law of averages

Noun

 * 1)  The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.
 * 2)  An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.
 * This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.
 * 1)  An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.
 * This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.
 * This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.

Translations

 * Hungarian: átlagok törvénye
 * Tagalog: batas ng balasak