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General Superstitions

Dagza

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It goes without saying that a lot of gamblers are superstitious and believe in good fortune and lady luck. I try to with chance and probability and understand that all you can do is plan well and try and read whichever game you are playing.
 

clyne

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Truth be told, gambling has a bit of luck, combined with just using the right strategy. There are people who are so good at what they do though overall I think we cannot talk about luck on its own. How would you explain how it is easy for some people to win at the lottery?
 

Tiger

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I think most of us have a few little superstitions that we carry with us, don't we? And not even just with gambling, but in every day life.

I have a lucky stone that I keep in my pocket when I'm gambling - I am sure I am not the only one to do such a thing!
 

food fan

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I don't have "lucky" things but I do have "unlucky" things.
My last trip to a casino, I had a really bad run. Really bad.
I was wearing a new shirt that night and I haven't worn that damn shirt since!! :mad:
 

luckysam

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I do not believe in superstitions but I think you just need some bit of luck when gambling and it even gets better when you do some little research. I call it luck because there are a few friends of mine who are always winning and I never hear them talk of a loss.
 

gizmotron

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There are all kinds of superstitions that aren't from the classics like black cat, 13, and walking under a ladder.

The huge problem with new players is predisposed or newly accepted forms of magical thinking.

You need to know what is true.

Look up Gambler's Fallacy.

No, the sectors of the Roulette Wheel are not significantly meaningful other than the way that observing them reveals typical characteristics at different times based on the spin results. I mean different times than the table layout groupings reveal things.

They don't pump oxygen into the casino to make you feel good. The truth is that your own body pumps chemicals into you that do that. Adrenalin and dopamine are only part of your own chemical reaction to causing you to seek stimulation while gambling. These chemicals can desensitize you into not minding losing for instance. They can take you out of the logic center of your mind and into the satisfaction center. You must fight your way back into the logic center if you wish to keep your senses.

No, a change in a dealer does not change the flow of the wheel being nothing more than a random number generator. Unless of course you think you are a visual ballistics expert and can clock the wheel and ball like a mainframe computer. A few probably think that they can, and some hide computers on themselves somewhere to do exactly that.

Can a progression beat a game of chance without a bet selection method tracking current conditions in order to pick when and where to bet? No it can't. But many new players try these mindless, barge forward, approaches first anyway. It's not until they get killed off enough times that they start to try to figure out why. That's when they consider other approaches.

Gambling is fun and entertainment. Not really. Nobody like to lose. When and if you ever become a professional gambler, you will see that gambling is a war.

If you are at the table and you can't recognize the sucker then you are the sucker. True. Funny how magical that is true.

Perhaps some of you can suggest other fallacies, magical beliefs, and urban legends.
 
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