A run of disappointing hands can make a recovery feel inevitable. This archived column addresses that familiar player concern, opening a discussion of why long-run averages and short-run sequences answer different questions about a random game.
A personal perspective
An individual session is a story, not a controlled sample of a game. Personal accounts can illuminate what players notice, remember and find confusing, while leaving the probabilities of future hands unchanged. This distinction is useful when reading both winning milestones and frustrating runs.
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Ask the Slot Expert: My bad luck at video poker can't last forever
John Robison · Jul 26, 2023
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