What are your Superstitions?

If my luck has turned sour, I avoid returning to a machine that previously paid off. It just feels like desperation, which invites more bad luck. (Although, I will eagerly revisit "lucky" machines from a previous trip.) I occasionally carry good luck charms (old coins and slot tokens, matchbooks from casinos like the Mint or Silver Slipper, etc). I don't really believe these things will change my luck -- but they're very cool.

I think my only non-gambling superstition is "hat on the bed." (Never. Never ever .. although, I've had an open umbrella in my apartment for five years.)

Wait. One more. I never participate in a toast if my glass is empty or contains no alcohol. Someone once told me this is bad luck, and for some reason, it stuck.
I have a Lucky Hat assortment.
I never watch the lottery drawing live. The last time I decided to late last year, I had my Pick 4 # in hand and watched as the first three numbers were drawn right...then one number off for the last. Cost me $5,000.

Tim
....... and how many times have you hit the $5,000 now that you stopped watching the lotterty drawing live ?


Rick

I pay homage to the vp gods by returning to play at a machine if I've hit a rf there in the past (provided the paytables are still good). And no, I've never hit a second rf on one of those machines.
Also, my beverage must always be on the far right of a slant top machine (probably more of a practical matter so that it doesn't block the screen or I can't knock it over while hitting a button).

fredo
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