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If you are an average utilitarian, then it is better to kill yourself if you lose in quantum roulette. It increases your average utility. This is the same reasoning that makes an average utilitarian prefer to kill off the poorer members of society.
What about the utility of the acquaintances affected by your suicide?
That is a complicating factor; but it has the same impact in either case (quantum roulette player vs. average utilitarian dictator).