Can you buy Power Play in Tennessee?

Yes. It costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket and multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 — the 10 only when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less. We price that extra dollar at about 46 cents at a large jackpot and 50 cents when the 10× ball is in the drum.

Is Double Play available in Tennessee?

Yes. For $1 your numbers go into a second drawing straight after the main one, with its own prize table topping out at $10 million. Every prize in it is fixed and none of them rolls, which makes it the one multi-state bet whose expected value is exact: about 53 cents per dollar. 30 of the 48 lotteries sell it.

How much tax does Tennessee take from a Mega Millions win?

Tennessee withholds nothing — no income tax. The 24% federal withholding still applies, and your federal bill is settled at filing. The calculator does the arithmetic.

Are Mega Millions prizes in Tennessee the same as the national prize chart?

Yes. Every prize below the jackpot is a set cash amount in Tennessee, exactly as the national chart prints it. Only California pays pari-mutuel instead.

How old do you have to be to play Mega Millions in Tennessee?

Tennessee Education Lottery sets the minimum age and we could not read it off their site on 2026-09-22, so we would rather send you there than guess. Most jurisdictions are 18; Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi are 21 and Nebraska is 19.

Where were the Tennessee Mega Millions numbers drawn?

In Tallahassee, Florida, like every Mega Millions drawing — one drawing serves all 47 jurisdictions. The numbers on this page are the same numbers as everywhere else; what the page adds is what they are worth to a Tennessee ticket. The national analysis is here.

Tennessee Mega Millions (September 2026)

Tuesday · Friday · $5 a play · Power Play and Double Play on sale here

Latest draw · September 18, 2026 Drawn for all 47 jurisdictions

Advertised jackpot

$244 million

Jackpot odds

1 in 290,472,336

Any prize

1 in 23.07

A line here

The short version

Tennessee sells Mega Millions on the standard terms: the national prize chart is what you are paid, and both $1 add-ons are available. At the jackpot standing after the September 18, 2026 draw, one $5 ticket bought in Tennessee is worth $1.22 — 24 cents on the dollar, and Tennessee withholds nothing from it.

What is different in Tennessee

Ticket price: $5 a line; Every $5 Mega Millions ticket has carried a built-in multiplier since April 2025; there is no separate add-on to buy.
Prize structure: Fixed, as the chart; The published amounts are what you are paid — Tennessee does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding: None; No income tax. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.

Rules read from powerball.com and Tennessee Education Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

What a Tennessee ticket is worth right now

The advertised jackpot is $244 million. The cash value is about $122 million, because the headline is a 30-year annuity and nobody takes it. At that jackpot our sales model puts the chance of having to share a win at enough that a winning ticket is worth 95% of the prize on average rather than all of it. Tennessee withholds nothing, so only the federal 24% comes off.

Ticket price

up to $4 with add-ons

Worth, before state tax

$1.22

the same in all 47 jurisdictions

Worth in Tennessee

$1.22

24c on the dollar

Tennessee keeps

Nothing

no state withholding

The withholding only comes off the jackpot term here, not off the whole figure. Nearly all of a ticket's non-jackpot value sits in the $4.00 and $7.00 tiers, which no state withholds on; taxing those too would push the number down in a way that happens to flatter our own conclusion, so we do not. The draw-by-draw chart behind this is on the Mega Millions page.

Hot and cold numbers

The drawing is national, so the frequencies are too — there is no Tennessee hot number, only a Mega Millions one. Over 928 draws of the current 5/70 + 1/24 matrix, 10 has come up most (86 times against 66 expected) and 11 has waited longest, 52 draws.

10 has come up most often, 86 times. Each number averages about 66 over 928 draws, and whichever number happens to lead normally finishes around 19 ahead. 10 is 20 ahead, so this is an ordinary spread rather than a streak. 51 has come up least, 52 times.

Mega Millions hot & cold, with the significance test Check your numbers against every draw Every past draw Odds & payouts

Tennessee Mega Millions questions

Can you buy Power Play in Tennessee?: Yes. It costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket and multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 — the 10 only when the advertised jackpot is $150 million or less. We price that extra dollar at about 46 cents at a large jackpot and 50 cents when the 10× ball is in the drum.
Is Double Play available in Tennessee?: Yes. For $1 your numbers go into a second drawing straight after the main one, with its own prize table topping out at $10 million. Every prize in it is fixed and none of them rolls, which makes it the one multi-state bet whose expected value is exact: about 53 cents per dollar. 30 of the 48 lotteries sell it.
How much tax does Tennessee take from a Mega Millions win?: Tennessee withholds nothing — no income tax. The 24% federal withholding still applies, and your federal bill is settled at filing. The calculator does the arithmetic.
Are Mega Millions prizes in Tennessee the same as the national prize chart?: Yes. Every prize below the jackpot is a set cash amount in Tennessee, exactly as the national chart prints it. Only California pays pari-mutuel instead.
How old do you have to be to play Mega Millions in Tennessee?: Tennessee Education Lottery sets the minimum age and we could not read it off their site on 2026-09-22, so we would rather send you there than guess. Most jurisdictions are 18; Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi are 21 and Nebraska is 19.
Where were the Tennessee Mega Millions numbers drawn?: In Tallahassee, Florida, like every Mega Millions drawing — one drawing serves all 47 jurisdictions. The numbers on this page are the same numbers as everywhere else; what the page adds is what they are worth to a Tennessee ticket. The national analysis is here.

Where these facts come from

The winning numbers are cross-checked against more than one official source before they go up — every source and every correction is listed. The Tennessee-specific rules were read from powerball.com and Tennessee Education Lottery on 2026-09-22, and bao draws jurisdictions re-reads the published lists on every run and fails if either has moved. How the expected values are computed.