Rolling Snake Eyes: How Lucky is the State of Texas?

Some people are just born lucky it feels like. They always get the right answer on a random guess, they invest in a business that grows quickly...the list is endless. But sometimes plays in our favor when we find a $5 bill on the ground.

But not all luck works in a good way. Bad luck does exist too. For example, finding out out a snack you own has expired before you could eat it. Or discovering a hole in one of your favorite shirts.

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But with bad and good luck both existing, it does make many wonder if where they live factors in to luck. So, Zippia looked into that.

How was luck for the states determined?

Zippia listed the factors:

- Lotto winners
- Median Income
- Low unemployment
- Average life expectancy
- Weather fatalities
- Car Accident Deaths Per 100k

So all the factors are all in place. Now for the real question, who is the luckiest state in the United States of America? It's none other than...Minnesota!

Wait hold on Minnesota?

Yes Minnesota claims the top spot. But this is Texas, we've got to be pretty high up there as well right? Everything is bigger here.

Let's keep checking to see where Texas has landed. We have to at least be in the Top 25 right? Well about that...

Texas is ranked 38th in luckiest states

Wait 38th? We're that low on the list? That just doesn't make sense at all.

How do we bring up the luck in our state? Let us know by sending us a message on our FREE station app!

[PICS] See Baylor Scott & White in Temple, TX Growing Through the Years

Baylor Scott and White, much like Central Texas, has grown throughout the years. It's hard to imagine that a structure that's dominated the Bell County skyline for decades now started out as a tiny frontier cabin. Let's take a trip through time for a quick visual history of Scott & White Temple. (Special thanks to Jeff Swindoll with Baylor Scott & White for his invaluable assistance.)

May The Dome Be With You: Is This Terlingua, Texas Or Tatooine?

While not in a galaxy far, far away, this little dome gives us serious space vibes.

PICS: Let's Take a Tour of This Beautiful $5.7 Million Property In Brenham, TX

I was thinking about how I'd spend my lottery winnings if I ever won and saw this enormous house in Brenham, Texas. It's listed at $5,750,000 but I bet I could talk them down a couple hundred thousand dollars. I'd be paying in cash because that's what smart lottery winner do, right? Let's take a tour shall we.

Top 20 Restaurants Central Texans Wish Would Come to Temple

A while back, I asked the good people of Temple if they could picture a good restaurant to fill the lot on North General Bruce Drive where the soon to be torn down Long John Silver's stood.

This was before it was announced that a Dutch Bros. Coffee location would open there (which was one of the places I predicted as a contender in our article).

So now Dutch Bros. is open in that spot, but the responses to my survey were interesting because they paint a picture of just how diverse Temple's population is. People recommended some familiar restaurants with locations in the surrounding area, but also a few I'd never even heard of.

Here are the top 20 results of the survey. Let's see what the good people of Temple are craving!

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