CHARMED EXISTENCE: Surprising number of people believe they have good luck

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What’s your lucky charm?

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Maybe you knock on wood for good luck, or maybe you throw salt over your left shoulder.

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With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, a new poll from Casinobonus.ca, which surveyed 2,000 Canadians and 2,000 Americans, shows a surprising number of people believe in luck.

Turns out, 64% of Canadians believe in luck, versus 71% of our American cousins.

Ontario (72%) believes in luck more than any other province or territory.

Manitoba, at 51%, believes in luck the least.

Wisconsin is the state that believes most in luck, with 77% of those polled saying they kept their fingers crossed about life.

Interestingly, 88% of Canadians thought they had good luck, and so did 91% of the Americans polled.

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In Canada, crossing your fingers was the most common lucky superstition (51%), followed by “beginner’s luck” (46%), and throwing a coin into a fountain (45%).

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Knocking on wood and finding a four-leaf clover were runners-up.

In the U.S. some 53% believe in crossing their fingers, while wishing upon a shooting star, picking up a penny and “beginner’s luck” round out the superstitions.

If you like to keep your luck focussed on game day (and 21% of those polled do), you might want to know that 41% believe a lucky piece of clothing is key to watching their favourite team — guess that piece of clothing would be a shroud for Leafs’ fans — while 33% stick to the same routine on game day, and 20% watch from the same location, faithfully.

The study surveyed 2,000 Americans and 2,000 Canadians to learn more about their lucky beliefs and superstitions. There were slightly more women polled than men (52% vs 47%) and the average age was 36.