Mac Gods logic is flawed I feel.
the laws of probability break down for very high numbers. For example, there are thousands of roullette wheels spinning around the globe as you read this. They have spun constantly 24 hours for say the last 50 years. Now taking the number of spins into account (billions) you would have expected an unbroken run of at least ONE of the even chances (high/low . .red/black . . odd/even) to be have reached a reasonably high figure by now . . . I undertstand that 26 reds in a row is as much as has ever been witnessed.
The point being that whilst 100 reds in a row are 'theoretically' expected given the large number of spins to date, in reality, the 'abnormal spikes' or deviations do not proceed past a certain point . . despite you doing the matematics to 'prove' to yourself that they do.
Conversely, whilst it is statistically unlikely that you will ever win the lottery . . 'someone' always does . . . . . every week!
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