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Gambling Superstitions – Is it Worth Believing?

Posted by Gregory Bogopolski On 2:42 AM 6 comments

Gamblers probably the second person who believed in superstitions next to physic or fortune tellers. They anticipate that superstitions sometimes delivers luck. They will do anything to improve their chances of winning even if such superstition is beyond reality. They even carry themselves any lucky charms or perform some sort of ritual before and after they go for a casino play.

From that believe, psychologists have made some studies to determine the relationship between gambling and superstitions. According to the study, superstitions can develop in many gamblers and become a basis for their future gambling sessions. If the player has won, he looks at what transpired during the winning session. This is where a player may decide that an article of clothing or some other activity was “responsible” for their good fortune. Likewise if a player loses, he will look to see what may have caused his misfortune. If a player has one or two losing sessions with a particular dealer, they may develop a feeling that the dealer is unlucky and unbeatable.

But as far as we know, not all superstitions are developed by personal observations and many gamblers just buy into the existing beliefs that have been passed down through the ages. They may choose to believe that something is unlucky and avoid it as to not tempt fate. Others may test a superstition only to discover a self fulfilling a prophecy with their actions. If you think it is unlucky to sit with your legs crossed while playing poker and you do it, you may just lose because subconsciously you expect to lose. If you do lose, it will only reinforce the belief.

The idea of “not entering a casino through the main entrance” is one of the most popular gambling superstitions we see. Years ago the MGM in Las Vegas was themed after the MGM film studios and the main entrance was through the mouth of the large MGM lion. Many superstitious players would not enter the casino by going into the mouth of the lion. They considered it a double curse to walk into the mouth of the beast along with the fact that it was the main entrance to the casino.

Another belief is that “never count your money while you are playing”. Kenny Rogers even immortalized this concept in his song the Gambler when he sang. “You never count your money when you sitting at the table, there’ll be time of enough for counting when the dealings done.” Even “singing or whistling” while you are gambling is also a sign of a bad luck.

Eighty percent of the gamblers who responded to a survey said that they believed in superstitions or carried out some sort of lucky ritual while gambling. As long as you don’t let your superstitions control you, believing in something that will bring you good luck can actually be beneficial. Gambling Superstition can be a haft truth and half lie. Perhaps, it all depends on the person itself if they really give they trust on it.

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