Yasuo has played a slot machine at a riverboat casino nine straight times and lost on each play.He believes that he will win on the tenth play because "he is due." Yasuo is exhibiting ____.
A) confirmation bias
B) gambler's fallacy
C) the availability heuristic
D) functional fixedness

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The gambler's fallacy is the belief that the probability of a specific event occurring increases after repeated failures. In Yasuo's case, he believes that he is "due" for a win because he has lost nine times in a row, which is an example of the gambler's fallacy.

Yasuo Has Played a Slot Machine at a Riverboat Casino