NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Lottery says it had record sales last year.

The lottery said in a statement that it had gross total sales of $1.7 billion last fiscal year. The statement says it will return nearly $422 million to education programs, which is 9 percent more than the previous fiscal year.

2. Tennessee Lottery Reports Record-Breaking Quarter - Saturday, October 21, 2017

The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. continues to break its own records, announcing the highest first quarter since it began in January 2004.

The lottery transferred $103 million to the Lottery for Education Account for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 14.1 percent higher than the previous record set during the same period last year. Total sales were $423.7 million, up 11.8 percent over the prior year.

3. Tennessee Lottery Reports Record-Breaking Quarter - Wednesday, October 18, 2017

The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. continues to break its own records, announcing the highest first quarter since it began in January 2004.

4. Tennessee Lottery Shatters Records - Saturday, July 23, 2016

The Tennessee Education Lottery has closed its fiscal year by shattering records throughout the 12-month period, with an all-time high for sales and proceeds for education.

This year’s record sales resulted in a contribution of $394 million for all education programs funded by the lottery, a record increase of $46.3 million, or 13.3 percent, over last year’s record return. This brings the total raised to more than $3.8 billion since inception.

5. Tennessee Lottery Shatters Records - Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The Tennessee Education Lottery has closed its fiscal year by shattering records throughout the 12-month period, with an all-time high for sales and proceeds for education.

This year’s record sales resulted in a contribution of $394 million for all education programs funded by the lottery, a record increase of $46.3 million, or 13.3 percent, over last year’s record return. This brings the total raised to more than $3.8 billion since inception.

6. Tenn. Lottery Sets Record For Education Funding - Saturday, April 23, 2016

The Tennessee Lottery says it returned a record $119 million for education funding during the first quarter of the year, a 27 percent increase over the previous quarterly record.

Lottery-funded programs include 12 different scholarships and grants, multiple after-school programs, an energy-efficient schools program and Tennessee Promise, which offers eligible high school seniors the chance to go to community or technical college without paying tuition.

7. Tenn. Lottery Sets Record For Education Funding - Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Tennessee Lottery says it returned a record $119 million for education funding during the first quarter of the year, a 27 percent increase over the previous quarterly record.

Lottery-funded programs include 12 different scholarships and grants, multiple after-school programs, an energy-efficient schools program and Tennessee Promise, which offers eligible high school seniors the chance to go to community or technical college without paying tuition.

8. Tennessee Lottery Posts Highest Q1 Sales Returns - Wednesday, November 4, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. has announced it posted its highest first-quarter sales returns in the organization's almost 12-year history.

9. Tennessee Lottery CEO Gets Award Named After Her - Wednesday, January 1, 2014

NASHVILLE (AP) – The president and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. is being recognized by a leading lottery trade organization with an award named after her.

10. Big Games Flashy, but Scratch-Offs Pull the Weight - Thursday, January 24, 2013

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The high-dollar multistate lottery games Powerball and Mega Millions get the attention, but Tennessee lottery officials say the scratch-off state lottery games bring in the money.

11. State Lottery has New Game With $3 Million Prize - Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NASHVILLE (AP) – The Tennessee Lottery launches a new game on Tuesday with the biggest top prize in the history of the state game.

"$3,000,000 Mega Cash" is an instant game played by scratching a ticket. Besides the $3 million top prize, there are 10 prizes from $1 million to $3 million and more than 500,000 prizes from $50 to $20,000. It costs $20 to play.

12. Tenn. Lottery Head Likes Powerball Changes - Wednesday, January 18, 2012

NASHVILLE (AP) – The head of the Tennessee Lottery says players in the state will like changes to the Powerball game because of the larger jackpots.

Rebecca Hargrove says there are both bigger prizes and better odds under new rules that just took effect.

13. Lottery Turns Over Record $288.8 Million to State - Monday, July 19, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lottery officials say they are turning over a record $288.8 million to the state from the past fiscal year.

It's 3.9 percent more than last year.

14. Lottery Chief Frets Over Powerball - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the lottery out of a slight sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education.

Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove said lottery sales have been running about $400,000 less per week than last year since the fiscal year began July 1.