"Restaurants Test Table Card Readers"

At first glance I thought there'd be a story in the Chicago Tribune about testing Tarot card readers but it's really a story about using debit cards to "pay-at-the-table" in restaurants:


Restaurants Test Table Card Readers

Oh well, it would be interesting to test Tarot readers too :)

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

Gee, fortunetellers are great! See the testimony for a prediction that came through:

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

A fortune teller predicted a "substantial" win for a couple who scooped more than £1.6 million in the National Lottery, the pair revealed today.
Janette Wright, 41, and husband Stephen, 48, from Bradford, won the £1,633,505 Lotto jackpot in the draw on Saturday.

Mrs Wright, a housing officer, said: "I had a tarot card reading about seven or eight years ago and the tarot reader told me one day I would win 'a substantial amount of money which will be shared'...

Read the entire article for more of the eulogy.

The BBC News (UK) has also reported this story:

Tarot reader predicted £1.6m win

Fortune Cookie Reminded Man to look at Winning Lotto Ticket

Fortune Cookie Makes Man Millionaire - News Story - KGTV San Diego:

"SPOKANE, Wash. -- A Spokane, Wash. man is $3 million dollars richer and he has a fortune from a fortune cookie to thank.

Tom Walker said he was on vacation on Whidbey Island in western Washington last month when he purchased a lotto ticket. Walker said he put the ticket in his wallet and forgot about it until a week ago Sunday.

Walker said he was at dinner and got a fortune cookie that said Monday would be an important day for him."

There's a tip for Tarot Card Readers: remind your client to check to see if the lotto ticket is the winning deal!

Luck Is Back in the Cards for Psychics, Tarot Card Readers, & Fortunetellers in Philadelphia

Just when you were bummed out that you might not be able to have a session with your friendly neighborhood fortuneteller, now you need not worry! They'll be back en masse!
delawareonline | The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. | Good fortune for Philly psychics: City backs off ban:

"PHILADELPHIA — Foreseeing a brighter future, psychics closed down by city licensing authorities under an obscure state law last week have been allowed to reopen again.

City Department of Licenses and Inspections inspectors slapped desist orders last week on at least 16 shops of psychics, astrologers and tarot card readers who charge money for their services. The agency had been alerted to a state law on the books more than 30 years that barred fortunetelling 'for gain or lucre.'"

How did the lucky card pop up? The City Department of Licenses and Inspections was reminded by an attorney that the statute they cited could be called upon to decide cases of fraud but could not be used to create regulations -- besides evidence would be needed to prove that someone was pretending to tell fortunes -- good luck coming up with that evidence. Fortunetellers are back in town.

"Vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat quod non rideret haruspex haruspicem cum vidisset." -- Cicero, De Divinatione, II, 51.
(Old Cato always wondered how two fortunetellers could look at each other without laughing)