lucky streaks
Fortune's hot hands
Lucky streaks are runs of good fortune—periods when favorable outcomes seem to cluster rather than scatter randomly.
The concept appears most often in gambling and sports, where players believe momentum carries forward: She's on a lucky streak at the blackjack table.
Whether lucky streaks reflect genuine patterns or selective memory remains debated, but the feeling of being "hot" is universal.
- streakinessInconsistent performance tendency
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- successFavorable outcome attained
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lucky streakslosing streaks
Successive losses in competition
downturns · slumps · dry spells · misfortune · rotten luck
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