Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation

Tennessee Lottery President Says Too Early To Tell How Lottery Will Fare In Recession
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, USA (December 4, 2008) -- Tennessee Lottery President and CEO, Rebecca Paul Hargrove, is reported as saying in Chattanooga on Thursday that it is too early to tell how the economic downturn will affect the state lottery..................Subscribers

Gas Prices Help Fuel Instant Lottery Sales
TENNESSEE, USA (December 2, 2008) -- Sales of instant-winner lottery tickets are up by eight million compared to the same time last year according to Tennessee Lottery officials...................Subscribers

State Lottery Sees Slowdown in Growth, Powerball Blamed for Lower Lottery Sales
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (November 18, 2008) - Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the State Lottery out of a slight sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education..............Subscribers

Lottery Staff Promised Bonus, but Senator Says Lottery Board Should Look Closely at the Timing of These Incentives
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (November 4, 2008) – According to local media reports back in April, a little more than 100 Tennessee Lottery staff were promised a bonus. However.............Subscribers

Governor Names Appointment to Lottery Board
TENNESSEE (September 10, 2008) -- Governor Phil Bredesen today named Keith B. Simmons of Nashville to the Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board of Directors.
SOURCE: Tennessee Govt.

Education Is Lottery’s Biggest Winner! Lottery Announces Another Record Year
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (July 16, 2008) - The Tennessee Education Lottery has closed out its fiscal year with a record total return for education of $286.1 million. This brings the total raised since inception to over................Subscribers

Powerball Ticket Date Causes Confusion
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (May 9, 2008) -- It has been reported that an untold number of people may have thrown away winning Powerball tickets after being told they were not valid....................Subscribers

Lottery Sales Have "Flattened Out"
TENNESSEE, USA (May 6, 2008) -- Things like high gas and food prices may be lowering Tennessee Lottery sales...............Subscribers

Proposal To Require Manual Lottery Drawings Withdrawn
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (April 29, 2008) -- A proposal to require the state lottery to abandon computerized drawings has reportedly been withdrawn for the year.................Subscribers

Lottery Draws Players Across State Lines
TENNESSEE, USA (April 5, 2008) – Alabama's neighboring states of Georgia, Tennessee and Florida all have lotteries. And, according to a local media report 14 of Tennessee's 50 best-selling stores are on the Georgia and Alabama borders...............Subscribers

“$50 Million Cash Spectacular” Offers Chance To Win $500,000 Instantly!
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (April 1, 2008) - The Tennessee Lottery is offering a chance to win $500,000 in an instant with its newest game, “$50 Million Cash Spectacular.” Not only does the instant-ticket game offer prizes up to one-half million dollars, but the game contains over $50 million in cash prizes overall.................Subscribers

Manual Lottery Drawings Bill Advances In House
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (April 2, 2008) -- A House panel has narrowly advanced a proposal to require the state lottery to abandon computerized drawings for its games..........Subscribers

Discussion - Lottery Could be Forced to Drop Computer Draws
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (March 26, 2008) -- Channel 4 News claimed today that it has learned there is new discussion on Capitol Hill about the possibility of the state lottery going back to using ping-pong balls to select the Cash 3 and Cash 4 winners.............Subscribers

Lottery Launches Tennessee’s Own Million-Dollar Lotto Game!
“Lotto Plus” launches Sunday; Lotto 5 gets a new name and another way to win
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (March 07, 2008) -- “Lotto Plus” is the newest game from the Tennessee Lottery, bringing the state its own lotto game with jackpots starting at $1 million................Subscribers

Lottery Examines Machines After Same Digits Drawn
TENNESSEE, USA (March 5, 2008) -- Lottery officials double-checked equipment after the same four digits were drawn – in different sequences – in three separate drawings on Monday and Tuesday, but found that its computers and software were operating smoothly.............Subscribers

Lottery Profits Show Continued Growth
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 18, 2008) -- This week’s close to the first six months of the Tennessee Lottery’s 2007-08 fiscal year brings total education profits 6.5 percent higher than for the same period during the previous fiscal year.................Subscribers

Governor Wants to Distribute Lottery Reserves
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (January 12, 2008) – Governor Phil Bredesen is reported by the local media as saying the Tennessee Lottery's huge cash reserves need to be distributed.................Subscribers

Legislature May Force Lottery to Return to Using Numbered Balls to Select Winners
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (January 11, 2008) – Two Senators, including the House’s minority leader, have filed bills to require the state lottery to use numbered balls, not computers, to draw winning numbers.................Subscribers

Lottery Starts New Year With Countdown Glitch
TENNESSEE (January 2, 2008) – The Tennessee Lottery’s Web site clock, which is supposed to show the number of days until the January 22 grand prize drawing for the “Million $ Madness” game, began showing the wrong number of days as the new year dawned............Subscribers

Retailers Need More Incentive To Sell Lottery Products
TENNESSEE, USA (December 26, 2007) -- When the state legislature created the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, the goal was to assist in allowing Tennessee's best and brightest students to attend our very own state's universities and colleges..........Subscribers

Proposed Legislation Would Increase Lottery Agents’ Commission
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (December 11, 2007) -- A state lawmaker is pushing for legislation to give retailers more money for selling lottery tickets. He would also like to see a requirement for balls be used in lottery drawings..........Subscribers

Automated Drawings 'Maximize Net Lottery Proceeds'
TENNESSEE (November 25, 2007) -- Why did the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. (TEL) change from ball drawings to automated drawings? The answer to this important and appropriate question is simple.......Subscribers

Tennessee Lottery Players are a Shrewd Lot
TENNESSEE, USA (October 28, 2007) -- During the period when a "glitch" in a new computerized system of selecting winning lottery numbers prevented duplicating combinations such as 1-1-2 or 3-3-3-3 from being drawn............Subscribers

Lottery Chief Defends System Switch, Says It Saves Money
TENNESSEE, USA (October 29, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery Board decided today to continue using a computer system to pick numbers in the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games...............Subscribers

Lottery Auditors Clear Cash 3 and Cash 4 Computers
TENNESSEE, USA (October 29, 2007) -- An auditor hired by the Tennessee Education Lottery board said today he had not found anything to suggest the Cash 3 and Cash 4 computers aren’t working properly...............Subscribers

Lottery Raises $1 Billion For Education! Strong Sales Continue, Pushing Proceeds For Education Across Major Milestone
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (October 24, 2007) -- Continued strong sales pushed Tennessee Lottery proceeds for education to over $1 billion this week.............Subscribers

Lottery’s Quarterly Transfer Higher Than Same Period Last Year
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (October 12, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery’s transfer of more than $67.7 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Account brings the total amount raised for education to over $987 million.............Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.4

Legislation Would Stop Computerized Lottery Drawings
TENNESSEE, USA (October 8, 2007) -- House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower (http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/h3.htm) is reported to have announced on Monday that he will file legislation in the next session ..................Subscribers

Tennessee Lottery Offers "Deal-Or-No-Deal" Game
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (September 25, 2007) -- One of 26 Grand Prize finalists will walk away $100,000 richer on Friday as the Tennessee Lottery wraps up its initial version of the instant ticket game, “Deal or No Deal.” ..........Subscribers

Mishaps Have No Measurable Impact on Lottery Sales
TENNESSEE (September 23, 2007) -- Three recent mishaps for the Tennessee Lottery have not hurt ticket sales, local news sources reported lottery president and CEO Rebecca Hargrove as saying today.......Subscribers

Lottery Oversight Committee to Meet in November
TENNESSEE (September 19, 2007) -- Democratic Leader Sen. Jim Kyle released the following statement on Wednesday after the announcement that the Lottery Oversight Committee will meet in November to examine recent missteps in the operation of the Tennessee Education Lottery.........Subscribers

Lottery Picks Accountant to Audit Drawing Software
TENNESSEE (September 19, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery has hired an accounting firm to perform an audit of the software and hardware used for the automated lottery drawings,...........Subscribers

Third Strike Hits State Lottery
TENNESSEE, USA (September 18, 2007) -- According to a published report the Tennessee Lottery broadcast the wrong winning numbers on Monday for its Cash 3 and Cash 4 midday drawings..........Subscribers

Lottery Clarifies Ticket Issue; Has Not Issued Refund Offer For Valid Tickets
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (September 14, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery is not offering refunds for Powerball tickets purchased last week. The Lottery regrets any confusion or inconvenience..........Subscribers

Tennessee Lottery Offers Refunds After Misprinting Jackpot Figure
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (September 13, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery will give refunds to lottery players after some lottery tickets showed an incorrect Powerball jackpot...............Subscribers

Lottery Will Hire Outside Consultant to Conduct Audit
NASHVILLE (September 1, 2007) – The Tennessee Lottery is looking for an outside consultant to investigate a computer error that.............Subscribers

Same Numbers Drawn in Both Midday and Evening Drawings
TENNESSEE, USA (September 1, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery’s Cash 3 game had the exact same winning number in both the midday and evening drawings...........Subscribers

Lottery is Committed to Accountability
Statement by President and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, and Chairman of the Board of Directors
TENNESSEE, USA (September 2, 2007) -- When Tennessee voters called for the creation of a state lottery in November 2002, two things were on most people's minds...........Subscribers

Audit Chairman Wants to Probe Deeper Into Lottery Software Glitch
TENNESSEE, USA (August 28, 2007) – The Tennessee Lottery Board's audit chairman has written to lottery director Rebecca Paul Hargrove asking..............Subscribers

Lottery Customers Expecting a Bonus Get a Surprise
TENNESSEE, USA (August 25, 2007) – To make up for a computer glitch in the Cash 3 and Cash 4 drawings last week the Tennessee Lottery told customers who still had their losing tickets they could get a double refund..............Subscribers

Governor Urges Confidence in Lottery, Despite Glitch
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (August 21, 2007) -- Governor Phil Bredesen on Wednesday expressed regret about problems with Tennessee Lottery drawings but said he expects............Subscribers

Lottery’s Cash 3, Cash 4 Drawings Rectified
TENNESSEE, USA (August 21, 2007) -- A programming issue that impacted the last three weeks of Cash 3 and Cash 4 drawings was discovered yesterday and attributed to a human error made by an outside, third party vendor, the Tennessee Lottery announced........Subscribers

Not Every Ones Happy with the Switch from Numbered Balls
TENNESSEE, USA (August 8, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery began using computers to generate random winning numbers on July 28 for all of its lottery games, including Cash 3, Cash 4 and Lotto 5....Subscribers

Lottery Announces Another Record Fiscal Year And A Hint Of What’s To Come
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (July 16, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery has had another record fiscal year, with a return of...Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.4

Environment Not The Only Winner With ‘Play It Again’ Promotion!
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (July 12, 2007) -- Twelve Tennesseans ‘Played it Again’ and won in the Tennessee Lottery’s inaugural “Play it Again!” second-chance drawing held earlier this week.......Subscribers

Governor Names New Lottery Board Member
TENNESSEE, USA (June 28, 2007) -- Governor Bredesen announced on Thursday that he has appointed Lowell Perry to serve on the board of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation......Subscribers

Four winners Announced in Lottery's First-Ever Million $ Madness Drawing
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (May 15, 2007) – Four winning million-dollar Tennessee Lottery tickets were were announced Monday evening in the lottery's first-ever Million $ Madness drawing.........Subscribers

Senate Panel Advances Proposal To Limit Lottery Games
TENNESSEE, USA (May 1, 2007) -- The Senate State and Local Government Committee has voted 5-1 to prohibit the state lottery from launching new games that have more than four drawings a day............Subscribers

$842.6 Million Generated For Education Latest Lottery Transfer Second-Highest Since Inception
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (April 16, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery’s transfer of $78.7 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Account today is the second-highest on record, pushing the amount raised for education to over $842.6 million...........Read the full story at: Vol.39 No.4

Lottery Ticket Sales Surpass $3 Billion; Lottery Announce Several New Developments
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (March 9, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery announced today that gross ticket sales have surpassed $3 billion...........Subscribers

Lottery Celebrates Three Years, Offers Best Chance Yet To Win $1 Million
Sales During Third Year Top $1 Billion; Total Raised For Education More Than $763 Million!
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 22, 2007) -- The Tennessee Education Lottery marked its third anniversary today with a financial transfer that brings the total raised for education to more than $763 million............Read the full story at: Vol.38 No.5

Lottery on a Roll, Announces Launch of New Game
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 22, 2007) -- The Tennessee Lottery sold more than $1 billion in tickets in its third full year of existence............Subscribers

Lottery Reports Net Sales Up 18%
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (October 16, 2006) -- The Tennessee Lottery’s transfer of $62.2 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Account today pushes the amount raised for education to nearly $700 million, reinforcing its role in creating a brighter future for education in the state..............................Subscribers

Sales Target for Bonuses Criticized, Lottery Sets 5% Profit Goal for '06-'07
TENNESSEE, USA (August 24, 2006) – The board of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. has reportedly set a goal to increase educational funding by 5 percent this fiscal year. Last year, the goal was a 3.3 percent increase...........................Subscribers

Lottery Announces Fiscal Year ‘06 Highlights; Sales Up 18 %
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (July 17, 2006) -- 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.................................Subscribers

Bingo Joins Lottery’s Instant Game Roster!
TENNESSEE, USA (June 6, 2006) --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................................Read the full story at: Vol. 35 No.10

Lottery President Recovering From Fall
TENNESSEE, USA (June 2, 2006) -- Tennessee Lottery President and CEO Rebecca Paul remains hospitalized for injuries she suffered when she fell over a balcony at her home.........................Subscribers

Former Lottery Official Denies Inappropriate Behaviour
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (June 1, 2006) -- A Tennessee Lottery official who was dismissed following an investigation of workplace harassment has reportedly said that he didn't do anything wrong........................Subscribers

Lottery Drops Legal Battle to Prevent Release of Files
TENNESSEE, USA (May 24, 2006) -- The board of the Tennessee Lottery has reportedly voted unanimously to drop its legal battle to prevent the release of its investigative file.........................Subscribers

Tennessee Lottery Sales Hit Quarterly Record
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA April 17, 2006) -- Today’s transfer of nearly $79.6 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Account pushes the amount raised for education to over one-half billion dollars.............................Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.3

Lottery Sales Exceed $2 Billion
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (March 22, 2006) -- Exactly two years and two months since the launch of the Tennessee Lottery, ticket sales surpassed the $2 billion sales mark...............................Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.12

Tennessee Lottery Goes "All In" With New Hold 'Em Poker Instant Ticket
ALPHARETTA, Georgia, USA (February 23, 2006) -- Tennessee Lottery CEO and President Rebecca Paul was joined last week by poker pro Chris Moneymaker ..........................Subscribers

Lottery Winner Sues State
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (February 14, 2006) -- A woman who won a Tennessee Lottery ‘Win-for-Life’ Instant Game Prize has reportedly sued ..............................Subscribers

Some Lawmakers Reportedly Want Lottery Executive’s Dismissal Investigated
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 23, 2006) -- The chairman of a legislative committee which oversees the Tennessee Lottery, is reported by the local media as saying ....................................Subscribers

Tennessee Lottery Celebrates Second Anniversary
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (Friday, January 20, 2006) - The Tennessee Education Lottery today marks its two-year anniversary with an estimated ...................Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.4

Judge Rules Lottery Must Release Files to Former Executive
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 18, 2006) -- A judge in Nashville reportedly ruled today that the Tennessee Lottery must turn over some files to a lottery official ..............................Subscribers

Lottery Raises $72.2 Million for Education in Final Quarter; Latest Quarterly Transfer Highest Since Inception; Brings Total Raised to $487.4 Million
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 13, 2006) -- The Tennessee Education Lottery will transfer $72.2 million to the state’s Lottery for Education Fund for the quarter ending..............................Read the full story at: Vol.34 No.3

Newspaper Sues to Gain Access to Lottery Records
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA (January 9, 2006) -- An online newspaper has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Education Lottery ..............Subscribers

Lottery Executive Leaves After Investigation Into Allegations of Workplace Harassment
TENNESSEE (January 6, 2006) – Steve Adams, the Tennessee Lottery's No. 2 official has reportedly left the agency........................Subscribers