[bogtog]

This was my reaction too, I feel like there is something I'm not getting. I get that the bet is virtually guaranteed to go negative if the number of rounds is high enough (100+ rounds), but the opportunity for huge payouts still pulls the average up.

[bzax]

The "average" of the distribution goes up as you increase the number of rounds, but the probability that you get an average or above value when you sample that distribution once goes to zero as the number of rounds increases.

[jakell]

Exactly