General Article The ‘hot hand’ and the gambler’s fallacy: why our brains struggle to believe in randomness

Topic Selected: Gambling Book Volume: 474

We are surrounded by random events every day. Will the stock market rise or fall tomorrow? Will the next penalty kick in a soccer match go left or right? Will your lottery ticket finally win?

Often, we experience these events not as isolated occur...

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