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Winning ``Big'' in the St.~Petersburg Game
Matematičeskie zametki, Tome 111 (2022) no. 5, pp. 746-751.

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We present a self-contained and easy to follow proof for the value of the probability of large gains of a player in the celebrated St. Petersburg game.
Keywords: St. Petersburg game, large deviations. 
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G. Stoica. Winning ``Big'' in the St.~Petersburg Game. Matematičeskie zametki, Tome 111 (2022) no. 5, pp. 746-751. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/MZM_2022_111_5_a7/

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