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**Item #:** SCP-1777

**Object Class:** Safe

**Special Containment Procedures:** SPC-1777 is to be contained in a small safe at storage site ██████ when not in use. Other then being part of the standard video surveillance sweep, no further security is required. During Procedure FORT-777, the ticket is to be kept in room ████████████, with two armed guards with the ticket, and a suitable number outside to control the remaining D-class personnel.

**Description:** SCP-1777 is a instant lottery ticket of the pull-tab variety, labeled "The Biggest Win." Rules printed on the back appear entirely normal, and the ticket is claimed to be produced by ████████████, although research has shown that no such ticket was ever in production. Ticket is indicated to be the 479,925th ticket in a run of 250,000,000. At this time, no other tickets have been found, and it is suspected by Dr Whit that the number actually represents [DATA REDACTED]. The ticket always appears unopened to observers, and any efforts to see through the ticket without pulling the tab shows that there is no text behind the tab.

	When the tab is pulled by a human or other intelligent being, one of three things can occur:
	1) Win. SCP-1777 drops through the subject's hands and onto the floor, at which point the subject can no longer perceive SCP-1777. The subject usually does not notice, however, because the space that was occupied by the ticket is instead occupied by monetary bills, generally valued between £███ - £██████. The highest win recorded as of ██/██/20██ is £██████████.
	2) Lose. SCP-1777 drops through the subject's hands and onto the floor, at which point the subject can no longer perceive SCP-1777. The subject will generally show signs of distress, and when questioned, will hold the belief that their luck has run out.
	3) Jackpot. The subject will immediately display signs of pleasant surprise, then collapse. Autopsy shows that each and every subject died of [DATA REDACTED], even those previously found to be in optimal health.

Note that all of these possibilities require the target to understand the concept of gambling and the value of money, and must be able to perceive the outcome of the ticket. Subjects who cannot perceive the results of SCP-1777 do not suffer any of the effects, positive or negative, until they perceive or are informed about the status of the ticket. Subjects who cannot comprehend the concept of money or gambling do not not suffer any of the effects of SCP-1777 under any circumstance.

Further testing demonstrates that SCP-1777 affects those with the intent to play, not nessiserily those who open the ticket. Remote testing affects the person controlling the machine opening the ticket, and a timed or random system will affect whoever activated the timer or randomizer.

Subjects are not compelled to view the result of the ticket in any way other then normal human curiosity, and so long as they do not discover the result, no harm comes to them. Subjects are also not compelled to use the ticket at all and display no signs of unusual desire to gamble.

**Addendum 001-x:** It is suspected that the "Jackpot" message is not always of monetary value. D-class subjects who have shown to value their freedom more then monetary gain will react just as shocked and happy as those who expressed extreme interests in money.

**Addendum 002-x:** Authorization to use Procedure FORT-777 on D-class personnel who are scheduled for termination (for reasons not related to the effects of other SCP's) is pending. In FORT-777, each subject is placed into a room containing two armed guards and is instructed to use SCP-1777, then is immediately [DATA REDACTED], both to accelerate the process and to collect the money produced. To prevent resistance, each D-class subject will be told that the proceeds will be used in whatever manner their psychological profile indicates is in their best interests. Proceeds go to fund further Foundation research.

NOTE:
“Anyone objecting to the questionable morality of the falsehood given to subjects during Procedure FORT-777 should consider the following:
1) They are scheduled to be terminated already.
2) Most of them are hardened and often violent criminals.
3) Those that die due to SCP-1777 will die happy, while those terminated afterwords will never see it coming.
4) There are plenty of far worse ways you can die in the SCP Foundation as a D-class subject.
If this is still bothering you, I have a host of videotaped examples in my desk drawer to make you grateful we offer them such a kindly exit.” -Dr Whit

**Addendum 002-1-x:** Due to the nature of how SPC-1777 kills those who “jackpot,” testing on currently indestructible SCP's will not be performed. Its destructive capability is not sufficient to permanently incapacitate any creature a simple firearm could not kill.

**Addendum 003-x:** Statistical study by Dr Whit indicate that subjects who “lose” may actually become, for lack of a better term,  unlucky. Fatalities in SCP testing for D-class personnel who have lost on SCP-1777 rise by nearly %50, while significant injuries become almost a certainty when compared to those who have not used SCP-1777. No statistical change is apparent in previous winners of SCP-1777. All such fatalities seem to come about from the subject acting in exactly the right manner to trigger the worst effects of the new SCP, out of random chance. Further testing of this phenomenon has been halted to reduce the risk of ██████████████ level events, and all subjects who “lose” with SCP-1777 are to be terminated immediately.

NOTE:
"Some agents have been using SCP-1777 as a form of hazing new members. Your training is worth far more then the ticket will ever give you, and if I catch you taking your life or the life of your fellow agents so cheaply, you'll be assigned bathroom cleanup duty indefinitely. No gloves, no brush, no bucket. Words cannot describe what I will leave for you in my toilet each morning." - Dr Whit