
arXiv: 1209.4203
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.
11 pages
Probabilistic games; gambling, Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory, Probability (math.PR), 60G40, 60J15, gambler's ruin problem, FOS: Mathematics, ruin probability, Mathematics - Probability
Probabilistic games; gambling, Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory, Probability (math.PR), 60G40, 60J15, gambler's ruin problem, FOS: Mathematics, ruin probability, Mathematics - Probability
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