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Quackimoto Sensei

Luck & Lore

10 articles, each with its publication date.

Quackimoto Sensei imagining a big slot machine win on one side and a cold losing streak on the other
Blog9 Oct Beginner's Luck: Real or Just Memory? Everyone has a friend who won big on their first visit. The Sensei asks whether luck favours beginners — or our memories do.
Quackimoto Sensei presenting a golden Chinese zodiac wheel surrounded by the twelve zodiac animals
Blog9 Oct Your Chinese Zodiac and Luck Rat, Ox, Tiger… Horse. 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. The Sensei explains the zodiac — and why luck is a story, not a system.
Quackimoto Sensei in a golden casino lobby, gesturing toward a lift next to a red-and-gold clock, with two golden guardian lion statues and a row of slot machines behind him
Blog9 Oct Feng Shui in Casinos: No Clocks, No Fourth Floor Lion-mouth entrances, golden façades and missing floors. The Sensei tours the casinos where design meets destiny.
Quackimoto Sensei inspecting a four-leaf clover with a magnifying glass beside a black cat, a ladder, a broken mirror and a missing floor 13
Blog9 Oct Friday the 13th: The Luckiest Unlucky Day Hotels skip floor 13, some people won't fly, and gamblers can't decide whether to stay home or go all in. The Sensei investigates.
Quackimoto Sensei at a casino table with dice and chips, thinking about lucky socks and other gambling rituals
Guide9 Oct Gamblers' Rituals: Blowing on Dice, Lucky Socks and Other Table Habits Blow on the dice, never count your chips, don't lend money to a losing player. The Sensei explores the habits of the casino floor.
Quackimoto Sensei holding a four-leaf clover over a box of lucky charms: an evil eye, a beckoning cat and a horseshoe
Blog9 Oct Lucky Charms and Symbols Across Cultures A four-leaf clover in Ireland, a waving cat in Tokyo, a blue eye in Istanbul. The Sensei opens his charm drawer.
Quackimoto Sensei holding a gold coin among red lanterns, green and gold banners and lucky gifts
Blog9 Oct Lucky Colours: Red, Gold, Green and the Colours of Fortune Casinos are full of red and gold for a reason. The Sensei explores the colours of luck — and the ones people avoid.
Quackimoto Sensei at a roulette table thinking about a long streak of red and what comes next
Guide9 Oct The Gambler's Fallacy, Explained by the Sensei Red has come up eight times in a row. Black must be due… The Sensei explains why the wheel has no memory — and why our brains insist it does.
Quackimoto Sensei pointing at a building missing a floor, with a pagoda, the Colosseum and a mask behind
Blog9 Oct Unlucky Numbers Around the World: 4, 13, 17 and More Some buildings have no 13th floor. Some have no 4th. In Italy, watch out for 17. A tour of the numbers the world avoids.
Quackimoto Sensei holding a scroll of seven wonders, seven days and seven seas, with dice on the table
Blog9 Oct Why 7 Is the Luckiest Number Seven days, seven seas, seven wonders — and the most common roll at the craps table. The Sensei explains how one number won the world's heart.
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