Tennessee Lottery Brings In $96.5 Million In First Three Weeks

Lottery Post — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:10:58 GMT

Starting the Tennessee Lottery 21 days earlier than the original Feb. 10 target date has resulted in approximately $96.5 million in ticket sales in just three weeks, which means nearly $30 million for education programs in the state to date, Lottery officials said Tuesday. This reinforces the importance of an early start-up, said Rebecca Paul, CEO and president of the Tennessee Lottery. Had we begun today, as was originally anticipated, we would be nearly $100 million behind where we currently... [ More ]