KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Records form the Tennessee Lottery show the busiest lottery retailers in Knox County are in neighborhoods below the city’s median income.
It’s the state’s game of chance where its based on 100% luck and 0% skill — all for the hope of a one-way ticket to financial freedom. Since launching in 2003, the Tennessee Lottery has raked in over $30.2 billion in revenue.
In 2024 alone ticket sales toped $2 billion. Knox County neighbors have chipped in their own cash toward that total…