Odds and Probability
Coin-flip streaks and what they do not prove
Five heads in a specified row is 1 in 32 on a fair coin. The run does not schedule the next toss or prove a system.
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Odds and Probability
The gambler's fallacy explained
Why a long run of one outcome does not make the opposite 'due', with coin and roulette examples that show how independent events really work.