Each hand plays out exactly as the odds dictate with absolutely no influence from the hands before it. For example, the longer you go without hitting a blackjack, the more likely it becomes that the next deal will result in a blackjack. There is a fallacy that floats around in the head of gamblers that believes that the longer an event hasn’t happened, the more likely it becomes that it will happen. Gambler’s Fallacy and The Martingale System