Jesus H Kirk, every betting punter does this - its the same as a granny betting on a National Horse with the same name as her postman as he reminds her that morning to bet and the horse wins.
I very much doubt you would ever post on here about the ones that did not win but you had a similar "feeling in your water"
People only remember the things they want and forget all the rest.
"déjà vu as caused by a person having a brief glimpse of an object or situation, before the brain has completed "constructing" a full conscious perception of the experience. Such a "partial perception" then results in a false sense of familiarity"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu