Practicing various types of Lottery superstitions is a common thing for lottery players. Most of us believe our success depends on our luck, and that’s where the lottery superstition came from.
Here are the 8 most common and well-known lottery superstitions:
- The lucky number – People believe in a specific number such as 7 or lucky number 7 can bring you the luck. There are several types of numbers that are widely known as “lucky numbers.” such as 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 21, 25, 31, 33, 37. These numbers are commonly believed as a legend that can help to increase our chance to win.
- Knock on the wood – This is a superstition when a player writes down their lottery number. After that, they need to knock on the wood where they sit next to it. Most of the people believe that by knocking on the woods, they can summon a God to raises their luck.
- Cross fingers – Many people believe that crossing our fingers can help to increase our luck. Originated from the Christian cross, and it’s popular among many early European Christian cultures
- Wearing red – According to Chinese culture, wearing red while playing the lottery may increase the chance to win a jackpot. When you wear red, it will help you to stay away from anything bad or bad luck.
- Mixing odd and even numbers – This superstition relates to Yin and Yang and considered as one of the most common practices as well.
- Left foot – Some players step into the lottery store by using left foot and wish to win!
- Good luck charm – Each player usually also has their own good luck charm. Bring this lucky charm while purchasing lottery tickets, and you may win and become the millionaire! The good luck charm can be shaped of anything such as four-leaf clover, rabbit’s foot or medallion.
- Bad luck number – As most of them choose 7 as their lucky number, some of them also avoid certain number such as 13 which considered as bad number.