Biases in casino betting

We examine two departures of individual perceptions of randomness from probability theory: the hot hand and the gambler's fallacy, and their respective opposites. This paper's first contribution is to use data from the field (individuals playing roulette in a casino) to demonstrate the exi...

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Main Authors: James Sundali, Rachel Croson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2006-07-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/jdm06001.pdf