gamblers' fallacy
noun
psychol the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
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Words nearby gamblers' fallacy
Gambian trypanosomiasis, gambier, Gambier Islands, gambit, gamble, gamblers' fallacy, gambling, gambling house, gamboge, gambol, gambrel
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