gambler's fallacy

/ˈɡæmblərz ˌfæləsi/

believing past random events affect future probabilities

gambler's fallacy in a sentence

“The coin landed heads five times, so tails is due is the gambler's fallacy.”

Middle English gambler to play games + Latin fallacia deception from fallax deceitful

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judging something based on its origin rather than its current meaning

hasty generalization

drawing broad conclusions from limited examples

loaded question

a question containing an unjustified assumption

moving the goalposts

changing the criteria for proof after evidence is presented

no true Scotsman

dismissing counterexamples by redefining the group

red herring

introducing an irrelevant topic to divert attention