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> Every time the coin turns out heads, I take half of the money on the table (i.e the total you have left is divided by 2). Every time it turns out to be tails,
by Liron 6y ago
> Every time the coin turns out heads, I take half of the money on the table (i.e the total you have left is divided by 2). Every time it turns out to be tails, your money is multiplied by 1.5 (plus a 50 cents bonus). It’s obvious that this game is totally rigged to my advantage as the amount of heads will converge to be similar to the amount of tails, but the loss you incur with each head result (money divided by 2) is larger than the win gained with each tail result (money multiplied by 1.5 + change).
This game has positive expected value, the only problem is risk of ruin if you size your bets too aggressively as a percentage of your chip stack
- beojan 6y agoYou can't be ruined if you can only lose a percentage of what you bet.