Numbers and Superstition
What is it about numbers and gambling? Numbers have been highly regarded throughout history in nearly all cultures as symbols of divination and signs. The inordinately frequent appearance of some numbers has given them either lucky or unlucky reputations, depending on culture and their commonly held meanings. Often these beliefs are so ingrained that they remain a significant part of a culture’s traditions, such as the unlucky “13.” Consider the fact that many modern buildings do not even contain a 13th floor.
Lotteries and Lucky Numbers
Lottery game players have been playing lucky horoscope numbers, lucky odd numbers, lucky even numbers, the numbers of their kids’ birthdays, anniversary and wedding dates, and the lucky numbers on strips in fortune cookies since lotteries began. In fact, a short trip around the internet proves how prolific the “lucky number” racket really is.
Lottery Advertisement
Lottery games are about numbers. Millions of dollars are spent on advertising lottery games and campaigns from New Zealand to California are riddled with the words “luck” and “lucky numbers.”
Numerology
Numerology is the study of the relationship of numbers within our lives and the universe. Ancients studied numbers for mathematical and spiritual relationships and believed their appearance to be directly relevant to a person’s everyday life. Numbers in numerology symbolize distinct influences and universal harmonics.
Seven
The number “seven” has been noted as having luck, owing to its attachment to innumerable artifacts throughout history, such as the seven deadly sins, the seven-day deluge in the Bible and the “seven-year-itch,” among dozens of other famous sevens. Seven is also one of the more commonly rolled numbers in a dice roll.
Generating Lucky Numbers
Countless internet sites propose to potentially deliver winning lottery numbers with their lucky number generators. The key to these sites is that they fall short of guarantees or promises, but, instead, cloak the issue in possibilities of monetary riches.
Lucky Numbers and Lottery Wins
Many lottery players still believe they might win the big jackpots with their strings of dates and birthdays and horoscope numbers. The fact is the lottery games, contrary to the advertisements, are completely random numbers generated by complex and constantly changing computer algorithms. There are really no calculable chances that someone with a string of hand-picked numbers for one of the big lottery games could actually win. |