Tennessee Lottery

About Tennessee Lottery

The Tennessee Lottery is run by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) which was created on June 11, 2003, by the Tennessee General Assembly through the Tennessee Education Lottery Implementation Law.

TELC is responsible for the operation of a lottery and is deemed to be acting in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Tennessee. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It participates in the Powerball lottery and is eligible to offer other MUSL games, such as Hot Lotto.

The Tennessee Lottery sold its first tickets on January 20, 2004. On July 28, 2007, Tennessee switched from ball drawings to numbers drawn by computer. However, Powerball continues to be ball-drawn.