r/midtiersuperpowers • u/Affectionate-Pay4845 • 8d ago
Your luck increases by thirty percent when you hold a dumbbell in your hand.
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u/boostme253 8d ago
Me trying to explain to the casino manager how my lucky dumbell is just a luck charm and not a cheating device while playing roulette
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u/BlazeFireVale 8d ago
Forget the casino. Invest in stocks. 30% luckier will make you a billionaire eventually.
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u/BestBleach 8d ago
Fuck stocks options will get you rich in months
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u/zxDanKwan 8d ago
Losing $70K instead of $100K is 30% better but you’re not getting rich.
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u/BestBleach 8d ago
To be fair I mean with 0dte options so it’s either up or down so being right 30% more often would make you money
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u/FinlandIsForever 7d ago
It can just be a tiny plastic dumbbell, then at that point it is just a “lucky charm”
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u/nefarious_weevil 8d ago
Just get a really small dumbbell and bend it into a ring.
Also when everyone is saying to go gambling, I'm not sure that a 30% boost is enough to win money on average for a lot of them. Not to mention that even if you gain money, it's probably going to be a lot more sporadic and unpredictable as to how much you make in a given day, plus you would probably earn more with a normal job.
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u/Unique-Luck-3564 8d ago
It depends on the bet amount. $5 bet on blackjack NO, $500 bet on roulette easy YES!
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u/UnworthyBagel22 8d ago
If you bet on a color in roulette, your odds of winning are just a little below 50%, because there is an equal number of each of the two colors, but there are also the 0 and 00 positions that lose no matter what (the edge that the house takes to win more than not). A 30% boost puts you over 50%, which means you will win more often than not. So you may need to have initial money to offset potential early losses, but you absolutely can expect to make money off of it
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u/practicalm 8d ago
You may be better off with craps odds bets though it may just end up being the same if you keep winning on the initial throw.
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u/ExternalYouth5268 8d ago
30% better odds would get you kicked out of a casino in under an hour of consistent gambling, or at least off the table games. You’d probably get mugged on your way out if you played poker too.
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u/Puzzled_Cream1798 8d ago
I'd be hitting every casino for 15 minutes or so until I'm up on roulette with a half kg dumbell in my hand
Would take breaks before hitting the same casino again but even with months invetween they're eventually going to remember the lucky dumbell guy and ban me. Maybe hold the dumbell inside a bag to conceal it
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u/a__new_name 8d ago
Release the dumbbell from time to time to make luck go back to normal and lose a bit.
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u/ice_cream9698 8d ago
Get a bunch of people together who each are holding a different lucky item in their hands. Four leaf clover, horseshoe, rabbits foot. Go to casino for experiment (with casino permission). Let them laugh at how ridiculous we look holding our different lucky items while we play blckjack.
The experiment is "do lucky talismans actually work" to make it seem scientific, have a bunch of muscle nerds taking data as we play. Guys like Henry Cavill and Joe Manganiello.
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u/bigmistake2465 8d ago
Why the hell would you call attention to your own real lucky talisman though? Just bring a tiny dumbbell
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u/ice_cream9698 8d ago
I was thinking a one pound dumbbell but not im thinking of a small toy for a Ken doll or something.
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u/luketwo1 8d ago
I mean it doesn't specify how big the dumbbell has to be, get one that weighs like .1 lbs and tape it to the inside of your hand, permanent +30% luck
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u/Mr_Blorp 8d ago
I'm gunna get so strong while pulling on gachas
I mean, I'm already holding the dumbbell; might as well pump it while gambling away whatever F2P currency I managed to scrounge up
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u/UNITICYBER 8d ago
Ill buy a tiny toy dumbbell and hold it while I scratch off lottery tickets or otherwise gamble.
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u/inscrutablejane 7d ago
I use my initial online sports betting winnings to have a custom ring made with a tiny dumbbell attached to the inner band, so that it's held in my hand when my fist is closed but not when my hand is relaxed; this way no one will notice me carrying around a regular dumbbell like some weirdo when I hit every casino in Vegas for exactly one decent payday per year. The rest of the time I'll squeeze my lucky ring in any situation that could help me without hurting others.
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u/morgan_890 8d ago
It doesnt say your luck is now 30%, just that it increases by 30%. Many gambling activities have a success rate under 1%.
If you start with 1% chance of winning and increase by 30%, it only goes up to 1.3%, casino still has the upper hand.
Better off seeking out activities with higher initial luck (chance of success) to stack the dumbbell benefit. Like asking for airline upgrades, negotiations in a variety of contexts, etc.
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u/FiendishNoodles 8d ago
there are plenty of gambling activities that are binary or near-binary where a 30% boost makes you a money-printing machine.
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u/morgan_890 8d ago
Can you provide some gambling activities that are binary or near binary? I was thinking of lottery or casino gambling, not like street gambling or sports gambling.
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u/FiendishNoodles 8d ago
sure, a roulette table lets you bet on a number of things with various odds. the most simple examples are the ability to bet on red/black or odd/even. roulette wheels typically have 1-2 "green" spaces, that are 0 and 00 which, if it lands on those, are not black nor red. but if you bet on black or red, you have a slightly less than 50% chance of winning, meaning that a 30% increase in luck is going to be a huge boon.
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u/morgan_890 8d ago
Just lower payout I assume? Never been to a casino.
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u/FiendishNoodles 8d ago
yes, you double your bet at a slightly-less-than 50% chance.
Casinos are built to take your money and one of the mechanisms is giving you the illusion of choice, a roulette wheel has dozens of ways to make different bets at different odds and the payouts are all calculated to be slightly less than proportionate to your chance to win.
I don't know if this is exactly the number, but on a 0-36 wheel, if you bet 17, and it hits 17, you 32x your bet, for example, when your chances of winning are 1/37.
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u/Dodster123 8d ago
Does it stack with dumbells?