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Lottery Fraud Tickets, Wyoming, 1875 [131079]

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Lottery Fraud Tickets, Wyoming, 1875  [131079]
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The lottery began in 1875 and was only in existance for 1 year. The lottery-by-mail operation was little more than a scam, but the enterprise earned large sums for the newspapers that printed the broadsides and lottery tickets. The tickets were sold at 6 for $5 and promised monthly drawings for $50,000. J.M. Pattie, the manager, reportedly deposited $4,000-$5,000 a day in the bank, but drawings were never held. The lottery was terminated in 1876, when Congress made it illegal to use the U.S. mail to defraud. Pattee disappeared, but supposedly was sighted in Wyoming some years later when he attempted a mining fraud in the Ferris mining district.

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