Tennessee scratch-off statistics
84 active games · average odds 1 in 3.87 · 140 top prizes of $10,000+ unclaimed
Tennessee market snapshot
Pulled from our catalog on September 23, 2026. Averages cover every active game, not a sample.
What Tennessee charges, and what you get for it
Higher-priced tickets almost always carry better overall odds and a higher payout rate, because the prize pool scales faster than the ticket price. This table is the state's own catalog, grouped by price.
| Price | Games | Share of catalog | Avg overall odds | Avg prize payout | Avg ValueScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 tickets | 7 | 8% | 1 in 4.66 | - | 20.1 |
| $2 tickets | 14 | 17% | 1 in 4.39 | - | 23.4 |
| $3 tickets | 7 | 8% | 1 in 3.77 | - | 45.0 |
| $5 tickets | 18 | 21% | 1 in 4.08 | - | 31.6 |
| $10 tickets | 20 | 24% | 1 in 3.69 | - | 45.3 |
| $20 tickets | 12 | 14% | 1 in 3.39 | - | 53.1 |
| $25 tickets | 1 | 1% | 1 in 2.91 | - | 52.6 |
| $30 tickets | 3 | 4% | 1 in 2.91 | - | 60.3 |
| $50 tickets | 2 | 2% | 1 in 2.70 | - | 61.0 |
Tennessee lottery sales by fiscal year
Straight from the lottery's published annual reports. Per-resident figures divide instant sales by the state population from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025) (7,066,383 residents), so they count every resident rather than only adults or only players.
| Fiscal year | Instant sales | Total sales | Instant share | Per resident | To the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.52B | $1.83B | 83.2% | $216 | $412.3M |
| FY2024 | $1.62B | $2.03B | 79.8% | $229 | $501.3M |
| FY2023 | $1.68B | $2.10B | 80.1% | $238 | $497.4M |
| FY2022 | $1.69B | $2.03B | 83.4% | $239 | $467.6M |
| FY2021 | $1.74B | $2.08B | 83.3% | $246 | $482.3M |
| FY2020 | $1.56B | $1.84B | 84.5% | $220 | $420.6M |
| FY2019 | $1.45B | $1.81B | 80.0% | $205 | $429.2M |
Instant-game sales moved +5.2% across FY2019-FY2025. That figure is nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and part of any increase reflects higher-priced tickets rather than more tickets sold.
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2019 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2019)
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2021 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2021)
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2022 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2022)
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2023 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2023)
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2024 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2024)
- Tennessee Education Lottery FY2025 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2025)
Tennessee runs a fiscal year ending June 30 and publishes these figures rounded to the nearest thousand. Total sales is the audited gross lottery-ticket revenue line, which runs a little below the instant-plus-draw sum in the management discussion because the audited line is net of bad debt. The transfer column is the Lottery for Education Account alone; Tennessee separately moves roughly $18 million a year to an after-school programs account, and its small sports-wagering fees and Tennessee Promise transfers are not ticket revenue at all.
Tennessee sales by game, FY2025
Every product line the Tennessee lottery prints in its FY2025report, largest first within each group. Share is each line's part of the total across the lines shown here.
| Game | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scratch-offsInstant games | $1.52B | 83.2% |
| In-state draw gamesDrawing-style games | $308.7M | 16.8% |
| Total of lines shown | $1.83B | 100% |
Tennessee publishes draw games as one line; no per-game split.
How fast Tennessee top prizes get claimed
We snapshot every game's remaining prize counts daily, so we can show depletion rather than just the current number. This counts the drop in top prizes remaining each month across 70 tracked games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, 38 claimed in total over the window. No other site publishes this.
Top prizes claimed per month. A game that launched mid-window only contributes claims recorded after its first snapshot, so its opening month reads low.
ValueScore spread across Tennessee
Our ValueScore™ rates each game 0-100 on expected value, prize quality, win frequency and remaining inventory. Scores are ranked within the state, so a 60 in Tennessee means good relative to what else is on the shelf here.
See the ranked list on the Tennessee ValueScore ranking, or compare against other states on the national stats page.
Common questions
How many scratch-off games does Tennessee have?
Tennessee currently has 84 active scratch-off games across 9 price points, from $1 to $50. 14 launched in the last 90 days.
What are the average odds on a Tennessee scratch-off?
Across all 84 active games the average published overall odds are 1 in 3.87. The single best game right now is 1 in 2.57. Overall odds count every prize tier, including prizes equal to the ticket price.
How much unclaimed top-prize money is left in Tennessee?
At least $52.1M in top prizes is still unclaimed across Tennessee's active games, covering 140 individual top prizes. Treat that as a floor. We count only games whose top prize is $10,000 or more, only games whose lottery publishes a remaining count, and only the top tier of each game.
How much does Tennessee sell in scratch-off tickets?
Tennessee reported $1.5B in instant-game sales in FY2025, which is 83.2% of all lottery sales. That works out to $216 per resident. Figures come from Tennessee Education Lottery FY2025 financial and compliance audit (year ended June 30, 2025).