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
Nearby words
gambian trypanosomiasis, gambier, gambier islands, gambit, gamble, gamblers' fallacy, gambling, gambling house, gamboge, gambol, gambrel
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