Topic: Let’s talk superstitions (Read 661 times)

#3 Never count money/chips at the table: This is more of an etiquette and a way to protect yourselves but for some people they believe that doing this exudes pride which will invite bad luck and karma. Keep your money and count it when you get home.

True what you say, this certainly exists in every country and some people do believe it strongly, whether it's related to mystical or other things. In addition, there are also those who believe that this is involved with gambling where they believe in victory that can happen to them if they do things that are unusual, this often happens to those who are happy with lottery gambling. Some of the same cases and events I found were when they had an unusual dream they would record the time, and other things like you said when there was a vehicle that they would record the number of the car and the time it was paired on the bet, whether this was successful or not but I myself am not very sure and understand.
Maybe for those who believe they managed to get a victory occasionally because it is also impossible for the bet they installed continue to produce victory.

Superstition has been a strong culture in various countries they believe this can be in gambling including when you play and believe in superstition.

However, I don't believe this, it's just an illusion because some people still believe in this.

I see this superstition in lottery gambling, where those who want to place lottery tickets must look for sacred numbers if they want to be paired.
Many things have been known - for example, they go to the cemetery in case there is a whisper of a number.
Or looking for the license plate of a vehicle that is in an accident, usually this will be good luck.
And many more.

Hard to argue with that. I just find it funny and interesting some of these superstitions but I do not even follow most of them nor will I force someone to do it themselves.

Some people swear by superstition and I think it’s all just a game we play with ourselves to try and fool our mind into thinking one way or another.

One thing that I will say though is that I have a brother from Cayman who always said that you better not bring a banana on the boat that’s bad Juju!

I'm only sure of what people believe led to their winning a game. Like a discussion of a gambler who assumed his visitor was the reason he won big, and concluded that the person has some luck. All that doesn't work, it's just for people who wish to think that their believe has a little control on gaming outcomes. Typically, most gamblers always feel like they've got a chance in changing the way results work in casinos. That's why they run back to cultures like wearing red clothes to casinos hoping on luck.

Coming from a very superstitious country, I grew up getting familiar with a lot of them and as I grow older I just become even more aware particularly in the context of gambling. Now, I am not recommending everyone to follow superstitions as at the end of the day, that is all they are: superstitions.

We often say that following superstitions would not cost us anything but for some, it may cause them mental distress and anxiety. Anyway, it is still pretty interesting to learn about superstitions and their origins no matter what your purpose is. Either just to laugh at how ridiculous it is or to meticulously follow them when you gamble, I don’t know but I would love to discuss!

#1 Unlucky 13: This is probably the most common superstition there is known to man. It is manifested in movies, books and even in real life. You would notice that a lot of hospitals do not have the 13th floor in their elevators. It goes from 12th to 14th. This fear of 13 originates from the Bible where in Jesus’ last supper, there were only 12 guests until Lucifer came making him the 13th guest and the one to betray Jesus. Another is in norse mythology where a dinner by the gods are held with only 12 of them until Loki, the god of mischief, comes along making him the 13th guest before causing chaos. Maybe gamblers avoid betting on this number.

#2 Whistling: Whistling while playing said to invite bad luck. This belief originates from sailors whistling which they thought to invite stronger winds and storm.

#3 Never count money/chips at the table: This is more of an etiquette and a way to protect yourselves but for some people they believe that doing this exudes pride which will invite bad luck and karma. Keep your money and count it when you get home.

#4 Color Red: The color red is deemed lucky in many cultures. The color is believed to bring prosperity and wealth. Wearing red when you gamble is said to make you lucky. I also noticed that many casinos’ motif is red. Coincidence?

#5: Front Entrance: They say that you shouldn’t pass through the casino through their front entrance as you may encounter a player who has lost and may therefore pass on their bad luck to you. Now, this one is borderline silly because what if a losing player leaves the casino through some other entrance and not the front one?

Anyway, Let me know if you do follow some superstitions even if it is just for fun. Or which ones you think are extremely ridiculous.

Forcing yourself to believe and trying to follow thinking that it adds up to your luck, something that most of those desperate gamblers are doing, even they fully understand that in this industry there's no way that you can assure yourself to win, risk is everywhere and without luck even how good you are in playing or betting on the game that you love losing is always possible to take place whatever superstitious believe you follow.

Forcing yourself to believe and trying to follow thinking that it adds up to your luck, something that most of those desperate gamblers are doing, even they fully understand that in this industry there's no way that you can assure yourself to win, risk is everywhere and without luck even how good you are in playing or betting on the game that you love losing is always possible to take place whatever superstitious believe you follow.

The idea of superstition in gambling is quite ridiculous because there's actually nothing you can do to attract luck or Manover the circumstancesto your advantage..I'm from a part of Africa where most people believe in doing charms to help them get lucky in whatever they are doing bet it trading, gambling or business..in the aspect of gambling it's governed by a principle of risk and reward, all you can do is hope to get lucky.. blowing whistles, wearing a specific color of shirt or whatever would not change anything, this is an insane thing to think about.

Humans are always looking for explanations to what happens to them, since that is part of our nature, and while this can have very positive effects, just look around you and you will find all kind of devices that just a few decades ago would be unthinkable, at the same time that same tendency can take us to some places that are completely illogical, and superstitions are one of those places, and even if a person knows that this is the case, when facing a similar situation they may find themselves believing in absurd things they know they cannot be true.

Well, given what many people say on the forum, superstitions among gamblers are not that rare, even if they are statistically much lower than 300 years ago where the majority of the population was illiterate and had no way of understanding casino mathematics or how the house edge works.

Superstitions only provide a subjective certainty that has no correlation with what happens.

I don't believe in superstitions related to gambling. When luck is on your side, you focus on winning and don't think twice about superstition. It's only when we lose that we start attributing it to bad luck or superstition, forgetting that winning and losing are natural parts of life. We win some, we lose some - it's not about superstition, but rather the natural cycle of chance.

Things like avoiding the number 13 or walking through the front door are just made-up notions, not based on reality. When everyone's on a winning streak, no one thinks about superstition. But when losses occur, people start seeking explanations, blaming luck or superstition. I believe it's essential to recognize that winning and losing are inherent to the game, and superstition has no role to play.

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Anyway, Let me know if you do follow some superstitions even if it is just for fun. Or which ones you think are extremely ridiculous.