Hacker Factor
The Game of Oligarchy
This is an automated implementation of Brewster Kahle's "Game of Oligarchy".The basic premise: demonstrate that in a free market, only one person ends up rich, and the others broke.
The rules:
- All players begin with $100.
- The socialism expansion is currently disabled. Click here to enable it and see the difference.
- In each round, players randomly pair off. If there are an odd number of players, then one player sits out during the round.
- For each pairing:
- Both players bet half of the lowest $amount between the two players. E.g., if one player has $50 and the other player has $75, then they both bet $25 (half of $50). No fractions, round up to the nearest $1.
- They agree on a coin flip. The winner gets the amount that was bet from the loser.
- When a player has $0, they are out.
- The game ends when there is only one player left (the winner).
| Round | Action | Player Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Initial setup | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| 1 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $50! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 3 won $50! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $50! | $150 | $150 | $150 | $50 | $50 | $50 |
| 2 | Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 3 won $25! Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 1 won $75! Player 4 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $25! | $225 | $75 | $175 | $25 | $25 | $75 |
| 3 | Player 2 challenges Player 4. Player 2 won $13! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $38! Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $13! | $212 | $88 | $213 | $12 | $38 | $37 |
| 4 | Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $19! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $19! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $6! | $231 | $94 | $194 | $6 | $19 | $56 |
| 5 | Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $10! Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $3! Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $47! | $278 | $47 | $191 | $9 | $29 | $46 |
| 6 | Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $23! Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 4 won $5! Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 1 won $24! | $302 | $23 | $214 | $14 | $24 | $23 |
| 7 | Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 4 won $7! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $12! Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $12! | $314 | $16 | $226 | $21 | $12 | $11 |
| 8 | Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $11! Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $8! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $6! | $303 | $8 | $234 | $32 | $18 | $5 |
| 9 | Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 3 won $4! Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $16! Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $3! | $287 | $4 | $238 | $48 | $15 | $8 |
| 10 | Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $4! Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 4 won $8! Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 2 won $2! | $283 | $6 | $236 | $56 | $7 | $12 |
| 11 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $4! Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $3! Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 3 won $28! | $286 | $3 | $264 | $28 | $3 | $16 |
| 12 | Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 4 won $2! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 3 won $8! Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 1 won $2! | $288 | $1 | $272 | $30 | $1 | $8 |
| 13 | Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $1! Player 5 is out! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 3 won $4! | $289 | $1 | $276 | $30 | $0 | $4 |
| 14 | Player 2 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $2! Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $15! | $274 | $1 | $274 | $45 | $0 | $6 |
| 15 | Player 6 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $23! Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $1! Player 2 is out! | $275 | $0 | $297 | $22 | $0 | $6 |
| 16 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $138! Player 6 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $3! | $413 | $0 | $159 | $25 | $0 | $3 |
| 17 | Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $2! Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $13! | $400 | $0 | $161 | $38 | $0 | $1 |
| 18 | Player 4 challenges Player 6. Player 4 won $1! Player 6 is out! | $400 | $0 | $161 | $39 | $0 | $0 |
| 19 | Player 4 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $81! | $319 | $0 | $242 | $39 | $0 | $0 |
| 20 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 3 won $20! | $319 | $0 | $262 | $19 | $0 | $0 |
| 21 | Player 4 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $131! | $450 | $0 | $131 | $19 | $0 | $0 |
| 22 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $66! | $384 | $0 | $197 | $19 | $0 | $0 |
| 23 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $10! | $374 | $0 | $197 | $29 | $0 | $0 |
| 24 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $15! | $374 | $0 | $182 | $44 | $0 | $0 |
| 25 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $22! | $374 | $0 | $160 | $66 | $0 | $0 |
| 26 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $33! | $341 | $0 | $160 | $99 | $0 | $0 |
| 27 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $50! | $341 | $0 | $210 | $49 | $0 | $0 |
| 28 | Player 4 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $105! | $446 | $0 | $105 | $49 | $0 | $0 |
| 29 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 3 won $25! | $446 | $0 | $130 | $24 | $0 | $0 |
| 30 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $65! | $381 | $0 | $195 | $24 | $0 | $0 |
| 31 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $98! | $479 | $0 | $97 | $24 | $0 | $0 |
| 32 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $49! | $430 | $0 | $146 | $24 | $0 | $0 |
| 33 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $12! | $430 | $0 | $134 | $36 | $0 | $0 |
| 34 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $18! | $412 | $0 | $134 | $54 | $0 | $0 |
| 35 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $27! | $439 | $0 | $134 | $27 | $0 | $0 |
| 36 | Player 3 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 1 won $14! | $453 | $0 | $134 | $13 | $0 | $0 |
| 37 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $7! | $453 | $0 | $141 | $6 | $0 | $0 |
| 38 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 4 won $3! | $453 | $0 | $138 | $9 | $0 | $0 |
| 39 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $69! | $522 | $0 | $69 | $9 | $0 | $0 |
| 40 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $5! | $522 | $0 | $64 | $14 | $0 | $0 |
| 41 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $7! | $515 | $0 | $64 | $21 | $0 | $0 |
| 42 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 3 won $11! | $515 | $0 | $75 | $10 | $0 | $0 |
| 43 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $5! | $520 | $0 | $75 | $5 | $0 | $0 |
| 44 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $38! | $482 | $0 | $113 | $5 | $0 | $0 |
| 45 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 4 won $3! | $482 | $0 | $110 | $8 | $0 | $0 |
| 46 | Player 3 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $4! | $478 | $0 | $110 | $12 | $0 | $0 |
| 47 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $6! | $478 | $0 | $104 | $18 | $0 | $0 |
| 48 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 4 won $9! | $478 | $0 | $95 | $27 | $0 | $0 |
| 49 | Player 3 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $14! | $464 | $0 | $95 | $41 | $0 | $0 |
| 50 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $21! | $464 | $0 | $116 | $20 | $0 | $0 |
| 51 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $10! | $464 | $0 | $126 | $10 | $0 | $0 |
| 52 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $5! | $459 | $0 | $126 | $15 | $0 | $0 |
| 53 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $8! | $467 | $0 | $126 | $7 | $0 | $0 |
| 54 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $4! | $467 | $0 | $130 | $3 | $0 | $0 |
| 55 | Player 3 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $2! | $465 | $0 | $130 | $5 | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | Player 4 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $65! | $400 | $0 | $195 | $5 | $0 | $0 |
| 57 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 3 won $3! | $400 | $0 | $198 | $2 | $0 | $0 |
| 58 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $99! | $301 | $0 | $297 | $2 | $0 | $0 |
| 59 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $149! | $450 | $0 | $148 | $2 | $0 | $0 |
| 60 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $1! | $450 | $0 | $147 | $3 | $0 | $0 |
| 61 | Player 4 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $74! | $376 | $0 | $221 | $3 | $0 | $0 |
| 62 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 4 won $2! | $376 | $0 | $219 | $5 | $0 | $0 |
| 63 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $3! | $373 | $0 | $219 | $8 | $0 | $0 |
| 64 | Player 1 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $4! | $373 | $0 | $223 | $4 | $0 | $0 |
| 65 | Player 4 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $112! | $485 | $0 | $111 | $4 | $0 | $0 |
| 66 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $2! | $487 | $0 | $111 | $2 | $0 | $0 |
| 67 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $1! | $487 | $0 | $110 | $3 | $0 | $0 |
| 68 | Player 3 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 1 won $2! | $489 | $0 | $110 | $1 | $0 | $0 |
| 69 | Player 3 sits out. Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $1! Player 4 is out! | $490 | $0 | $110 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 70 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $55! | $545 | $0 | $55 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 71 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $28! | $573 | $0 | $27 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 72 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $14! | $559 | $0 | $41 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 73 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $21! | $580 | $0 | $20 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 74 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $10! | $570 | $0 | $30 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 75 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $15! | $555 | $0 | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 76 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $23! | $532 | $0 | $68 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 77 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $34! | $498 | $0 | $102 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 78 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $51! | $549 | $0 | $51 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 79 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $26! | $575 | $0 | $25 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 80 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $13! | $562 | $0 | $38 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 81 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $19! | $581 | $0 | $19 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 82 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $10! | $591 | $0 | $9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 83 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $5! | $586 | $0 | $14 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 84 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $7! | $579 | $0 | $21 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 85 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $11! | $590 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 86 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $5! | $585 | $0 | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 87 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $8! | $577 | $0 | $23 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 88 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $12! | $589 | $0 | $11 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 89 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $6! | $595 | $0 | $5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 90 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $3! | $598 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 91 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $1! | $599 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 92 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $1! | $598 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 93 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $1! | $599 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 94 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $1! | $598 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 95 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $1! | $597 | $0 | $3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 96 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $2! | $599 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 97 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $1! Player 3 is out! | $600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Game over after 97 rounds. Player 1 won.
For fun, I also created a new rule for socialism expansion that adds stability to the game. (As Brewster put it, "2% is a small price to pay for stability.")