The ruin experiment
Can a fair game still wipe out a small starting balance?
THE EXPERIMENTReady when you are
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How it works
How it works.
Absorb at 0 or target N. For p = 1/2, P(reach N) = starting balance/N.
Assumptions and limits
Unit-size independent bets. Capped trials are reported as unresolved; no gambling recommendation.