NASHVILLE - Fueled by its ninth straight year of record sales, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. today announced a nearly five percent increase in proceeds for state education programs in the just-completed fiscal year.
An all-time high of $339.7 million will be going for college scholarships and other education programs, an increase of 4.95 percent or $16.2 million over last year's then-record $323.4 million.
The lottery had $1.36 billion in total sales for the 2013 fiscal year that ended June 30. That's what lottery officials describe as a "hefty increase" of $56.3 million over last year's previous sales records of $1.31 billion.