Science for Idiots Pt. 2

Yes, it’s now been scientifically proven that Skibbereen is not luckier than anywhere else:

Professor Richard Wiseman from Hertfordshire University has tested the luck of Skibbereen, which is reputedly Ireland’s luckiest town, and found it to be no luckier than anywhere else.
The town has had ten jackpot-winning tickets in the state lottery bought there. But when Professor Wiseman bought 50 tickets there and 50 in Dublin none of the tickets bought in either place won even a small cash prize and the proprtion of right numbers was similar in each place.

“In some ways it’s a relief,” he said. “An incredible amount of luck in Skibbereen would have been a real challenge to science.”