§ 1302.
Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail:
Any letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance;
Any lottery ticket or part thereof, or paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance;
([June 25, 1948, ch. 645], [62 Stat. 762]; [Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 29], [65 Stat. 721]; [Pub. L. 87–218, § 2], Sept. 13, 1961, [75 Stat. 492]; [Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H)], Sept. 13, 1994, [108 Stat. 2147].)