Good fortune, a big break, hidden treasure, easy money — we create a great many tales expressing our optimistic fantasies that these things may come our way at any moment. Although sometimes they do, we also have to be wary that Lady Luck is a capricious spirit, and stunning reversals of fortune are just as possible.
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Casinos pump extra oxygen onto the gaming floors during the early-morning hours to keep tired patrons from heading off to bed.
Money is sometimes left in Gideon Bibles by Christians looking to reward the next tortured soul who turns to the Good Book for solace.
A stranger who stopped to change a tire on a disabled limo was rewarded for his efforts when the vehicle's passenger, Donald Trump, paid off his mortgage.
A passing pedestrian who stops by to use a funeral home's restroom signs the visitors' book and hits the jackpot.
In 1873 a British mill engineer "broke the bank" at a
Monte Carlo casino.
When a Nebraska church exploded in 1950, no one was injured because every member of the choir was late arriving for practice that evening.
A lucky bargain hunter became a millionaire after finding an original print of the Declaration of Independence in the frame of an old painting.
A policeman promised a waitress half the winnings from his lottery ticket; all the numbers came up, and he kept his word by sharing the jackpot with her.
A husband and wife each won a lottery by playing numbers recommended by a fortune cookie.
A man committed suicide because he mistakenly believed his lotto numbers had come up the one week he didn't play them.
An unkempt, filthy, shoeless bum turned a $400 Social Security check into $1.6 million playing blackjack in Las Vegas.
Man buys old motorcycle, then discovers it was once owned by Elvis Presley.*
A contestant on the game show Press Your Luck racked up an amazing series of wins by memorizing the patterns of the prize board's sequence of lights.*
A woman killed her husband over his bidding and play of a bridge hand.
Tourists who have taken rocks from Hawaiian beaches have returned them in hopes of ending streaks of bad luck.
Burying a statuette of St. Joseph will help speed the sale of a property.
Lottery winner is run over by a truck and killed hours after his win.
Same woman originally scheduled to be part of the 1986 Challenger shuttle crew was also bumped off the ill-fated Columbia mission in 2003.
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Casinos pump extra 
Money is sometimes left in Gideon 
In 1873 a British mill engineer "broke the bank" at a 
An unkempt, filthy, shoeless bum turned a 
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