A roulette wheel has 38 slots: 18 red, 18 black, and 2 green. The ball ends at one of these at random. You are a player who plays a large number of games and makes an even bet of Ghe 1 on red in every game. After n games, what is the probability that you are ahead? Answer this for n = 100 and 1000

A roulette wheel has 38 slots: 18 red, 18 black, and 2 green. The ball ends at one of these at random. You are a player who plays a large number of games and makes an even bet of Ghe 1 on red in every game. After n games, what is the probability that you are ahead? Answer this for n = 100 and 1000

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A roulette wheel has 38 slots: 18 red, 18 black, and 2 green. The ball ends at one of these at random.
You are a player who plays a large number of games and makes an even bet of Ghe 1 on red in every
game. After n games, what is the probability that you are ahead? Answer this forn = 100 and
n = 1000.

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