Timeline for Roll a 6-sided die until the total $\geq M$. Mean amount by which $M$ is exceeded?

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Apr 10, 2015 at 7:26	history	edited	Glen_b	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited title
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Apr 10, 2015 at 0:10	history	edited	eli		edited tags
Apr 10, 2015 at 0:02	comment	added	Henry		I suspect that $M=300$ could be read as "very large $M$" as I believe that $M=301$ or $M=999$ would give almost exactly the same result. What I would do is find the distribution of the sum minus $M$.
Apr 9, 2015 at 23:58	comment	added	gung - Reinstate Monica		Please add the `[self-study]` tag & read its wiki. Then tell us what you understand thus far, what you've tried & where you're stuck. We'll provide hints to help you get unstuck.
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