No! Every throw is a separate event independent of previous events. Odds are always 50-50 (assuming a fair throw).
You are using the formula for a sequence, the odds say off getting ttttttth. >> Dana wrote: >> negative, your odds do not improve if you stay at the table. > >Correct, they do not improve. They decrease as it's a function of sample size. > >For example, the probability of flipping a coin once and having it >come up heads is 1 in 2. The probability of 5 heads in a row is 1 in >32. 10 heads in a row is about 1 in thousand. > >So the probability of "winning", given that winning is heads, >decreases as you stay at the table. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220358 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
