Lockplay

A lockplay is a street slang term for something that is 'guaranteed.' This term is widely used in the sports gaming industry as an outcome that will '100% guarantee' occur, in terms of probability. To place a wager on something that is a lockplay will forgo any fortuitous outcomes. Hence, a lockplay will ultimately guarantee a profit on the amount that was wagered.

A lockplay is considered to be controversial phenomenon. How can assurance of an outcome be ascertained when the events are supposedly fortuitous and unforeseeable? The only possible exposition would be the influence from an outer source that would manipulate the laws of chance.

Humans or computers could be classified as an outer source since by definition, chance is: something that happens unpredictably without discernible human intention or observable cause.
 
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