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Hot hand

Di belief sey wins wey follow each oda, or one result wey dey repeat, go make anoda one more likely. For di wheel, na di gambler fallacy wey dem turn around.

For context

Afta six redsbetRedEven-money bet on di 18 red numbers. For French: rouge.Read di whole tin →, red still na 18/37, and blackbetBlackEven-money bet for di 18 black numbers. For French: noir.Read di whole tin → too.

You sabi sey

Di name come from one 1985 study about basketball shooting. For one casino for Reno, players wey just win on di numbers cover about 13.6 numbers for di next spin, against 9.2 afta dem lose.

Words wey join am

Mathematics of RouletteGambler Fallacy
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