Gambling superstion Do's and Dont's

Gambling superstitions abound the gaming industry.   None of these has been proven accurate, but they’re still heavily believed.

Do:

• Wear red, especially underwear (originally a Chinese superstition, but now widely recognized).


• Check into a room with 8 in the number.


• Stack your chips neatly.


• Sit on a handkerchief.


• Carry a snake's tooth.


• Sit astride your chair.


• Switch on all the lights at home before you go out to gamble. (At least you're less likely to get burgled, but luckier at the tables?)


• Keep a horny-toad toenail on your person. (First catch your horny toad.)


• Gamble with borrowed money. (Hmm, doesn't sound like such a good strategy to us)


• For crap players: Blow on the dice to breathe life into them/seal in the good luck during a winning streak; give the dice to a woman who's never rolled them before; or rub them on the head of a redhead.


• For slots: Wait until someone gets up from a machine that hasn't paid out in a long time and play that one, as it's now "due" to hit; play a coin with a hole in it to change your luck.


• For women, gamble while you have your period.
  
• For men, stay away from sex and females.


• If you're Filipino, bring your wife to the game if she's pregnant, or they let a pregnant women play for you.


• If you're Chinese, stay away from monks and nuns before gambling.


• Change machine/dice/cards if things aren't going your way.

Don't:

• Wish a player good luck.


• Lend money while gambling.


• Pick up cards with your left hand.


• In poker: Count your chips/money at the table; or allow anyone to look over your shoulder; or sit at the #10 seat; or drop a card during a game.


• In craps: Play at an empty ("cold") table, or say -- or even think -- the word "seven"; or allow a male who's never rolled the dice before to roll; or allow the dice to roll off the table; or speak to or touch someone who's having a good roll.


• In blackjack: Cut the deck (or you might get blamed for a "bad shoe"); or look at your double-down card (although for some people, to look is lucky),


• Let dogs anywhere near a gambling table.


• Touch someone's shoulder while he/she is gambling.


• Enter a casino through the main door.


• Talk about books around Chinese gamblers (the word "book" sounds like the word "lose").

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