gambler's fallacy

mistaken belief that more frequent chance events will lead to less frequent chance events, or vice versa, to balance out
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gambler's fallacy

Summary

gambler's fallacy is a fallacy[1]. It draws 970 Wikipedia views per month (fallacy category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • gambler's fallacy's instance of is recorded as fallacy[3].
  • gambler's fallacy's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[4].
  • gambler's fallacy's Commons category is recorded as Gambler's fallacy[5].
  • gambler's fallacy's opposite of is recorded as hot-hand fallacy[6].
  • gambler's fallacy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03db6[7].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-gamblers-fallacy[8].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://mantikhatalari.com/kumarbaz-yanilgisi[9].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/br/falacia-do-apostador[10].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/nl/de-gokkersdenkfout[11].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/fr/le-sophisme-du-parieur[12].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/de/spielerfehlschluss[13].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/it/la-fallacia-dello-scommettitore[14].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/lv/spelmana-kluda[15].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/pl/paradoks-hazardzisty[16].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/es/falacia-del-apostador[17].
  • gambler's fallacy's described at URL is recorded as https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/cn/the-gamblers-fallacy[18].
  • gambler's fallacy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777920266[19].
  • gambler's fallacy's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/GamblersFallacy[20].
  • gambler's fallacy's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Gambler's_fallacy[21].
  • gambler's fallacy's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 도박사의 오류[22].
  • gambler's fallacy's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as oshibka-igroka-dca359[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for gambler's fallacy include inverse it[24], a non sequitur[25].

Why It Matters

gambler's fallacy draws 970 Wikipedia views per month (fallacy category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include inverse it[24], a non sequitur[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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