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Probability — net winnings under a stop-on-win strategy

Consider the following for the next two (2) items that follow: Gambles are independent and each one results in the player being equally likely to win or lose 1 unit. Let WW denote the net winnings of a gambler whose strategy is to stop gambling immediately after his first win. If the first win is on trial NN, then the winnings is

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