I have always heard of people who win games with voodoo(charms/certain spiritual power).I know Voodoo is everywhere. They are said to use it to get accuracy in their predictions, permutation, casinos, throwing of dice etc while this will help to reduce to the bearest minimum their risks of loosing.
So, Do you also think this is true?
People would do anything or believe in anything to win rather than understanding the mathematics behind it. Maybe because of where I am resident, I have heard people believe so many things especially when it comes to lottery games. Some have even gotten to the point of following someone known to have mental challenges thinking he would mention some numbers which would make them win, some people have even advertise how they have been accurate in the provision of lottery numbers while they still remain poor. What however they have forgotten is that, for every number any individual picked, it has been recorded and whatever machine that would pick numbers have been configured to know these numbers. Its that simple.
In simple terms, when voodoo seems to work, its purely coincidence and nothing else.
Superstition in gambling is not new phenomenon. Like you say, people will try everything to win, except to try to understand how it works, and possible ways to win. Nobody can say that better, so I will quote you once again, to make it more visible for others:
In simple terms, when voodoo seems to work, its purely coincidence and nothing else.
I can just add more options here, when lucky charms seems to work, horseshoes, rabbits foot, etc..any kind of magic or prayers, or whatever, its just coincidence and nothing more!
But in the end people will never stop searching for ways to win in long run. They will never stop believing in some crazy stories, its in our human nature.