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Last Roll of a Cumulative Sum Game

Expectation · Hard · Free problem
You roll a standard fair 6-sided die repeatedly, accumulating the sum of all rolls. You stop the moment the running total reaches or exceeds 1000. Which face value is most likely to be your final roll?

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