William Chaloner's Lottery Ticket

Origin
William Chaloner (1665 - 1699) was a convicted counterfeiter whose many crimes eventually brought down the punishment of hanging by Sir Isaac Newton. Out of the six major scams his most infamous was when he cheated the lottery. Creating engraved copperplates of tickets he was able to learn what numbers won then print a winning ticket of his own. Since this was the first time any scam of this kind had been done it wasn't technically illegal however when Chaloner's scheme was turned in to the police and with his past crimes he was arrested for high treason. Within a few minutes the jury declared him guilty and he was sent to hang. Upon searching his home police took into evidence a single lottery ticket however the copperplates were no where to be found.

Effects
Pure joy comes from the thought that you have won millions of dollars in the lottery and the complete dejection when you go to turn it in only to discover that none of the numbers actually matched. You were sure that you read it correctly and the next morning the numbers match again. Keeping it in sight all the way to Lottery District Office you hand it over seeing the numbers change once again. If numbers could change then what else could do it? Anything could change, nothing is real, mind broken.

Collection
The ticket was in the personal effects of a former police officer who removed it from evidence because he noticed that it was a winning ticket. It was easy enough to retrieve as the man was now a level two patient in a secure mental facility.