Unlucky Numbers That Scored Big Wins!
Numbers may seem like a silly thing to fear, but it’s one thing the world can agree on! Cultures all over the world avoid certain numbers, whether it’s because the pronunciation of a number resembles something more sinister, or because the number has a long history of being associated with negative religious or mythological events, people will go out of their way to be associated with certain numbers.
The lottery is random and not superstitious, and luckily some Lotto.com customers picked some of the unluckiest numbers and scored a big win! These are are their stories:
4
Four might be considered the unluckiest number in the world because of its reputation among several Asian cultures. In Korean, Chinese, and Japanese, the number’s pronunciation closely resembles the word for death. Fear of the number four is known as Tetraphobia. In many Asian countries, apartment addresses, license plates and serial numbers don’t contain the number four at all!
A Lotto.com winner in Texas has to consider 4 a lucky number for them! Ann M. won $250,000 when she matched none of her numbers to the All or Nothing Drawing! This game offered by the Texas lottery offers two different ways to win the jackpot. Match all of the numbers drawn or none of them to win big! Ann had a 4 as one of her numbers and fortunately it wasn’t one of the numbers drawn, making her the first player to win the game’s jackpot with a ticket ordered using Lotto.com.
9
9 is considered an unlucky number in Japan. The pronunciation of the number 9 in Japanese is “ku.” This is also the pronunciation of the words “suffering” and “agony.” In Japanese culture it is considered a faux-pas to gift someone a comb, due to it also having the same pronunciation.
Another lucky Texan scored a $100,000 Powerball® win on Lotto.com in October 2023. The customer had picked 9-35-42-54-63- PB 1 as their numbers. They matched all but one of their numbers for a $50,000 win! Good fortune favored the bold when their winnings were doubled using the Power Play® add-on which multiplies your non-jackpot winnings by up to 10x!
13
The number 13 is considered unlucky in the United States. The theories to why the number developed its reputation vary, with many revolving around religious or mythological origins. The number is considered so unlucky that some buildings will skip having a 13th floor, and some people will avoid traveling, getting married, or even working when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday!
13 was a lucky number for one of Lotto.com’s most recent big winners! A customer in Texas had 13 as one of their twelve lucky numbers on their All or Nothing ticket. They matched all twelve numbers to win the $250,000 jackpot! The lucky winner didn’t pick this number for any superstitious reasons, they picked it because it was actually one of their lucky roulette numbers!
17
The number 17 is an unlucky number in Italy. Italians consider it unlucky due to its Roman Numeral. The roman numeral figure for 17 is XVII, which can be rearranged to VIXI, which translates to “my life is over” in Latin. Like Friday the 13th in the United States, Friday the 17th is a day of misfortune in Italy.
Texas is definitely a hot spot for luck on Lotto.com! Back in July 2023, luck struck for a Lotto.com customer with the number 17. Their ticket matched four of the fifth drawn numbers plus the Powerball for a $50,000 win! On Lotto.com you can order up to 10 lines at once, and this customer is certainly glad they did considering their win came on the 9th line of their ticket giving them another connection to an unlucky number.
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