Evander D. answered • 04/16/16
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Consider flipping a quarter.
The odds of flipping it Heads Up 100 times in a row is (1/2)^100
However, even if you did manage to flip a coin Heads Up 100 times in a row, the probability of your next flip being Heads is still..... 1/2, or 50%.
No matter how many improbable Heads you get in a row, each individual flip has exactly a 50% probability of landing Heads or Tails.
So if you had a Wheel of Fortune split into just 5 parts with only 1 winning section, you'd have a 20% chance of winning. The luckiest man in the world could spin 100 wins in a row, but the probability of the next spin winning will still only be 20%. The probability of any individual spin winning will always be 20%. It will never reach 100%.
At this point, you'd be better off figuring out if the game is rigged than doubting the fundamentals of probability.
The odds of flipping it Heads Up 100 times in a row is (1/2)^100
However, even if you did manage to flip a coin Heads Up 100 times in a row, the probability of your next flip being Heads is still..... 1/2, or 50%.
No matter how many improbable Heads you get in a row, each individual flip has exactly a 50% probability of landing Heads or Tails.
So if you had a Wheel of Fortune split into just 5 parts with only 1 winning section, you'd have a 20% chance of winning. The luckiest man in the world could spin 100 wins in a row, but the probability of the next spin winning will still only be 20%. The probability of any individual spin winning will always be 20%. It will never reach 100%.
At this point, you'd be better off figuring out if the game is rigged than doubting the fundamentals of probability.
