Powerball drawing: Will I be a millionaire tonight?

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. –Larry King

Luck is a chance happening of fortune. Luck can be defined as synonymous with fate. Luck is often regarded as a superstition, but can be interpreted in many ways."-Wikipedia

Sometimes I can try to succeed, try to do well, and try my heart out to have the stars align and for life to choose to take me in the direction I think I deserve—and incidentally be shot down with yet another disappointing experience. Experts have said that those who have an optimistic attitude are those who experience great, positive rewards…but the more I think about it, the more I think that maybe the reason these people are so optimistic is because "some guys have all the luck."
I've been thinking a lot lately about "luck". I have known many people who I would consider just plain lucky. I hate those bastards. Everything falls into their lap: The kick-ass job, the perfect significant other, the way they find the best sale items on the wrong rack, the way they win things they didn't think they signed up for, the ones who find $50 in a parking lot, and the people who seem to pick the winning lottery numbers in life.
There are many different definitions and interpretations of "luck". Seneca, a Roman philosopher says, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." So, what he's saying is LUCK is being ready for something positive, and having the positive experience present itself to you at the most convenient time.

I'm not even ready for what I've prepared for. So, what then? Does that mean since I'm ill prepared for what the world has in store for me, that nothing good will ever arise in my favor?
Ray Kroc, the businessman that dreamed up McDonalds says, "Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get." I don't buy that shit either. If luck were equated to hard work, then only the most deserving people would ever "get lucky".

And that's the opposite of what most people see as luck: Luck being chance. Luck: being in the right place at the right time. Luck being something more aligned with "fate" or "destiny" than pure effort.

Luck is unpredictable. But, as just as people see fate and destiny, I certainly believe you make your own luck. I see it as making a choice, and out of pure coincidence, that choice ended up being rewarding.

A Wiseman once said, "There is no such thing as 'luck'. There is only chance. It is the outcome of chance occurrences that people will then attribute the judgments 'lucky or unlucky'" (Prof. Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire). That can easily be interpreted as luck is not an accident. We can see that as being either some humans are wired to just have a sense of how to get "lucky," or there's some force of nature or supernatural that leads us to opportunity—and either way, there are people who either ignore it, or are too busy trying to improve themselves to be guided by the "unknown".

I think luck is Karma. The luckiest people are the people who deserve it, and the ones who don't appreciate the luck they've been given will have luck diminish in some other areas of their life.

Look at some of the idiots who have won the lottery and either blown it up their nose or pissed it all away. Not so lucky, right? But the people who really deserve what comes to them will know how to share it and how to appreciate it.

Luck is like love - something that diminishes when you hoard it and multiplies when you share it. (Not my words).

There's a delicate balance out there…and to those unlucky in love, disappointed by life in general. A good attitude and hard work won't necessarily make you lucky, but isn't it nice knowing that when luck does cross your path—that you really did earn it?