a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero
a game in which the winners' earnings come exclusively from the losers
a game where one man's gain is the other man's loss, and vice-versa
a special case of a fixed-sum game , one for which the total return to the two players, while not necessarily zero, is independent of what they do
a term used in connection with game theory and management games
A game where one player gains at expense of another.
A type of game wherein one player can gain only at the expense of another player.
A situation in which one participant's gains result only from another participant's equivalent losses. The net change in total wealth among participants is zero; the wealth is just shifted from one to another.
A game in which total winnings just equal total losses.