Two Million Dollar Prizes in Tennessee from Historic Powerball Lottery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Some Tennessee players of the Powerball lottery won’t come away empty-handed, including two who can claim prizes of $1 million apiece. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation announced Thursday that million-dollar tickets were sold in Nashville and Brentwood. There were secondary prizes for 190,592 tickets sold in Tennessee. State lottery officials estimated Tennessee players bought $30.75 million in Powerball tickets between Oct. 6 and Wednesday. Activity on Wednesday alone accounted for more than $9 million. Lottery ticket sales during the run brought in an estimated $12.98 million for education programs in Tennessee. There are now 98 tickets of a million dollars that have been sold in all games since the lottery began in Tennessee in 2004. Two winning tickets for the $587.5 million prize were sold in Arizona and Missouri. AP-WF-11-29-12 1758GMT
