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by rahimnathwani 4525 days ago
Upvoted.

If I had (only) 500m USD the chance of me letting it ride with 2x return and 50% chance of winning is precisely zero.

So, with the roulette example, I would never win 1bn USD. From what you say about Buffet's early buy-out, the same may apply in this case.