john.sanchez@us.army.mil wrote:
>>> "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.

"Done and done!" the man says taking credits from a small bag 
he wears at his waist, "You want me to 'sign the book' or will 
a thumb print do?"

>> 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.

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