KnowraGambler’s ruinLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Gambler’s ruin, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 3Related 2Compared with 2Markov chainBroader topic: The fortune levels form states, with bankruptcy and the target fortune as absorbing outcomes.Random walkBroader topic: It is a finite walk whose absorbing boundaries represent bankruptcy or a target fortune.Geometric distributionRelated: Geometric waiting can describe consecutive attempts to reach a first win when outcomes are independent.MartingaleBroader topic: Martingales can calculate the probability of reaching a boundary before bankruptcy.Optional stopping theoremRelated: Stopping at ruin or a target provides familiar settings where optional-stopping conditions must be checked.Snakes and LaddersCompared with: Both models track random movement toward an endpoint, though Snakes and Ladders adds fixed jumps and multiple players.Bertrand's ballot theoremCompared with: Both problems track a changing lead, but the ballot theorem counts a fixed-length ordering rather than an absorption time.