EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – MAY 13: Andrew McDonald of Edinburgh Dungeon smashes a mirror with a mallet to dispel the superstition of seven years bad luck on May 13, 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Visitors to the Dungeon walked under a huge ladder, past upside-down horseshoes and across the path of a black cat and joined staff opening umbrellas indoors in an experiment to prove that there is nothing un-lucky about Friday 13th. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
From Melanie Day with our sister station Kiss 95.1 in Charlotte:
In case you didn’t know this Friday is Friday the 13th. And when it comes to bad luck, the superstitions around Friday the 13th are well-known. Are you superstitious? Is it knocking on wood when you say something you don’t want to jynx? Avoiding black cats? Or expecting 7-years of bad luck for breaking a mirror? Are there certain places that are more unlucky than others? To answer this question, a new report from TopUSCasinos.com explores a number of different metrics surrounding luck. This includes things such as lightning strikes, accidental mortalities, disaster declarations, and much more. And turns out one of the Carolina’s -South Carolina-ranks as one of the unluckiest states. North Carolina was right in the middle at number 22.
Read on to see exactly where they ranked as well as the top 15 luckiest and unluckiest states in the United States!
View the full study here.
Top 15 US States of Unluckiness
15. Montana
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14. Ohio
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13. Wyoming
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12. South Carolina
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11. Texas
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10. Alaska
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9. Tennessee
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8. New Mexico
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7. Kentucky
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6. Louisiana
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5. Alabama
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4. Oklahoma
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3. Arkansas
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2. Mississippi
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1. West Virginia
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Top 15 US States of Luckiness
15. Idaho
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14. Hawaii
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13. Virginia
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12. Washington
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11. Nebraska
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10. New Hampshire
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9. Massachusetts
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8. Connecticut
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7. Wisconsin
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6. Utah
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5. New Jersey
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4. California
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3. Maryland
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2. Minnesota
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1. New York
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