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Lottery players tend not to bet on a number if it has recently been drawn
We believe that things occuring more than normal means they will occur less in future (& vice versa)
See the full study here :
Clotfelter, C.T., Cook, P.J. Lotteries in the real world. J Risk Uncertainty 4, 227–232 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00114154