\/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ This was my original intention So B, kind of. New op shows new intentions.
Of course your asking, BUT YOU MAKE 0 MONEY, barely break even?!?!?!?
The problem is, with the original scheme you don't make 0 money, you lose 31.5 money... Here's an explanation of why. Your addition was wrong:
Game 1
Price House Return
1 0.5 1.5
2 1 3
4 2 6
8 4 12
16 8 24
32 16 48
64 0 0
128 0 0
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255 31.5 84.5
Do you have access to a computer? I find they're better at doing arithmetic than human brains:
>>> 1.5+3+6+12+24+48
94.5
>>> 31.5*3
94.5
The last person to bet is guaranteed 128 Bitcoin at the least. So the easiest thing to do is refund the top 2 people's money. Which means you have 255-84.5 in paid back money is 170.5
170-64=106.5
Then in order to make back the money the game plays against "ghost.player1" which bets as seen in hidden game not taking any benefit just regaining the money it invested. Which allows the "Last player" from the original game to make his money back. Then once it shows in the wallet that there is enough funds to pay the "last player" back it reopens the game to the public.
So you have taken 255 from players, and have returned 94.5 already. That leaves you with 160.5.
You refund the guy who paid 64, leaving you with 160.5-64 = 96.5.
Then you try to refund the guy who paid 128, but you don't have enough. You're short by 128-96.5 = 31.5.
By a startling coincidence, this is the amount the first 6 players profited by.
To be able to refund the 128 guy you're going to have to come up with the 31.5 profit you gave to the first 6 players.
I don't understand who ghost.player1 is, or what the hidden game is. Maybe you're gambling on satoshidice or something to try to win back the money you gave away, but you're going to have to come up with it from somewhere. Because playing imaginary "hidden games" with "ghost" players doesn't create real bitcoins.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your explanation somewhere. If so, please go into more detail. Perhaps you've realised the same, which is why you've now changed the game to one where almost everyone loses instead of almost everyone wins?
The problem with the new game is that everyone loses except for the last player, but the stakes go up exponentially, and so does the reward for you deciding to just run off with the money. In fact, there's nothing to stop you playing the game too. Whenever someone who isn't you has the highest rung, you can just buy the next rung at no risk to yourself.
All I have to say about the beginning is the game plays a game with my money without reaping any returns.
Other than that I have now changed the whole style of the game so, it is now irrelevant.
Next I would be happy to change the script to forward the profit to a escrow account with John if he would be so willing that way everyone knows there money is safe and then when payout time comes I will pm him an address to send to. So that way the "jackpot" funds are not able to be ran away with as you stated.
But I feel like kind of jumped ahead guess I just wanted to clear that up. I guess you can look at it as you could be paying 5% to post a picture of anything you want, and have a chance at making money.
And another point you made is it would be easy for me to simply out bet everybody every time someone has a chance at winning. Which in my opinion is somewhat my own parogative to take a chance at losing 5% but I am as previously stated adding this to a much larger site so it would not help with my goal of bringing some "publicity" to the site if nobody ever claimed to have won. Actually it wouldn't help at all because at best after 2 games of no one winning people would then be weary that even if someone did win they would not be getting paid etc. etc.
So I hope I cleared everything up for you sir, you are a very well established member of the forum and I believe if it can pass for your approval it would say a lot. So please if something is not clear or you would like some more information about anything just let me know.
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