Bingo Superstitions

• Friends should never lend friends money because it is a mortal sin to share your winnings!
• Friends should never sit at the same table but never across from each other so that they will have their own spaces while playing.
• Never yell “Bingo!” unless it is true or else everyone would throw dagger looks at you.
• Never ever borrow a dabber from another bingo player because it is believed that the bad luck of another player will transfer to you.
• Never even think of issuing a bouncing check at bingo, or else, your enjoyment would turn to misery!
• Get used to jealousy, especially when you hit the jackpot uncontested.
• Always bring your kids at the bingo hall, it is believed to be a good sign.
• Bingo isn't for women alone. Because women socialize more than men, bingo is often misconceived as a typical woman's hobby.
• Not all elders are capable of winning. They just happen to have a lot more strategy and attentive to numbers than the young ones.
• Number 13 isn't always a bad luck. In fact even seasoned bingo players deemed 13 as their lucky numbers.
• Do not play bingo after crossing with a black cat along the way.
• Beware of number seven. The so-called “lucky” number might turn you down at the crucial stretch.
• Getting up during a call is bad luck.
• Bring your cards wherever you go--even at the comfort room-- while the play is in progress. Your seat mate might change your lucky card to her unlucky.
• Do not leave until the final ball is called or a winner is declared. Who knows, you might win and you've already walked out!
• It is all right to change seats every game. Your lucky seat might turn out to be the vacant space at your back.
• Charm bracelets and grandmother's rings should always be worn by bingo players.
• Do not sit at the same table all the time. You might catch the curse left by unlucky players who previously occupied the place.
• You don'thave to play on the same day of every week, bingo players have great chances of winning whatever day it is.
• Of all the entertainment gambling, bingo is the number one moneymaker in the world!
• Do not re-use the dabbers that already dropped on the floor. This unfortunate little thing might just give you bad luck.
• Smoking a ream of cigar within an hour is bad luck, not just in bingo, but to your health as well.
• Never don black shirt in the bingo hall, the winds of fortune might ran off you.
• Juts the same do not wear your lucky shirt repetitively.
• Although sometimes prohibited, eating inside a bingo arena is a good sign.
• Pray before you play. Even in bingo halls, God is always listening. Wearing a rosary is also a sure way to attract luck.

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