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arxiv: 1209.4203 · v5 · pith:OTZ6A4OBnew · submitted 2012-09-19 · 🧮 math.PR

Gambler's ruin probability - a general formula

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We derive an explicit formula for the probability of ruin of a gambler playing against an infinitely-rich adversary, when the games have payoff given by a general integer-valued probability distribution.

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