Gambler\u2019s Fallacy<\/b><\/p>\n
The Gambler\u2019s Fallacy is the mistaken notion that repetition changes the odds. If you flip a coin five times, always getting tails, there\u2019s still<\/b> a 50\u201350 chance that you\u2019ll get tails on your next flip. You can\u2019t say\u2014 \u201cTails has come up five times in a row, so now it\u2019s \u2018time\u2019 that heads comes up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gambler\u2019s Anonymous<\/p>\n
Resources<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 God in the Dock, C. S. Lewis, p. 59.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Moral Catastrophe, David Hocking, Harvest House, 1990, pp. 227ff<\/p>\n
Incurable Optimists<\/b><\/p>\n
Human beings are incurable optimists. They believe they have a pretty good chance to win a lottery, but that there is hardly any chance of getting killed in a traffic accident.<\/p>\n
Bits & Pieces, May 26, 1994, p. 9<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do. – Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n
\u2022 There are two times in a man\u2019s life when he should not speculate: when he can\u2019t afford it, and when he can. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
\u2022 It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong\u2014but that\u2019s the way to bet. – Damon Runyon<\/p>\n
Sources unknown<\/p>\n
Lottery Tickets<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Average number of dollars, per capita, spent on lottery tickets each year, in the top ten lottery states: $135.<\/p>\n
Gaming & Wagering Business, reported in American Demographics, 2\/89<\/p>\n
Good Baptists Don\u2019t Gamble<\/b><\/p>\n
My grandmother, a staunch Southern Baptist, had marched me off to Sunday school and church regularly. So when I switched to the Episcopal church after marriage, she challenged me: \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with the Baptist Church, son?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d I explained, \u201cCarole and I flipped a coin to see if we would go to her church or mine, and I lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cServes you right,\u201d said my grandmother. \u201cGood Baptists don\u2019t gamble.\u201d<\/p>\n
J. E. Bedenbaugh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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