MediumStochastic Processes

How Long Until Ruin or Riches

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You start with 30andbet30 and bet 1 on a fair coin each round, stopping when you reach 0or0 or 100. What is the expected number of rounds until you stop?

Approach

Guess a quadratic in the starting stake and match the boundary conditions.

Answer

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