Chapter 3: Changing the Rules.

Abstract

In the previous chapter, the rule was that if a person with 0 gaming chips was hit, the number of trials were incremented without debt. An interesting variation of this rule involves elimination of the player via inclusion of the concept of bankruptcy from society, i.e., a person with 0 gaming chips is eliminated from the game (Fig. 3.1)3.1. In this case, since the total number of gaming chips will be the same, however, the number of players will decrease, therefore the average number of gaming chips per person will increase. Nevertheless, the number of bankruptcies (persons with 0 gaming chips) will continue to increase, as such persons appear every moment (Fig. 3.1; Bar at the left end of the figure on the right). If we keep it going, only a small number of rich people will survive.