Dowsing?

[RobbyPants]

I never thought much about it until suddenly, my hand started targeting things like nuts, bolts, batteries, cigarette butts and coins.

So, I tracked a $1.00 scratch off lottery reel in FL where I bought my cigarettes. When the target was close, I asked how many tickets to buy and it formed my hand to indicate 12. The first ticket was a $20.00 winner and the 12th ticket was a $15.00 winner with $6.00 in between!


So, I tracked a reel near my brothers house from here in HI, where gambling and lotteries are illegal, it was a $5.00 game, and when it was close, I called my brother and had him buy 3 tickets off that reel. The 3rd ticket was a $100.00 winner!


So, I know that dowsing is real but, as far as scratch off lottery reels go; it's a waste of time. I mean, the amount of work was not worth the payout. At least, not yet.

Assuming these stories are all true, and you aren't leaving out instances where you failed, you're still talking about three data points. I can tell you times when I rolled three d20s and got three 20s back to back. While rare (1 in 8,000 times), those things do happen sometimes. Statistics are weird like that.

Now, convincing me that your brain is somehow subconsciously in tune with the difference between winning and losing scratch off tickets... good luck. The few times I've ever used them, I had to re-read the ticket half a dozen times to make sure I didn't miss anything. How you can instantly tell, through the silver coating, I can't even.