Re: martingale betting system question




Le 16/06/2005 15:12, dans d8rtr0$qut$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, « Dave
Seaman » <dseaman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:03:30 +0200, Jean-Claude Arbaut wrote:
>
>> Le 16/06/2005 15:13, dans llu2b1ddnfgoi4ppd5par45kfe1ahfm2si@xxxxxxx,
>> « David C. Ullrich » <ullrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>>>>
>>>> Well, you could just *borrow* an infinite amount of money.
>>>
>>> Ooh, I can? Where? (Ya think they'd notice if I borrowed an
>>> infinite amount of money and then only paid half of it back?)
>
>> That would mean ruin for casinos :-) Every guy would win
>> with the 2^n martingale. Too easy.
>
> What difference would it make whether you pay back twice infinity or only
> half of infinity?
>
>
Oh, sorry, I answered the previous question :-)
Yeah, you're right, no difference. But, you can give infinite
money to everybody on earth, there is still no difference.
Infinite money leads to end of money :-) I mean, an infinite
quantity of money would have an infinitely small value.

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