Coming Up Sevens

(CBS)  In the movie "The Mask," Jim Carrey says, "I'm feelin' lucky!"

If you are, odds are you're feeling good about Saturday. Considering that the triple 7s on the calendar won't occur for another 1,000 years, gamblers in Las Vegas are hoping to cash in on this once-in-a-lifetime event.

"What is so special about the number seven?" CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric asks.

"Seven has always been associated with things that are spiritual, mystical and related to nature," says numerologist Lloyd Strayhorn. "It is a perfect day for change."

Strayhorn says no matter what corner of the world, from cultural to religious symbolism, seven is a sacred number. There are seven days of the week, seven colors in the rainbow, seven wonders of the world.

Some people consider it the perfect storm to set their wedding date.

"I feel lucky," says Cheryl Kahn Brocco, the catering director for Bridgewaters. "I feel lucky to be part of the lucky day."

She is getting ready for a couple who are making the date part of the décor.

"People were giving us calls, saying, 'Are you available? What's available 7/7?'" Kahn Brocco says. "And we were already booked a year and a half in advance."

According to TheKnot.com, a wedding planning Web site, 38,000 couples are tying the knot — triple the number that usually take place on a Saturday in July.

If you have to get to a wedding but hate to fly — maybe tomorrow's the day to do it ... that is if you're booked on a Boeing 777.

Even the New York State Lotto has run out of its triple 7 combination.

"The Karma is here, the 7s are in. We in honey, we're in!" one ticket buyer says.

The triple 7 combination reached its $5 million wager ceiling, and the state won't sell that combo for Saturday's drawing.

But there's no ceiling in Vegas. Gamblers are flooding into Sin City.

"We will be gambling; in case it's lucky, we'll be there" says one bettor.

So after the excitement of this is over, should we look forward to Aug. 8, 2008?

"Yes," Strayhorn says. "Numerically, eight represents power, money, authority, achievement, recognition, and it's also a property number, too."

"We're open for next year, 8/8/08, and we're hoping to be very aware of that date now," Kahn Brocco says.

Couples, start making your plans now.

[peacethinker-2009]

Superstition is for dorks!

[hypnotoad72]

What everybody else said. :-D

[tnt1954]

as clint eastwood once said-do you feel lucky?
as the only son of the seventh son, who
miraculously survived omaha beach in 1944
and went inland for two months, before finally
losing the sight of one eye and hearing in
one ear due to a an artillery shell landing
too close, the sole survivor of his squad,
my dad is still alive. he sobered up at age
67 after teaching school in l.a. unified
for over 30 years despite his many handicaps,
harrowing experiences. i was born on skid
row just off hope st. he was the seventh
son, had magical abilities, beyond the ordinary
person. he's 84 now. i'm 56, i watch him
like a hawk. he can seem dove-like but
go into hawk mode at the drop of a card. go
ahead and laugh at mr. 007. he's a cousin
of mine, retired now. other relatives ma
found in her birth family took over in his
place in the great 007 relay race. it was
astounding to find her sicilian english family
at her age of 55 after her retirement at age 55
from schoolteaching in the blackboard jungle
of los angeles unified for over 30 years also.
she's 79 now. a real republican rascal.
pa's dad was a political anarchist from spain.
got arrested under the alien and sedition
act many times. hated the fascisti.
thanks for seventh st.
and seven daughters, and seven stones, and
seven scones, and seven bells. in 1967
many went to heaven. seven churches in revelations. seven lamps. seven heavens.

[long_rider]

Yet another worthless story topping the CBS news site.

The news editor of this site should be fired. He must be on the White House payroll.

This is not news it is trash.

[wehoscott]

tomcraycraft, i'm with ya! I posted just as you did - my post was directed at Ms. Couric's writer and producer. I knew what you meant, and you're right! :)

[tomcraycraft]

OK OK, My bad. July 7th, 2107...

[tomcraycraft]

I'll bet 2107 will also be abbreviated 7/7/07, & by most people's math, that's only 100 years vs 1000. DUH! (Repeat for 2207, 2307, 2407,...)

[wehoscott]

1000 years?
Hello, what date will July 7, 2107 be? Is that not 100 years from now.