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Ruin against an infinitely rich casino

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You bring \20toacasinowitheffectivelyunlimitedmoney.Eachto a casino with effectively unlimited money. Each$1betwinswithprobabilitybet wins with probabilityp = 0.49andloseswithprobabilityand loses with probabilityq = 0.51$, independently. There is no cash-out target; you simply keep playing.

What is the probability you ever get \10ahead(reachahead (reach$30$) before going broke? And what is the probability you eventually go broke?

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Take the biased-ruin formula and let the upper target NN \to \infty. Since q>pq > p, the ratio q/p>1q/p > 1, so its powers blow up.

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This one is open-ended. Work it through, then check your reasoning against the full solution.

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