| Gala Bingo Study Shows Luckiest Stats |
| Written by Mark Bennett |
| Sunday, 13 February 2011 10:09 |
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Having sold enough bingo tickets, if printed, to reach the 405,969 kilometres to the moon one and a half times since the site launched in February 2006, and with more winners than any other bingo site, galabingo.com is definitely in a position to talk about luck. Studying the data of its six billion tickets sold over the last five years found Susan and Julie were the luckiest females having scooped £131 million in just five years. Each year they have consistently appeared in the top three luckiest names apart from in 2006 when Julie slipped down to fifth place and Karen rose up to take the number one spot. Top Five Luckiest Names 1. Susan 2. Julie 3. Linda 4. Karen 5. Margaret Top Five Luckiest Towns 1. Birmingham 2. Sheffield 3. Newcastle 4. Doncaster 5. Bristol In fact, over the last five years women have continually trounced their male counterparts in the luck stakes taking the top five spots, apart from 2008 when Paul stormed in and beat Susan and Julie. David keeps hanging on in there, making the top ten in both 2007 and 2009 – looking at his two year winning pattern maybe 2011 will be his lucky year. But is luck written in the stars? According to galabingo.com it is with lucky Earth and Water star signs Taurus and Cancer coming top in four out of the five years! Snapping at their heels are fire-breathing Leo and Aries who consistently perform well in the luck stakes. Top Five Luckiest Star Signs 1. Taurus 2. Cancer 3. Aries 4. Leo 5. Gemini However it’s not all plain sailing for Aquarius and Libra whose luck seems to have literally ‘evaporated into thin air’ ranking bottom since 2006. Other signs to come down to ‘Earth’ with a bang are Virgos who have come last in three out of the five years. But with the planets continually moving 2011 could be ‘game on’ for these Air and Earth signs – especially if Taureans can do it! Meanwhile, where you live was found to play a part in your luck potential, and it appears that Midland dwellers might have something in their water. Birmingham is Britain’s luckiest city scooping more jackpot wins than residents of any other UK cities over the last five years, very closely followed by Sheffield, Newcastle and Doncaster. Bristol snuck into the top five with a successful 2010. It seems that Southerners need to try a little bit harder in 2011 to get luck on their side! Top Five Luckiest Birth Years 1. 1962 2. 1965 3. 1961 4. 1971 5. 1963 The data also uncovered that middle age brings with it not only wisdom but also luck. Those born in the decade of 1960 consistently featured in the top ten over the five years taking home over £500 million between them. Those born in 1971 just creeped in to the top five. Looks like the youngsters have a lot to learn - maybe 2011 will be their year? Asking whether luck can be attributed to a name, location or star sign galabingo.com has teamed up with leading psychologist, Professor Geoffrey Beattie to shed light on the psychology of luck: “Psychological research shows that people who believe they are lucky are more likely to feel confident, to take more risks, to bet more and by implication are more likely to win a prize than people who feel unlucky and don’t take that initial risk. In fact, people who consider themselves as ‘lucky’ and who have higher levels of optimism can create a self-fulfilling prophesy.”Since its launch on February 23, 2006 galabingo.com has paid out nearly £4billion in prize money and is celebrating its 5th birthday by hosting a series of luck themed bingo games throughout February. Every day at 5pm there will be fantastic 5p games for the whole hour with a special birthday game every Saturday paying out a guaranteed jackpot of £555. Friday evenings will see the launch of special a Gala Bingo Madness games where from 8pm all players have the chance to win massive jackpots totaling £25,000! Lesley Whyte, consumer PR manager at galabingo.com said: “We are thrilled to be celebrating five years of fantastic prizes and jackpots on galabingo.com. We give away over £65 million every month and hope that this February we can make even more Susan’s and Julie’s lucky!” |
