> > "Mr Libby," Paris said upon arrival, back in medlab; she > > leaned comfortably against the bulkhead accessway support > > frame. "We are indeed, buyin standard, ship rules, since > > we've never yet lost a single Lowberth passenger, is that > > arrival without passenger loss, the pot reverts to the > > attending physician." She gave him a smile and pulled out > > her PDA. "Cash or immediate card debit?" > > "In that case, I'll take 1 dead and cash it is." he grins, > "How much is the buy in, again? Ten cr?" "Ten cash buyin," Paris said, "and a ten CR buyin out of each participant's fare--no deaths, Doc gets the pot, no winner with deaths, full reimbursement of the creds with leftover funds the cash going back into the ship's funds." She shrugged. "We play with the house to make a little coyn in 'worst case'," the woman said. > OOC: I think the normal way it worked from the book was that > the Captain put in 10cr from the cost of each low passenger's > payment. The winner took the pot and if no one won the Captain > took the pot. Better I think if the passengers who want to > play pay in the money themselves, and the doctor automatically > getting the money if none dies is a better idea. OTOH, who > gets the pot if some number die, but none of the passengers > guess correctly? OOC: I've always given such back to the pax, their full buyin, as a reimburement--an anything left over goes into ship's funds.
