> > Another option might be having the ability to be very lucky when necessary.
> > This could last my whole life and could be used in Vegas,
>
> I wouldn't trust a wish like that to a genie that likes unintended consequences... what would the genie consider to be "necessary"?
> (Hint: I suspect it wouldn't include trips to Vegas.)
>
> Paul
>
> PS. There was, I've just remembered, another recent X-File in which there was a guy who was always lucky, but tried to avoid situations where his luck came into play because they always resulted in someone else being very *un*lucky.

So as not to leave that subjectiveness to someone else, I'd be more specific. I'd say something like "My propensity for luck will increase by 1000 times when I cross my middle finger over my index finger of the same hand." That way it would truly be only when I will it to be so.

Tranio

p.s.: I remember that episode; in fact, it came to mind when I was thinking about this.