South Carolina Ranks As One Of The Unluckiest States In The Country
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…
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)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!
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Top-15 US States In Order Of Unluckiness
15. Montana
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Creative14. Ohio
Getty Images Creative13. Wyoming
Brian Evans/Getty Images Plus12. South Carolina
A welcome sign at the South Carolina state line.
11. Texas
Дмитрий Ларичев/ Getty Images Plus10. Alaska
John Pennell/Getty Image Creative9. Tennessee
View from the Newfound Gap overlook over the vast wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.
8. New Mexico
Getty Images Creative7. Kentucky
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Frankfort, Kentucky, USA town skyline on the Kentucky River at dusk.
6. Louisiana
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus5. Alabama
Allard1/Getty Images Plus4. Oklahoma
Getty Images Creative3. Arkansas
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Creative2. Mississippi
(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)1. West Virginia
krblokhin/Getty Images PlusTop-15 US States In Order Of Luckiness:
15. Idaho
knowlesgallery/Getty Images Plus14. Hawaii
(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)13. Virginia
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Creative12. Washington
Drew Payne/Getty Images Plus11. Nebraska
wellesenterprises/Getty Images Plus10. New Hampshire
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus9. Massachusetts
Fabiano Lacerda Dossanto/Getty Images Plus8. Connecticut
Getty Images Creative7. Wisconsin
Vinay Pathak/Getty Images6. Utah
Sean Pavone/Getty Images Plus5. New Jersey
Steel Pier - Atlantic City, New Jersey
4. California
todamo/Getty Images Plus3. Maryland
SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images Plus2. Minnesota
Susan Rydberg/Getty Images Creative1. New York
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