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is estimated at $15 million. The Lotto 5 jackpot hits $85,000 for the next drawing on Friday, May 19. Wednesday night’s drawing produced 1,010 winners, including 35 players who each won $196 and 975 players who each won $11.
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5/16/2006 |
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MEMPHIS PLAYER WINS $774,200 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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One lucky player who purchased a ticket in Memphis wins the $774,200 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing for that game. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000. |
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4/27/2006 |
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$200,000 POWERBALL TICKET SOLD IN NASHVILLE! LOTTO 5 JACKPOT GROWS TO $200,000! |
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The Lotto 5 jackpot grows to $200,000 for the next drawing on Friday, April 28. Wednesday night’s drawing produced 1,211 winners, including 33 players who each won $227 and 1,178 players who each won $10. A winning $200,000 ticket for last night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Nashville. In addition, there were 30,285 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state. By selecting the Power Play option, 8,469 players multiplied their winnings by four. |
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4/23/2006 |
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$200,000 POWERBALL TICKET SOLD IN BRISTOL! |
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A winning $200,000 ticket for Saturday night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Bristol in East Tennessee. In addition, there were 31,514 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in the state. By selecting the Power Play option, 8,682 players multiplied their winnings by five. The Powerball jackpot for the draw Wednesday, April 26 is $37 million. |
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4/18/2006 |
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NASHVILLE PLAYER WINS $153,538 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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Lotto 5 strikes again! A player who purchased a ticket in Nashville wins the $153,538 jackpot from Monday night’s drawing for that game. No additional information is available until the player claims the prize. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Lotto 5 drawing is $40,000. |
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4/13/2006 |
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OVER 61,000 POWERBALL WINNERS IN TN! $220 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in MO |
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A player in Missouri won the $220 million Powerball jackpot after Wednesday night’s drawing, which also produced an incredible 61,056 winners who purchased tickets in Tennessee. Of those Tennessee players, one lucky player in Knoxville won $200,000 by matching 5 of 5 and 13,651 quadrupled their prizes by using the Power Play option. The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is estimated at $15 million.
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4/11/2006 |
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LOTTO 5 JACKPOT CLIMBS TO $70,000! |
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The Lotto 5 jackpot continues to climb as $70,000 rolls over to the next drawing on Wednesday, April 12. Last night’s drawing produced 1,002 winners, including 32 players who each won $184 and 970 players who each won $10. |
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4/11/2006 |
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$220 MILLION JACKPOT SETS ANOTHER POWERBALL RECORD! |
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Just when it seemed as if the Powerball game had broken all records, yet another milestone has been set with the current jackpot of $220 million: It’s the first time two consecutive jackpots have surpassed $200 million. The staggering $220 million jackpot for tomorrow night’s drawing follows the last record-setter of $365 million, won in February by a group of eight third-shift workers at a meat-packing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska. |
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3/23/2006 |
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POWERBALL JACKPOT CLIMBS TO $117 MILLION!
$200,000 Powerball ticket sold in Columbia |
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The Powerball jackpot continues to grow as $117 million rolls over for the drawing on Saturday, March 25. A winning $200,000 ticket for Wednesday night’s Powerball draw was purchased in Columbia. No additional details are available until the player claims the prize. In addition, there were 41,809 winners who purchased tickets from retailers in Tennessee. By selecting the Power Play option, 11,628 players multiplied their winnings by two. |
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3/16/2006 |
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NASHVILLE & CYPRESS INN PLAYERS SHARE $386,138 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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Two lucky Tennessee Lottery players will share the $386,138 Lotto 5 jackpot from last night’s drawing. One winning ticket was purchased in Nashville, and the other winning ticket was purchased in Cypress Inn in Wayne County. No additional information is available until the players claim the prize. |
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2/22/2006 |
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LATEST WINNERS CLAIM $667,142 PRIZE
Tickets purchased in Winchester & Jackson |
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Two more winners from the record-breaking Powerball drawing arrived at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters to claim their $667,142 second-place prizes. Effie Wimley-Neal from Belvedere in Franklin County and Jason Knox from Dyer in Gibson County are the second and third of the five Tennessee Powerball winners to claim a prize that was increased by $467,142 due to a Bonus Prize Pool set in motion by the record-breaking jackpot. |
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2/21/2006 |
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$667,142 WIN A FAMILY AFFAIR Family group 1st of 5 to claim Powerball Bonus Pool Prize |
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Winning second place—or in this case, second prize—is “close enough” for a family from Oliver Springs, in east TN. The group, officially known as the “Lucky 4,” was the first of five Tennessee Powerball winners to claim a prize that was increased by $467,142 due to a Bonus Prize Pool set in motion by the record-breaking jackpot. The group, made up of the four “official” ticket purchasers and their extended family, claimed its winnings at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters. |
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2/19/2006 |
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MANCHESTER PLAYER LATEST TENNESSEE MILLIONAIRE! |
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A player in Manchester will win $1.2 million after last night’s explosive Powerball drawing, becoming the Tennessee Lottery’s latest millionaire. The player is one of five Tennessee Powerball players who matched all five white balls correctly; on top of the usual $200,000 prize, these players win an additional $467,142 Bonus Prize created with the record breaking jackpot amount. The Manchester player however, also chose the Power Play option. |
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2/16/2006 |
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$365 MILLION JACKPOT SHATTERS RECORD!Tell us what you would do with that kind of prize! |
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“What would you do with $365 million??” The question is on the minds of millions of Powerball players across the nation, including those in Tennessee, as the news spreads about the staggering $365 million, record-breaking jackpot created after last night’s drawing. “This incredible prize is great news for players and even better news for education in the state of Tennessee,” said CEO/President Rebecca Paul. “More people joining in the fun means more dollars for the education programs we fund." |
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2/15/2006 |
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POKER CHAMP TRIES HIS LUCK WITH LOTTERY’S
“100,000 HOLD ‘EM POKER” |
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Even a seasoned World Series of Poker champion agrees that the Tennessee Lottery’s newest instant ticket game is fun to play. “It’s a great way to get a feel for the game just by going to the corner store,” said Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Champion. “And with the kinds of prizes up for grabs, I think I’d try my luck whether I was a beginner … or, well, myself!” Moneymaker, who hails from Tennessee, joined TEL CEO/Pres. Rebecca Paul to promote "$100,000 Hold ‘Em Poker" statewide. |
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2/14/2006 |
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$300M POWERBALL JACKPOT CREATES A STIR THROUGHOUT THE STATE! |
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A word of advice to those interested in winning a staggering $300 million Powerball jackpot: Don’t wait until the last minute to purchase your ticket. The estimated jackpot of $300 million (estimated cash value of $145.7 million) for tomorrow night’s drawing is the third highest in the history of the game, creating quite a stir throughout the state. |
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2/9/2006 |
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POWERBALL JACKPOT HITS $250 MILLION! CHATTANOOGA PLAYER WINS $323,678 LOTTO 5 JACKPOT! |
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If the estimated $250 million Powerball jackpot is won Saturday, February 11, it would be the 6th largest jackpot win in Powerball’s history!Last night’s Powerball draw produced two winners of $200,000 in Tennessee. One ticket was purchased in Nashville and the other ticket was purchased in Fayetteville. A total of 71,564 winners bought tickets from Tennessee retailers. By selecting the Power Play option, 14,353 players multiplied their winnings by five. |
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1/27/2006 |
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“LUCKY 13” GROUP COLLECTS $200,000 POWERBALL PRIZE! SUMMERTOWN FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS TO SHARE THE WINNINGS |
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Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for a group of friends and co-workers from Summertown who won $200,000 playing the Tennessee Lottery’s Powerball game. Lily Trainor, Julia Skinner and David Thomas, who grew up together on The Farm in Summertown, came to the Lottery’s Nashville headquarters today as representatives of the “Lucky 13” partnership. The three friends collected the group’s prize and encouraged other players to organize lottery groups. |
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1/20/2006 |
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LOTTERY, EDUCATION CELEBRATE TWO YEARS OF SUCCESS! OVER ONE-HALF BILLION RAISED FOR PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE |
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The Tennessee Education Lottery today marks its two-year anniversary with an estimated one-half billion raised for education and an optimistic outlook for the year ahead. “So many exciting things have happened since we began selling tickets two years ago,” said Rebecca Paul, CEO and President of the TEL. “Not only have we raised over a half-billion for education and created new opportunities for students and families, but we’ve also provided millions of dollars to players and retailers." |
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1/17/2006 |
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$1 MILLION WINNER USED $8 FROM PREVIOUS WIN
Power Play pays off for Tullahoma nurse
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When Barbara Blaul cashed in an eight-dollar Powerball winning ticket last week, she figured investing her earnings in another $8 of Powerball plays would be wise. Her strategy paid off this morning when she collected her latest prize of $1 million! “We always play the Power Play, and I’m sure glad that’s how we’ve kept playing,” said Barbara, 54, a nurse at Tullahoma’s Harton Regional Medical Center. “I’m still beside myself.”
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1/12/2006 |
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FRIDAY THE 13TH COULD BE LUCKY DAY! |
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With a Lotto 5 jackpot at an incredible $610,000 for this Friday the 13th draw, the perennial “bad luck day” could prove to be anything but for some lucky Tennessee Lottery player! Wednesday night’s Lotto 5 drawing produced 2,459 winners, including 82 players who each won $165 and 2,377 players who each won $9. |
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1/9/2006 |
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With Cash 3 Green Ball Promo,Players can win up to $599 in Cash 3 drawings! |
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Tennessee Lottery Cash 3 players have a chance to see more green at no extra cost through a new “Green Ball Promotion.” The special promotion, which begins Monday, January 9 and runs through Saturday, January 28, will pay additional prize money if the Green Ball is selected from an additional ball machine added to the current three machines used in Cash 3 drawings. |
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1/4/2006 |
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MONEY MONEY MONEY; New Instant Ticket Boasts $14.4 million In Prizes With Individual Prizes Up To $250,000 |
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A new $10 instant ticket joined the Tennessee Lottery game line-up this week with the introduction of "Money Money Money." The game features over $14.4 million in cash prizes, with a top prize of $250,000.
To play “Money Money Money,” simply match any of your numbers to any of the winning numbers and win the prize shown for that number. Get a "coin" symbol and win double the prize shown for that number. Uncover a "bar" symbol and instantly win all 15 prizes. |
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