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 2 challenges Player 4. Player 2 won $50! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $50! Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $50! | $50 | $150 | $150 | $50 | $150 | $50 |
| 2 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $25! Player 3 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $25! Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 1 won $25! | $75 | $125 | $125 | $75 | $125 | $75 |
| 3 | Player 5 challenges Player 4. Player 5 won $38! Player 6 challenges Player 2. Player 6 won $38! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $38! | $113 | $87 | $87 | $37 | $163 | $113 |
| 4 | Player 2 challenges Player 5. Player 2 won $44! Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $19! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 3 won $44! | $94 | $131 | $131 | $56 | $119 | $69 |
| 5 | Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $28! Player 2 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $35! Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $47! | $47 | $96 | $159 | $28 | $166 | $104 |
| 6 | Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $14! Player 6 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $48! Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $80! | $33 | $144 | $239 | $42 | $86 | $56 |
| 7 | Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $28! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 4 won $21! Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $17! | $50 | $123 | $211 | $63 | $69 | $84 |
| 8 | Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $25! Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $32! Player 6 challenges Player 2. Player 6 won $42! | $75 | $81 | $186 | $31 | $101 | $126 |
| 9 | Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 2 won $38! Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $51! Player 4 challenges Player 3. Player 4 won $16! | $37 | $119 | $170 | $47 | $50 | $177 |
| 10 | Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $19! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $25! Player 4 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $24! | $56 | $100 | $145 | $23 | $75 | $201 |
| 11 | Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $38! Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $28! Player 6 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $12! | $28 | $128 | $183 | $35 | $37 | $189 |
| 12 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $14! Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $18! Player 2 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $64! | $42 | $64 | $169 | $17 | $55 | $253 |
| 13 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $21! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 3 won $28! Player 2 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $9! | $63 | $55 | $197 | $26 | $27 | $232 |
| 14 | Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 1 won $13! Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 3 won $28! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $14! | $76 | $27 | $225 | $13 | $13 | $246 |
| 15 | Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $38! Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $14! Player 5 challenges Player 4. Player 5 won $7! | $114 | $13 | $239 | $6 | $20 | $208 |
| 16 | Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $57! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $10! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $3! | $171 | $16 | $229 | $3 | $30 | $151 |
| 17 | Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $8! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $15! Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $2! | $173 | $24 | $221 | $1 | $45 | $136 |
| 18 | Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $23! Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $12! Player 6 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $1! | $196 | $12 | $233 | $2 | $22 | $135 |
| 19 | Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $1! Player 6 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $6! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $11! | $195 | $18 | $222 | $3 | $33 | $129 |
| 20 | Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $65! Player 4 challenges Player 1. Player 4 won $2! Player 5 challenges Player 2. Player 5 won $9! | $193 | $9 | $157 | $5 | $42 | $194 |
| 21 | Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $79! Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $21! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $3! | $214 | $12 | $78 | $2 | $21 | $273 |
| 22 | Player 4 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 2 won $6! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $39! | $208 | $18 | $39 | $1 | $22 | $312 |
| 23 | Player 5 challenges Player 4. Player 4 won $1! Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 1 won $20! Player 2 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $9! | $228 | $9 | $19 | $2 | $21 | $321 |
| 24 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $11! Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 2 won $5! Player 1 challenges Player 4. Player 1 won $1! | $229 | $14 | $14 | $1 | $10 | $332 |
| 25 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $7! Player 4 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $1! Player 4 is out! | $222 | $15 | $21 | $0 | $10 | $332 |
| 26 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $8! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 3 won $11! | $214 | $23 | $32 | $0 | $10 | $321 |
| 27 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $16! Player 5 challenges Player 2. Player 5 won $5! | $198 | $18 | $48 | $0 | $15 | $321 |
| 28 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $8! Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 3 won $9! | $190 | $9 | $57 | $0 | $23 | $321 |
| 29 | Player 5 sits out. Player 2 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $5! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $29! | $195 | $4 | $86 | $0 | $23 | $292 |
| 30 | Player 5 sits out. Player 2 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $2! Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $98! | $293 | $2 | $88 | $0 | $23 | $194 |
| 31 | Player 1 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $12! Player 6 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $1! | $293 | $3 | $76 | $0 | $35 | $193 |
| 32 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $38! Player 2 challenges Player 5. Player 2 won $2! | $293 | $5 | $38 | $0 | $33 | $231 |
| 33 | Player 5 sits out. Player 2 challenges Player 6. Player 2 won $3! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $19! | $274 | $8 | $57 | $0 | $33 | $228 |
| 34 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $17! Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 3 won $4! | $274 | $4 | $61 | $0 | $16 | $245 |
| 35 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $8! Player 3 challenges Player 2. Player 2 won $2! | $282 | $6 | $59 | $0 | $8 | $245 |
| 36 | Player 6 sits out. Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $30! Player 5 challenges Player 2. Player 5 won $3! | $252 | $3 | $89 | $0 | $11 | $245 |
| 37 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $45! Player 2 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $2! | $252 | $1 | $134 | $0 | $13 | $200 |
| 38 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 2. Player 5 won $1! Player 2 is out! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $67! | $319 | $0 | $67 | $0 | $14 | $200 |
| 39 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $100! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $7! | $419 | $0 | $60 | $0 | $21 | $100 |
| 40 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 6 won $50! Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 5 won $11! | $369 | $0 | $49 | $0 | $32 | $150 |
| 41 | Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $75! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $16! | $294 | $0 | $33 | $0 | $48 | $225 |
| 42 | Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $113! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 3 won $17! | $181 | $0 | $50 | $0 | $31 | $338 |
| 43 | Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $16! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $25! | $165 | $0 | $75 | $0 | $47 | $313 |
| 44 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $24! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $38! | $203 | $0 | $37 | $0 | $71 | $289 |
| 45 | Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 3 won $19! Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $36! | $239 | $0 | $56 | $0 | $35 | $270 |
| 46 | Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $18! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $28! | $211 | $0 | $84 | $0 | $17 | $288 |
| 47 | Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $42! Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $9! | $202 | $0 | $42 | $0 | $26 | $330 |
| 48 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $21! Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $13! | $181 | $0 | $63 | $0 | $39 | $317 |
| 49 | Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $20! Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $91! | $90 | $0 | $83 | $0 | $19 | $408 |
| 50 | Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $10! Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $45! | $135 | $0 | $73 | $0 | $29 | $363 |
| 51 | Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $15! Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $68! | $67 | $0 | $58 | $0 | $44 | $431 |
| 52 | Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $29! Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $22! | $89 | $0 | $29 | $0 | $22 | $460 |
| 53 | Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $11! Player 3 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $15! | $100 | $0 | $14 | $0 | $11 | $475 |
| 54 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $6! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $7! | $107 | $0 | $7 | $0 | $17 | $469 |
| 55 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $9! Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $4! | $103 | $0 | $11 | $0 | $8 | $478 |
| 56 | Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $4! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $6! | $107 | $0 | $5 | $0 | $4 | $484 |
| 57 | Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $2! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $3! | $105 | $0 | $8 | $0 | $6 | $481 |
| 58 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 6 won $53! Player 3 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $3! | $52 | $0 | $5 | $0 | $9 | $534 |
| 59 | Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $5! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $3! | $57 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $4 | $537 |
| 60 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $2! Player 1 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $1! | $56 | $0 | $3 | $0 | $2 | $539 |
| 61 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $2! Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $1! | $58 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $3 | $538 |
| 62 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 6 won $29! Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 3 won $1! | $29 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $2 | $567 |
| 63 | Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $15! Player 5 challenges Player 3. Player 5 won $1! | $44 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $3 | $552 |
| 64 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 3 won $1! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $2! | $43 | $0 | $2 | $0 | $5 | $550 |
| 65 | Player 3 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $1! Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $3! | $44 | $0 | $1 | $0 | $2 | $553 |
| 66 | Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! Player 6 challenges Player 3. Player 6 won $1! Player 3 is out! | $43 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $554 |
| 67 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $2! | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $554 |
| 68 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! | $45 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $553 |
| 69 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $23! | $22 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $576 |
| 70 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! | $21 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $576 |
| 71 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $2! | $21 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $578 |
| 72 | Player 5 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $11! | $32 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $567 |
| 73 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! | $31 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $567 |
| 74 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $1! | $30 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $567 |
| 75 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $2! | $28 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $567 |
| 76 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $3! | $25 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8 | $567 |
| 77 | Player 5 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $13! | $38 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8 | $554 |
| 78 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $4! | $42 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4 | $554 |
| 79 | Player 5 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 6 won $21! | $21 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4 | $575 |
| 80 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $2! | $21 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6 | $573 |
| 81 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $11! | $10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6 | $584 |
| 82 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $5! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6 | $579 |
| 83 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $3! | $18 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $579 |
| 84 | Player 1 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $2! | $18 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $577 |
| 85 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $3! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8 | $577 |
| 86 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $4! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4 | $581 |
| 87 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $2! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $583 |
| 88 | Player 1 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $1! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $582 |
| 89 | Player 1 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $2! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $580 |
| 90 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $8! | $7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $588 |
| 91 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $4! | $11 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $584 |
| 92 | Player 1 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 5 won $3! | $11 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8 | $581 |
| 93 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 1 won $4! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4 | $581 |
| 94 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $8! | $7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4 | $589 |
| 95 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $2! | $7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $591 |
| 96 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! | $7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $590 |
| 97 | Player 5 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 1 won $4! | $11 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $586 |
| 98 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $6! | $17 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3 | $580 |
| 99 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $2! | $15 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $580 |
| 100 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 1 won $8! | $23 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $572 |
| 101 | Player 5 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 1. Player 6 won $12! | $11 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $584 |
| 102 | Player 5 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $6! | $5 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $590 |
| 103 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $3! | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8 | $590 |
| 104 | Player 1 sits out. Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $4! | $2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12 | $586 |
| 105 | Player 6 sits out. Player 1 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $1! | $1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13 | $586 |
| 106 | Player 6 sits out. Player 5 challenges Player 1. Player 5 won $1! Player 1 is out! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14 | $586 |
| 107 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 5 won $7! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $21 | $579 |
| 108 | Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $11! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $590 |
| 109 | Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $5! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5 | $595 |
| 110 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $3! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2 | $598 |
| 111 | Player 6 challenges Player 5. Player 6 won $1! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1 | $599 |
| 112 | Player 5 challenges Player 6. Player 6 won $1! Player 5 is out! | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $600 |
Game over after 112 rounds. Player 6 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.")