Ken's Cyber Cave: Lotto-buying Feng Shui Secrets

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Lotto-buying Feng Shui Secrets

In Hong Kong, the Mark 6 Lotto is run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It has "convenient" storefront stations around the city for citizens to bet on horse races and buy lotto tickets. The station that has sold the most grand prizes tickets is located in the Stanley Street in the Central District of Hong Kong island. It has sold 42 grand prizes tickets in the last 13 years. This location becomes the "Mecca" of lotto buyers whenever huge jackpot comes up.

Stanley Street Lotto Station-- 42 Grand Prizes tickets sold

The upcoming lotto drawing on March 1, 2016 will have a jackpot of around HK$120 million (US$ 15.4M). People are lining up around the Stanley Street lotto station for hours to buy their tickets.

According to Hong Kong lottery statistics, the number "10" has shown up the most-- 332 times in the last 13 years, followed by "49" and "9". Number "19" is the lest popular, has shown up only 298 times, followed by "23" and "46".

March 2, 2016 jackpot is around HK$120M

Long line around the Stanley Street Lotto station

The chance of winning grand prize for Hong Kong Lotto is 1 in 13, 983,816 or around 1 in 14 million. Cost per ticket is only HK$10 or US$ 1.3.

The chance for winning USA's Powerball grand prize is 292, 201, 338 or 1 in 292 million; for second prize is 11, 688, 053 or 1 in 11.7 million. Price per ticket is US$2. That is, winning the second prize in USA is almost as "easy" as winning the grand prize in Hong Kong. But second prize in USA gives the winner only US$1 million (HK$7.8M) plus deduction from around 40% of taxes. For Hong Kong winners, there is NO tax and the winning is not an annuity. So the Hong Kong jackpot is almost 40% more proportionally if comparing to US lotto winning.

Now comes to the Feng Shui secret of lotto buying. It is pretty simple if you know some basic Feng Shui principles.

Narrow street in front of Stanley Street Lotto Station

A lotto station represents the Lotto establishment. Therefore it's Feng Shui conditions will affect the well-being of the establishment. In other words, if you want to maximize your chance of lotto winning, purchase your tickets from a station with bad Feng Shui. Take the Stanley Street Lotto Station for example, the front area of the station is a very narrow street. The front area or "ming-tang" shows the wealth potential of a location in Feng Shui. With a small front area means limited or little wealth potential for the owner (Lotto establishment). This means a better chance to win for the lotto buyers.

Other signs of bad Feng Shui would be checking the location's front and back door, toilet location, cash register, layout and manager office locations.

Ken Lai