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Man wins big in Tennessee lotteryNews Story
Russell Burks of Shelbyville, Tennessee garnered a $100,000 prize recently to join a list containing the four highest prizes paid by the Tennessee Lottery to date.Also buying and scratching off their Jackpot tickets to net $100,000 were Deborah Baker of Lascassas, John Leegan of Big Sandy and Willis Pulley of Brentwood.Kym Gerlock, Tennessee lottery communications director, said Burks had specifically requested no interviews and wished to not have any additional information provided to the media
Mar 5, 2004, 4:18 am - Lottery News

'Angel' sells woman $100K lottery ticketNews Story
On Friday the 13th, Deborah Baker grabbed a dime with her left hand and scratched away the prize area on her $100,000 Jackpot Tennessee lottery ticket.Scratching from right to left dragged out the suspense after Baker saw that her ticket contained matching threes and knew she was going to win something, which she figured would be just another ticket, a $5 value.But I kept seeing zeroes, the Lascassas resident recalled earlier this week.In fact, five zeroes trailed a one, making Baker, 53, one
Mar 3, 2004, 4:00 am - Lottery News

Players win $56,330 in first Tenn. Cash 3 drawingNews Story
Yellow balls spun in a clear acrylic container and spit out the three winning numbers -- 5-6-6 -- that netted players a total of $56,330 as the Tennessee Lottery debuted its Cash 3 game Monday night.About 500,000 people played the first Tennessee game where they could choose their own numbers, which was enough to please lottery chief executive Rebecca Paul. I'm real comfortable with this, she said with a glass of wine in her hand as she stood among a crowd of about 50 lottery officials, televis
Mar 2, 2004, 5:53 am - Lottery News

Tennessee lottery sale drop-off is less than expectedNews Story
Since the first scratch-off lottery tickets started selling more than a month ago, sales have been declining.That was expected as the initial euphoria with the lottery wore off. Sales volume has dropped to roughly 49% of what it was during the first seven days of the lottery. That usually happens after the first week, Rebecca Paul, Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.'s president and chief executive officer, said of what she had seen with other start-up lotteries.By that measure, then, Tennessee's
Mar 1, 2004, 4:30 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Cash 3 lottery game starts todayNews Story
Phillip Caple won't even have to think about which numbers he will play today when the Tennessee Lottery debuts its first pingpong ball drawing game, Cash 3.His list goes back to the day he was born.The retired Brentwood obstetrician plans to use combinations of his birthdate - Dec. 8, 1948 - along with those of his wife and three children for the first several tickets he buys. Hope springs eternal,'' Caple said last week after redeeming $23 in winning scratchoff tickets at a Mapco convenience s
Mar 1, 2004, 4:09 am - Lottery News

Rebecca Paul Says Tenn. Lottery Should Reach Funding GoalNews Story
Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul said at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday the lottery should reach its goal of raising $88 million for education the first year, and may have some left over for preschool education.She said the lottery has brought in $141 million in a month and five days, including $30 million that will go toward its education fund.She said lotteries typically fall off substantially after the initial excitement, but she said Tennessee's has stayed very popular.Ms. Pau
Feb 26, 2004, 4:46 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery runs out of ticket terminals as drawings nearNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials are looking for more terminals to sell tickets. They say the number of retailers that want to sell tickets is way beyond expectations.3800 Tennessee retailers are now selling lottery tickets, while another 1,800 are waiting to find out if they can. But there's a temporary problem - only about 300 ticket terminals available for installation, and there may not be more until the end of March. So we need some terminals...quite a few, said lottery CEO Rebecca Paul.Paul d
Feb 24, 2004, 5:48 am - Lottery News

Weekly $15 Service Fee Surprises Some Tennessee Lottery VendorsNews Story
A small group of Tennessee Lottery retailers were not informed they'd have to pay a weekly $15 service charge, and some in Knox County aren't happy about it. It was never mentioned up front, said Steve Rogers, owner of the Phillips 66 station on Tazewell Pike, which is among stores paying the charge because they sell less than $10,000 per week in lottery tickets. If I did business like that with my customers, I wouldn't stay in business long. Rogers said he went to a lottery machine training se
Feb 20, 2004, 6:38 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery selects TV outletsNews Story
The Tennessee Lottery has selected the TV stations that will take part in the launch of Cash 3 on March 1 and the televised Powerball drawings in late spring.In Memphis, the Lottery selected NBC affiliate WMC. The Lottery chose ABC affiliate WBBJ in Jackson; ABC affiliate WKRN in Nashville; NBC affiliate WBIR in Knoxville; and ABC affiliate WTVC in Chattanooga.The daily drawings for Cash 3 will be held every night beginning March 1, though time has not been finalized. Cash 3 is the Lottery's fir
Feb 19, 2004, 7:09 am - Lottery News

New Tennessee Lottery hasn't hurt Kentucky ticket sales yetNews Story
The new Tennessee Lottery, for now, doesn't seem to be hurting the games in surrounding states.Kentucky and at least two other states are reporting increases in lottery sales over the period last year despite increased border competition.That may change, however, once Tennessee starts selling Powerball tickets later this year.Lotteries in Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia all have experienced higher ticket sales since Tennessee launched its lottery Jan. 20 with four scratch-off games.Although Kentu
Feb 17, 2004, 6:47 am - Lottery News