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Problem 177 of 333MediumProbabilityP177
St. Petersburg against a finite casino
A fair coin is flipped until the first tails, which comes on flip . The casino promises dollars, but it only has $1 billion, so it pays dollars. What is the fair price of one play? How much does it rise if the casino has $1 trillion instead?
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