The Lucky 7 in Casino

We often heard "7" is the lucky figure in the foreign countries, which known as "Lucky 7". From the lucky point of view, foreigners loved number 7. For example, casino slot machine "777" is the winning combination. Mathematician Alex Bellos had investigated in the past, 30,000 people voted “7” as the luckiest number. There is no specific reason for the general public to choose number 7, but he estimated that people tend to be attracted by the prime number.

7, everywhere

In the daily life, 7 can be said to be ubiquitous, such as a week has 7 days, 7-color rainbow, even the fairy tale "Snow White" has seven dwarfs and the “007” series.

In the football world, the number 7 shirt symbolises a magic player. From the history of Manchester United, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, who wore the number seven shirt, was the best player of the time.

7 in the sense of religion

Religious culture always represents the moral norms of mankind. The Bible refers to "7" from time to time, for example, God created the world in 7 days, created mankind on the 6th day, rested on the 7th day, and created Eve with Adam's 7th ribs. On the other hand, the devil Satan's originally is the seven head of the dragon and referred to seven sins, known as avarice, envy, wrath, sloth gluttony, lust and pride. "777" implied the meaning of "God" too.

As for Buddhism, there is also the use of this mysterious figure 7. For example, Gautama meditated "seven times seven" days in the Bodhi tree, to rethink the law of life. Another example is the Buddha said, “Saving a life is better than building a seven-storey pagoda”. Among the seven-storey, they refer to the 7th floor of the pagoda, the construction of such a pagoda is a meritorious work.

Different interpretation of the number 7

In the Hebrew tradition, 7 symbolises intelligence. In addition, Westerners think the seventh son is outstanding. In the Jewish calendar, there are seven sacred days a year.

Ancient Chinese and foreigners love number 7. For example, the Semites from the ancient kingdom of Babylon believed that the seven luminaries are the god, the ceremony and rituals were related to the 7. In addition, the ancient Chinese myths and legends are documented and stated importance to the number 7 due to the moon cycle.

However, Hongkongers do not love the number of 7 because of the homophonic of a foul word.

Source: HK01 Back to What's New