Pigeons were once used to cheat in the lottery in England. I don't know the year, but I'd imagine it was before the telegraph. But it used to be that you could

Pigeons were once used to cheat in the lottery in England. I don't know the year, but I'd imagine it was before the telegraph. But it used to be that you could still buy tickets after the draw had been made in London - the results would travel by horse, but you could use a carrier pigeon with the lotto results to outrace the news.