Why Your Last 10 Roulette Spins Don't Mean Anything (And How to Prove It Yourself)
If you've ever watched a roulette wheel land on red five times in a row, you've probably felt it: the pull of "black is due." It's one of the most natural — and most wrong — instincts in gambling. We built a free interactive tool to show you exactly why, using real math instead of gut feeling. Two Wheels, Two Very Different Stories Our simulator spins two virtual European roulette wheels side by side — one for a short session, one for a long one. You choose exactly how many spins each wheel gets (the defaults are 100 and 100,000), hit Spin , and watch what happens. The results tell two completely different stories, and that's the whole point. The short session is chaos. Run 100 spins and you might land at 45% red. Run it again and you might get 58%. Long streaks of the same color show up constantly, and it's easy to convince yourself you've spotted a pattern — a "hot" table, a wheel that's "leaning red." Statisticians call...
