The gambler's fallacy suggests that what happened in the past will influence the present. Suffering from the gambler's fallacy is most likely TRUE in which of the following situations?
A)flipping cards from a single deck
B)tossing a fair coin
C)the quality of play of a baseball team
D)horse racing

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The gambler's fallacy is the mistaken belief that if something happens more frequently than normal during a given period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa, in situations where each event is independent of the previous ones. Tossing a fair coin is a classic example where each toss is independent of the previous ones, and the outcome of one toss does not influence the outcome of another.

The Gambler's Fallacy Suggests That What Happened in the Past