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gambler's ruin

gambler's ruin noun: the fact that a gambler playing a game with negative expected value will eventually go broke, regardless of the betting system used.

Noun

gambler's ruin (uncountable)

  1. The fact that a gambler playing a game with negative expected value will eventually go broke, regardless of the betting system used.

Questions about gambler's ruin

What does gambler's ruin mean?
Gambler's ruin means the fact that a gambler playing a game with negative expected value will eventually go broke, regardless of the betting system used.
What part of speech is gambler's ruin?
Gambler's ruin is a noun.

Words near gambler's ruin in the dictionary

  1. gambler
  2. gambler's cop
  3. gambler's cops
  4. gambler's fallacy
  5. gambler's rot
  6. gambler's ruin
  7. gamblerlike
  8. gamblers
  9. gambles
  10. gamblesome
  11. gamblest

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