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It was kind of funny reading this from a poker site regarding the worlds luckiest countries.
They have this kind of methology on how did they arrived on the conclusion.
If you will notice, Top 5 are the those 1st world country and the rest specially
the bottom 5 3rd world.

Here's the top 5 (out of 22). Just look at were your country at and you will
be the judge  :)

1. UK
2 USA
3. Italy
4. France
5. Japan.

Here's the link:https://www.888poker.com/infographic/luckiest-countries/ (https://www.888poker.com/infographic/luckiest-countries/)
Enjoy  ;D

yes a fortune in a country the player is a suggestion, but I would agree if the number of players gambling in the top 5 countries have a lot of players, and sufficient capital. It will also influence a country has a lucky player,

Interesting... Although the methodology seems kind of random. What does average rainfall have to do with how lucky a country is? Also, total number of Olympic medals won seems more to do with actual skill than luck, not to mention biased towards those countries that participate in more Olympic events.

Haha it seems that despite being the luckiest country in the world, the UK has no Lucky Charm in the country. And yeah this list is pretty much a joke anyways don't take it as some solid evidence guys  ;D

it is not merely a high degree of good fortune, but also because of the number of online gamblers in these countries is the highest in the world, so there winning rate higher than other countries. However, it is sensible to five of these countries are at the top in the data, because these countries were superior in terms of any of the other countries.

That's true, my country either is not there but I cannot say poker players in our country are not lucky, maybe those countries are just more advance to satisfy their gambling needs, unlike in our country where poker are usually played in physical casinos. I'm not a fan of poker therefore I have only limited information to share representing our country. ;D

I don't think these things have anything to do with being lucky.

Olypics medals? That's skill, not luck.
Rainfall? That's climate, not luck.
Lottery size? That's GDP based, not luck.

Most things on the infographic are useless for showing luck.

That's mean most the winner it's come from the countries that on the list, i dont think they has counting with right maybe some gambler is using vpn due the countries on the list is the most countries are used by people that use vpn.

My country is not included on the top 5 list. But I can see it included for the whole top 22. It's interesting and truly funny with this type of list.

It made me laugh when seeing those reality TV show included with the methodology the site used. I'm not against with this type of list.

I want to see more like this one.  :D

Yeah. the methodology on determining the lucky country is very insane and i think it is out of context. I bet that the one who do this survey is from European country. And judging the lucky of a country by such criteria is totally nonsense because luck is unpredictable and it can never determined, But if the survey main objective is luck of having such important things, then i will agree on the list above because that country is so much blessed and have a rich resources

Can you post the full list of the top 22 countries? I would like to know about it, the link on your post is not working in my end. Anyway, I dont really understand what does it mean "luckiest countries".

a well honest assessment coming from you mate, as every basis got its corresponding reason behind, i agree with your statement and your points of view, every single information got is own explanation, so its not luck but its strong capability in doing so.

I don't get how they came up with this at all.. Just because we have a big lottery doesn't mean you're going to win it :P. And rainfall? WTF does that have to do with luck? Got lucky a tornado didn't kill you I guess lol

I think its just a whimsy of the author there is no enough basis to claim UK is the luckiest country in the world, but I agree to #5 lol japan is one of the luckiest country with lot of hot girls..lol just kidding ;)

Yeah i kinda agree with you that japan should be a bit higher in this list. In general, considering japan's location, it would be hard to be a country that advanced with them ina geological location where natural calamities are often. And that doesnt undermine the japanese people's ingenuity and resilience. They know what to do with their luck

Since op already shared the first five here's the rest.
6. Egypt
7. Germany
8. India
9. Turkey
10. Russia
11. Iran
12. South Africa
13. Ethiopia
14. Mexico
15. Pakistan
16. Nigeria
17. China
18. Brazil
19. Thailand
20. Vietnam
21. Philippines
22. Indonesia

Yeah and US who has the largest lottery win still gets beaten by UK who has much less lottery win.

This list looks strange, and there is no value for me .. What was determinant to make this order?
Population? The average salary compared to the amount of winnings? And from where was taken the necessary data?
Where are countries like Spain, Monaco, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria or Canada?
I think someone did it like a joke ..

Good to know, these countries are top 5, but you know the reason is that in these countries, they play gambling in a professional level, Because in my country, first of all, gambling is illegal and i also know many countries are not allow to play gambling, but in these countries online gambling promote and if they are in the top than because they do hard work to succeed in this level.

So if we take option that in some countries gambling is illegal, luck of winner which still is not in jail should be counted double or triple. I'm sure that someone who make this list did not consider such a determinant  ;D

The first 5 countries that's been mentioned has got lots of gambling grounds with advancement. The third world countries that fall next to the top 5 has got casinos and real gambling grounds that are not common everywhere. Soon those countries will take the lead as more and more are taking part in online gambling. If you come to drift with us, we'll take the lead.

I think we should not take the list seriously. Because the formula they used has nothing to do on how a country become lucky. 

It is because in this countries, most of the people here are always gambling, either online or not, so, they are used to it, that is why the winning rate on those countries are higher than the other countries, and because they are always gambling, their skills are getting better and better everyday because of their experience.

And since we are talking about poker here, which is a game that requires skills than luck, that is why, gamblers who are active on the gambling world will be really excel on this one compare to those gamblers who are just doing gambling if they want, or if they are just having a pastime.

maybe the luckiest countries means is the person on that country is very often win gambling and win the lottery so that's why this site called just like that however i could not reach the site and it seems my internet provider has blocked it

Is this list is real or fake, Because China is missing in this list, That country also the luckiest country in the gambling world? And I agree that USA and UK are good places to gamble and we can see a lot of casinos in this place. And some islands means Singapore, Sri Lanka and other small countries also have a lot of casinos. I have one question how to find the top 5 luckiest countries in the world.

I will say their ranking is just based on the total number of participants they believe are coming from those countries they listed. It will not surprise me to believe that majority of their players might even be from the least lucky states but are using proxy to access their sites and the likes. And it could also could be that its where the popularity of the sites survey are based among other factors...

I like this type of surveys and list knowing the methodology they did on getting those criteria for including a country to the list is really crazy.

I hope the site will keep on making on what they had started to do. But I don't consider those countries to be blessed.

Their title is what define them, they are just lucky.  ;D

Yes the measures they have used to make this list doesn't seem good. How average rainfall can effect on people's luck   ::)

There are lots of daily/weekly jackpot running in those 1st world countries as well as they are the one who host several reality TV shows each year, so it is not surprising that they are listed in top 5 luckiest country. However we should atleast appreciate their effort to make this list.  ;)

I don't understand the methodology. Why would they include reality tv show winners, and summer Olympic games medals.
I don't even understand why they include sports in the equation, but since they did it, only only summer Olympic games.
And rainfall? It's still funny to see the things people in those countries won though.

Precisely, it's just baseless and useless to have come up with this list. How can you determine the luck of people in a particular country? There are lots of successful gamblers who have relocated to some if these countries and so it just doesn't make those countries lucky at gambling but maybe lucky at having riches and technology.

My country is at the bottom 5. I wonder why does some criteria are included in determining the countries luck. If you ask me, if a country have lots of natural resources, gold, silver and copper it is a lucky country.

it is strange, i can not open the site now and i don't know why. but in that list, i see that the all country is allow gambling to played by the people so i see the poker games can be played in that country. but i am curious why china is in number 17 from the list because as far as i know, they playing card games too although the names is not poker but i think its the same as poker games. and now since the site that maybe gets error and can not be visited, i think its not the good info.

First on this list are the most richest people in the world. They have highest paychecks and they can afford to bet with much more then anyone else can. How can you measure something like this, I work all day for 12 dollars, they make it in minutes, well its same in casino I sit on table with couple dollars, they sits with 100.
Last night I played tournament, for the first time, team play tournament. I never saw that before, entry was 50 cents and by the countries most people was from UK, then US.. But last night on tournament where I registered, there wasn`t my country so I played under Australia, just cause their team had just 30 players, in other more then 50. So i don`t know how much this list is accurate, cause many people choose other country, not the one they live in like I did last night.

Same here my country is being listed on the the bottom but basing on what you have said we are not seeing on the natural resources capabilities of each country,speaking of lucky its literally gambling but im confused what are the basis on these statistics.

Don't take this list seriosly. In my opinion, someone randomly selected countries and stacked them in this order as he wants. Of course, we can't prove that this is untrue.
It is just impossible to comparable countries such as UK or USA with African countries. Just consider access to the Internet and how big is the gap between these two "worlds". The calculation of luck is simply irrational.

Well there are explanations about these and one of them is what you have said. They are those which are the 1st world country, that's why. Many gamblers in the 1st world country are very rich and betting a lot. They're huge loss are just a simple and nothing loss for them. They bet big, they win big, that is how it is. So the reason they are called lucky, even though they are actually not lucky, is because they are rich which is becoming more rich.

So the basis of being a luckiest countries depends on the factors stated especially with the lottery and number of medals achieved in the olympics? :) Well it should obvious that people should not look at the page seriously. Have some fun instead.

Pointing to the lottery, it's really obvious that US and UK have some tremendous big amount of lottery winnings so I will not surprised if they are on the top.

Just noticed my country with the lucky charm of polka dots, yes it has been the traditional icon here that believes can increase the luck and prosperity in any thing throughout the year. :)

That's their measurement on telling how lucky a country is. I saw this actually fun. The author does have really their unique way on determining a country's luck. I'm thinking if they make another article like this one by determining the luckiest people, group or individual on Earth? It's also fun to read that thing.

oh damn, the uk is the luckiest country out of all of them?? I guess I should start gambling more :D To be honest it is a pretty interesting read but nothing more, that has nothing to do with the country because it depends on a lot of things why one country can have more lucky players than other such as how countries people manage to cope with their greed and stuff like that

Why uk is number one instead of usa? i think more people are in usa than in uk..
Also i think i notice when i was using some website and some vcc from uk much more free hosting and domain you can get than usa ip so maybe uk is the luckiest this is just my own experience.. but if we are talking about in gambling maybe because of the number of gamblers are more in uk that is why more people are winning on uk in gambling casino than usa.. my country is the worst rank in the list..

i don't know it before read this post, why that 5 countries called luckiest countries?
is it because of the countires have biggest amount of players?
or because of the countries have biggest amount of winning?

So basically, they are saying that luck favors the rich. That is really baseless in my opinion. Luck cannot be affected by how rich you are or where you live or what race you are. The dice will roll the same regardless of any factor. Unless the casinos are cheating everyone else but the top 5 on the list, then we can assume this is correct.

There is no such thing as luck.
People tend to explain big winnings as luck, but it's just a term that helps them to understand why their friend can win the lottery and they cannot. There's nothing behind the term, no lucky charms, no guardian angels.

Basically you described luck. There is luck, but there is no way we can influence it, ie. increase it or change it in anyway or trigger it like an RPG game. Luck is what we call the chance that we won something or was able to get whatever that is based on a particular chance. It is real but just simply a concept.

I guess that is what OPs trying to say, but others just misunderstand it and just include Olympics in this topic. The top 5 countries that OP mentioned in those countries that excel in gambling when it comes to poker, maybe those countries do like to play poker the most, that is why they are use on playing it, and mostly, they are winning all of the time.

Because it is not impossible that your winnings count is more than your lost count because of your experience about a certain game in a gambling site.

For me japan is the number 1 luckiest countries all over the world because the technology in japan is high tech and it is for 1st world country. The people are so genius when it comes to technology. So therefore the robot is on made on japan which is better result to game changer. Japan also is better than china because of technology.

I always thought luck to be metaphysical. A chance that we'll win something is simply a chance. You always have a chance of winning, but to me luck is something more than that. Luck is when someone wins a jackpot or scores multiple wins in a row. It's like managing to achieve a goal with a very low chance of success.

I think for me the luckiest country are usa because they are in place where many good places and they money are also high price..
Also their money are more used than the other currency.. this is what i notice to them.. also they are tall and sexy than the asian country they have different breeds.. black and white .

Looks it doesn't depend only of luck, because luck is random and can be everywhere, any country. The first world countries are on the top because they are smarter to play, they have better skills and can defeat their opponents this way. If it would depend only of luck, we wouldn't have five first world's countries on the top of this list.

When comparing luck to professional skill strategy it is pretty hard to get an accurate statistic because of the population of the countries as a whole. A full report of the population of the countries plus the skill strategy put down with a percentage would be interesting to see.

I think that USA would have the highest percentage because of Las Vegas and how it usually referenced in Mainstream Movies. It's cool to see that there is a bunch of people gambling from everywhere in the world.

Thanks OP.

When more people are into gambling, we can see few of them being lucky. But I am not seeing UK going for gambling in the intensive way how USA go. Yet, UK is leading this list.

Long back I read, based on astrology we can classify lands on this earth and based on planet view each country will be having different luck factors. I am not believing into this theory still it just reminding me that read. Anyway interesting topic, I am just searching where my country sits.

I think it is because those are the countries where most of the money comes from. When you say luck or should mean win % ? Or do you mean amount ? Which is more luck, someone betting 1btc on 100x and making 100btc or someone betting 1000btc on 2x and making 2000btc ?

It will depend on what you see as luck a d how they used it to come up with these statistics. They are very interesting though anyway.

The only thing I know was Japan is the luckiest one country, because if you check their technology was very high tech, and they are also declared to some of their places where bitcoin was being used as currency legally.

They measure luck in so many ways. My way is to measure luck in casinos. Actually UK and USA citizens lost the most wealth in casino and gambling sites. I don't think they are the most lucky countries, China is no.17, haha they lost much wealth in casinos too.

we can say a  country is lucky if the elected officials  are not greedy, corrupt and selfish. there is good governance and zero corruption. the welfare of its citizens are their top priorities. they provide , free education, stable job and high salaries to suffice the basic needs of a family.

I don't believe this list for a simple reason. How come there is Nigeria listed there as one of the luckiest country in the world and the Netherlands isn't or Denmark,Sweden and Norway ? These countries are known to everyone that the level of happiness in them is one of the highest if not the highest. This list is just a joke made by the author.

You are right i dont know on what things or what they are thinking about creating this list and there are countries which cant be considered that they do gamble since the standard of living cant sustain on playing gambling they would rather choose food than to gamble.Btw my country is on the middle list.

Agreed, these are lists that are generated based on very few factors specifically the wealth and related significance in the digital growth. I believe this has to be surveyed based on the happiness people felt being in the country and the government in a satisfied manner fulfilling all citizen requirement without any partiality.

Yes i too agree on this, Japan got too intelligent people in their country. And they are grown up too fast. They met a lot of problems from other countries and also from nature, but still, they are number one in technology. And yes Japan govt agreed that the people could use Bitcoin legally in their country. This is the best example for how Japanese will entertain new technologies.

And also because of the number of gamblers, the number of gamblers from these countries is the highest of the other countries. I think the list of the lucky states is just a hoax. If there is something like this, this list should be made by interviewing all the gamblers, and ask them all how lucky they are.

That's basically true, we just see they are lucky because most gamblers are coming from that country.
With the number of lucky people, it is sill obvious that they are only few compared to the losers who are living in that county.

Yeah the basis forthis would be quite tricky. It doesn't mean that if the US has vegas and china has mavau, they're to be the luckiest. The probably are the countries that you can consider as meccas of gambling but there pretty much is no way we can measure which country has the luckiest gamblers. I don't see hiw a country fares in vambling as a gauge in how lucky they are but by he natural rrsources a specific country possess.

Though my country of origin is inclusive I don't think poker, gambling and casino favour one because of their country of origin.success in gambling is basically on individual luck strategy and favour. Though from the laws of attractions the theory of patterns of thought magnetic may be what play out outside this I think there is no reality one this list.

Maybe you belong to US, that's why you said that things :D
But in my point of view Japan is the luckiest country because most high technology was origin from there.

Yes it varies from country to country, for example , No Islamic country will allow a casino to be opened publicly etc. I think the world best casino market is the USA and most developed countries are involved in this gambling casino business. But this does not means that these countries are luckiest.

I prefer Japan. they're all have good heart and also they have their own courtesy to others that's why i like japan even in the streets. Their road is so clean and you will notice that they really love their country alot and they respect their country in anything else. my cousins and friends live there that's why im planning to go there too and i heard theres a lot of japanese that like gambling.