Gambling Superstitions-- Funny Ones- List yours here-

Okay now we all have various gambling superstitions that we do during the games----

I have tamed down mine a bit, but when I had a Gambling CREW we had the strangest gambling superstitions that we would employ--

1- Bad LUCK BARS and Bartenders-

The first time we go to a New BAR and we bet a big game and WIN we know its a good LUCK BAR and whoever is bartending is ALSO good luck-  If we lose at a BAR early on, we all make an agreement that that BAR is BAD LUCK and BANNED--


2- On really big BETS when we go out, we all have to wear a SHIRT with some GREEN on it---

3- During the MLB playoffs, we would have a routine that me and my 2 partners would take turns standing outside the BAR while our pitcher was on the mound. Ex- first guy stands outside, after one out, then second guy goes and stands outside also and then when the 3rd out happens we are all outside the BAR standing--

4-No Contact with BAD LUCK FRIENDS- bad luck friends are the ones who always ask how MUCH you bet and HOW much you are UP or down-- These people are to be avoided--

5-Good luck MUSIC- We would have the chosen SONGS playing in the CAR before the big games and big bets--

6- Seeing a TAXI CAB on the way to the big bet, Taxi CABS are just absolutely the best LUCK EVER --
We had the PATS huge over the Raiders in playoffs with the TUCK RULE and the PATS were coming back and we were seeing Taxis outside the bar, then when the PATS were ready to win the game in OT, I swear a TAXI was trying to DRIVE right through the front door of the bar--

7- At Home on football on critical downs we would all take turns rushing the TV, we would line up in the family room, and rush the TV to try and confuse the QB-- sometimes we would all line up together and one or two of us would drop back in coverage and really confuse the QB--

8- Never bet against Steelers on Monday night because they are possessed like werewolfs.

9- Leaving phone messages on the bookies answering machine with songs such as "I just called to say I love you"  Then he wonders who is doing this.

#10-- Drinking alcohol just basically gives you the BEST luck ever, we would drink and put OUR ROUTINE bet on the Millwaukee BREWERS and would always WIN it seems-  everything goes your way when you are hammered and drinking it seems.

I love getting head when watching games I have action on

Call me crazy; but that's just me

You know my friend, alcohol while gambling is one thing, but Jerking off while betting seems to make my players go HAYWIRE and play like shit--

So I refrain from any type of shenanaghans during betting.

Every time i was in a big pot playing poker I would light a smoke.

Jerking off and getting blown are two different things my friend

Wives:

My wife is required to maintain total household silence while I am handicapping games and deciding on a wager.
My wife is not permitted to be in the same room with me when the game is on, unless I say otherwise.
My wife is not permitted to know size of wager, but is allowed to know which team.
My wife is not permitted to know the size of my bankroll.  EVER.

Took me 20 years to train her.

Golden GOOSE nice buddy---

I like these rules---

Do you have any rules for PETS?

I had a friend and his WIFE bought this black small dog and my buddy hated it, he said everytime that stupid dog would come in the room while he is betting he would lose-

he would start locking the dog outside until his WIFE became pissed off because it was getting Cold outside--

He would call me and say Guess who is in the room now, and I knew it was the DOG, he would say watch now our team is going to play like shit--

Also PBL-- PARENTAL BAD LUCK-

When parents walk in while you bet, BETS go SOUR fast, it seems like they NEVER win when your DAD walks in the room.

PBL

Parents will ALWAYS be a pain in the ass.  Even after all these years, still get scolded from my mother for sports betting.  Will take them out to dinner, pick up the tab, and my mother will say "you must have won a big bet".  LOL

If a penny is face up, I'll pick it up, and consider it lucky. If it's face down, no way I pick it up. Nothing good ever happens to you face down................

The out of nowhere Lucky shirt-I usually wear just a polo shirt, solid color.

Where do you live Sammy? Are cabs that few and far between that seeing just one is good luck? I wish i felt the same way because with the amount of cabs i see everyday I would never lose.

yuice20  great avatar buddy 

At one time i would carry an old silver dollar as a card protector on the felt. Don't even do that anymore + am probably one of the least superstitious gamblers you would ever meet. I find that it clouds the mind, that's not to say i won't talk to the T.V. or pace the floors from time to time though.   

As soon as I walk into a casino I almost always go to the nearest clean bathroom, take a leak so I don't have to for awhile, then wash my face and hands to freshen up and energize. I also start feeling lucky when I tip the guy for giving me a towel.

If I even go on a slightly bad run on the tables I'll avoid that bathroom.

if "the pattern" is working, no matter what it is- I keep it going. and vise versa.

i.e. I get up , they score, I leave the room (big with baseball and hockey)

every time, and Im not kidding, every thime I take the dog out to piss- theres a goal in the game Im watching. my wife will say, "dont do it yet, there gonna score", sometimes I need the goal, other times it kills me."

I will not sit down at a blackjack table with an Asian dealer. If one relieves the dealer I'm playing with, I'll stay but I won't sit down while one is dealing.

I knew a guy who used to only bet in one particular bookie shop.It didn't matter if he could get a better price anywhere else like another shop or online he had to bet at this shop as it was his lucky one and in his head he believed he couldn't win anywhere else.

collection ive heard recently..

the better team always wins.
the better team will win tonight
the worst team in the league (any sport) doesnt have a chance against the best team in the league (nationals vs yankees)
im not going to go broke
this bet cant lose
parlays are too easy
i can bet every big favorite and win

My friend and I were quite superstitous in ROULETTE---

 we would BET on BLACK, we would find a black guy and make sure we touch him, brush his shirt, but make sure we get physical contact with him--

We would bet RED, we would find a guy with a RED shirt usually and touch that guy and one time we saw a guy wearing a red turban, and my buddy just had to touch the guy. He made contact with the guy with the red turban and we won 4 in a row betting on RED--

We would never play with any DEALERS that are GOOD LOOKING GIRLS- it just doesent work for us--

Asian dealers are tough, they really crush you.

Another GOOD move is the following--

WHEN PBL- Parental Bad luck, or FBL- Family Bad Luck

or GBL- Girlfriend Bad Luck  happens I tell them I have a bet on the OPPOSITE team of what i actually bet--

This way they think I have a bet on one team and that team always shits the BED and in reality I have the winning team--

Its a good move to make sure they dont jinx your team because they are tricked into thinking you have the other team.

If playing poker, I never ever touch my cards until everyone's hand has been dealt.

If I dont tell someone who I have before the game I hate telling them during the game..especially if I have a lead

That usually leads to "so that looks like it was a good pick"

and that leads to a loss