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Re:A professor who beat roulette by lisper on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:01PM (#30490734)
Recall the quoted passage:

> “If numbers 1, 2, and 3 won the last 3 rounds, [I could determine] what was most likely to win the next 3.”

That is unambiguously claiming not just a contingent bias, but a bias contingent on the previous three rounds. My math was based on a one-round contingent bias. That is already in the realm of extremely unlikely. Three-rounds is just flat-out impossible.

Re:A professor who beat roulette by anamexis on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:29PM (#30491034)
I don't think it's unambiguous. I think the parent's interpretation is also quite possible (even probable, given your point that the contingent interpretation is impossible).
Re:A professor who beat roulette by melony on Sunday February 27, 2022 @04:43PM (#30492847)
Would a bias contingent on the previous 3 be considered Markovian in this case?
Re:A professor who beat roulette by Nullabillity on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:30PM (#30491041)
> That is unambiguously claiming not just a contingent bias, but a bias contingent on the previous three rounds.

No it isn't, only that three rounds may be enough to predict the bias. Whether the bias actually depends on previous results is irrelevant to the quote.

Re:A professor who beat roulette by lisper on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:39PM (#30491148)
> three rounds may be enough to predict the bias

That is an even more absurd claim.