Tennessee Lottery: Tennessee lottery sales slack off after fast startTennessee Education Lottery ticket sales have fallen steadily since the state-sponsored games began in mid-January.
Tennessee Lottery President Rebecca Paul says declining ticket sales are a consistent pattern with all new lotteries. She says lottery ticket sales typically decline in the summer months, starting in May.
Lottery officials predict the games still will make at least $17 million more than their targeted revenues.
In the 18 weeks since the lottery began in January, instant ticket sales have fallen from $34.6 million in the first week to $9.5 million for the week of May 22.
With the addition in the last two months of the Cash 3 and multistate Powerball games, total lottery sales for the week of May 22 were $14.2 million.
