Joel Uckelman on 3 Aug 2003 15:16:48 -0000


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[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] The Underground Society


Thus spake "Glotmorf":
> 
> I replace the text "half the society's points are paid to the remaining=
>  player, and half are paid to the Moderator" with "the society's points are=
>  paid to the remaining player".
> 
> (More of a bonus for winning the game.)
> 
> 						Glotmorf

Trivia: this is a tontine. A tontine is a business arrangement in which
when a partner is eliminated, eir share is distributed among the remaining
partners, with the last surviving partner receiving the entire investment.

Neat.

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