fingers crossed.

Eamon Holmes crosses his fingers here infront of one of the National Lottery machines. Each machine is hand made in Pensylvania at a cost of £50,000. Is Mr Holmes hoping the machine doesn't break?

No, more likely with that uneasy smile he's forcing it's because he's told a massive lie and doesn't want anyone to know that he's rigged the whole thing.

The superstion of crossing ones fingers is used to wish good luck, but also in a promising loophole it has taken on premise when held behind ones back to nulify a promise.

In older more suspitious of times the crossing of fingers was used to ward of witches. ha. Good luck