luckiness

In the games, Cortana literally chooses him based on nothing more than her perception of his “luckiness.”

But you can safely assume that many people will be picking numbers based on dates, or perceived luckiness, or popular TV shows, or other factors that are known to us all.

“The big bet is that it will lead to happiness, luckiness,” he would say.

Teela Brown, in particular, made for a boring love interest, and there was a singularly unconvincing back story about her having been bred to optimise her luckiness.

Her remark was followed by a short silence, during which her hearers were, perhaps, questing for consolatory rejoinders rather than congratulating themselves upon their own luckiness.