I invited five people,
friends and colleagues, to play some games.
Over the next five episodes,
Rohin, Sophie, Mike, Sam, and Mia
will be tempted with individual profit over group wealth,
in an environment designed to slowly break their team apart.
But all they knew is they'd be sat around the table trying to win real cash...
over $10,000.
This is a show about trust,
about loyalty,
and about Money.
Players, welcome to the show.
Over the next five games, you can win real money.
There is a briefcase with $5,000 in it.
That is real cash in there, 5,000 U.S. dollars in genuine notes.
Control of that briefcase goes to whoever has the most of these medals
after four games.
I can't promise that you will get all the money in that briefcase,
if you have control of it, but I will tell you
that there is a very significant advantage.
For each game, I'll explain the rules, and afterwards,
I will answer any questions that you might have.
Any money you win in each game is yours to keep.
This is not a game where there's a communal pot you're playing for.
This is not a game where only the winner walks away with something.
If you win money in each of those first four games, it is yours.
There are no trick questions, there are no sudden shocking reveals,
all rules for each game are given at the start.
You may give other players money if they're willing to receive it.
You may not give these medals.
There will be one opportunity to trade these medals
right before Game 5.
This is important, I will not enforce any deals.
If you say, "Do this now I'll give you 100 bucks,"
and you don't give the 100 bucks afterwards, not my problem.
If you say, "I'll do this if you give me 100 bucks,"
you get the money, you don't do it, also not my problem.
I will not enforce deals at this table.
Last thing, nothing from outside the game, good or bad.
No promises to split the money afterwards,
no threats to break a contract or break anything else afterwards.
everything here happens at the table.
Is that all clear? Yep. Yes. Yes.
All right. Game 1.
Game 1, we are holding a prize draw.
For all of you, an entry is free.
To enter, you're going to take little slips of paper in front of you.
You're going to write down a number between zero and 20, inclusive.
Put it in your box, locked away.
That is how many tickets you want in the drawer.
Our dealers will take the boxes away. They'll run the draw in secret.
The boxes will then be returned to you,
and the winner will have a prize within.
There is one catch.
The winner's prize will be divided by
the total number of tickets requested by all of you.
Three rounds, round 1, the prize fund is $100,
round 2, $300,
round 3, $500.
The winner of that round also gets this medal.
I'll give you some time to discuss.
Well. Well.
This is round 1, I imagine there's going to be
other things where trust is important.
So, I think it would be in everyone's advantage to
establish some trust between each other by all putting down one.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Well, we know who put what number,
or is that entirely secret?
That's entirely secret. Okay.
Oh, but we wouldn't even know if someone...
We don't know the division?
Whoever wins the prize will know the division.
But we wouldn't know what they win?
No, only they will.
(group murmurs)
They may choose to share that information if they want.
But we'd have no reason to trust them. And we're allowed to lie?
Yes. to do what he wants with?
And we'd never know, right?
Can anyone think of a way to... make a way to establish trust in this?
There's no concrete way I feel that we can establish trust.
Well, there is. Everyone just put down 20.
Yeah, that's the other extreme, isn't it? 'Cause that's the maximum.
And then we've all got the same chance of winning,
it'll just be a small prize.
So the first one would be... Okay. Yeah.
But we would have known that.
That's probably the only equal way.
'Cause then even if someone puts down ten themselves,
this overall prize pot is diluted,
so the difference between putting 10 and 20 yourself is not huge.
And you'd just be disadvantaging yourself.
This is about, if you're talking about establishing trust,
this gives us nothing, really.
But if we're working on the assumption that none of us are trustworthy...
If we're going for equal— equalness in this,
20, I think, is the best option. We all put down 20.
Yeah, but that's a good way to establish equality, but not trust.
But what would that be? That's true.
What's that then? The first one would be one.
Five cases is 100, that would be one dollar price.
And then three, and then five. That would be useless.
I think the most individually advantageous route is to put down 20.
Unless we are...
Unless we are all doing low numbers, which we're probably not,
if considering its most individually advantageous to put a high number.
I strongly disagree. I think we should all put one.
Yeah, but the problem is that nobody is going to do that, though.
I feel like... I don't know.
Maybe I'm being really, like... airy-fairy and hopeful about the world,
but I feel like if we all put...
If we say we're all going to put one,
then someone's gonna put 20, and they're gonna win it.
But that means that everyone's gonna put 20,
because they know that everyone else has got two.
Why don't we all put down one, agree to put down one,
and see what happens?
No, because we don't know until they are... after the draw.
And then even we won't know. Only the winner will know.
Exactly. But the winner— (group crosstalk)
We can determine— Let's just all agree to put down one.
We can determine how much the winner gets, how many tickets...
We won't know. We don't know how much they get.
I will remind you that money can be given between players.
Medals can't, but money can.
What if everyone puts zero, except for one person...
who just puts one, that person will win $100,
but that person promises to give out...
divide that evenly among every other player?
I was going to ask, is it mandatory that we have to put in...
or zero is an option? You can put zero.
Any number between zero and 20. And that is the ultimate trust.
That is the ultimate trust. Proof of trust, yeah.
Because you've given all to that person who may not give it to you.
That means that either, if the person gives out less than $20 each,
that means that either they're lying about what they got or...
Someone else... Someone screwed them over.
There's essentially one person that we're placing the trust on.
So we could just start the trust proving at one edge and go 'round,
or I'm happy to be the one who writes one. I'm happy with that.
But... there's the medal.
Well, that doesn't come 'til round three.
Round three is when trust, I think, would be broken.
I imagine that would not be a trust-building round.
No. I imagine this isn't a trust building game(!)
Alright, well, let's do the 0-0-0-0-1.
So who's going to be the one?
Do you want to go, Mia? It's your idea. Sure. I'll be number one.
So you're writing one.
And then everyone else is writing zero. And we're all writing zero, okay.
And we'll all know if someone... And if I get less...
I promise to give... even split,
which means that if I get less than $100...
it's less of a split.
And I have to do head math, which is gonna be bad.
Well, it would be like... We'd be able to work it out.
That felt like a pretty easy $1,200. Yeah.
Alright. Once you've written your tickets, please lock it away in your box.
We wouldn't be able to work out who it was.
Our dealers will come 'round.
I fully expect someone to have done something here.
You think so? No, not in round one.
I think I'm too much of a hippie. Like, I'm really like, "Oh yeah."
Okay, duly noted. Tom wants the chaos.
(group laughs)
Please open it up, and let's see what you've all got.
There's tumbleweed in my box.
Yeah, I have $100. That's good.
Are you going to share it? Yeah.
I assume you are all willing to split the money evenly like that?
Yes. Yes. That was the deal.
It would be a very bad decision not to, but I have to ask.
I have to ask.
I forgot it was real money. Thank you.
There is $20 to each of you.
So nice and smooth. I have upheld my end of the deal.
Congratulations.
Round two — the prize is $300, divided by the total number of tickets.
I will give you some time to discuss.
What happens to this medal...
if at the end of this game, everyone has the same amount of money?
This medal goes to whoever wins the third prize draw.
And will we know who wins the medal?
This will be awarded publicly.
That's a cat amongst the pigeons.
Right, okay.
But it's round two, the medal is not in round two.
I mean, we can play the... the cooperative game again.
Okay. Okay.
So we're all putting...
Well, who's the...? Well, who's gonna be the...?
I'm happy to do it... if you want.
Yeah, sure. If we wanna just keep doing...
doing the one thing. Yeah.
Okay, let's do it. So I'm putting one.
And we're all putting zero. Mhm.
Alright. Once you have written...
please lock that up in your box.
Alright. Once all your boxes are locked, our dealers,
if you can come in please, and collect the boxes.
How confident are you about this round?
Less— less so.
Players, all the boxes are back. Thank you very much.
If you can please unlock them,
and if all has gone to plan...
I have nothing in my box.
You're kidding. I'm not kidding.
I think you're full of (bleep).
I wish I could show you. I have nothing in my box.
I was... As I've been saying...
I would not screw you guys over this early,
for this small amount of money, in comparison to the game.
It would be intriguing to know whoever has won,
and how much they have won.
Whether there's more than one person who has tried to throw—
It's either they also put a one, and they got $150,
but I bet they put more than one, to make it sure,
and they only probably got like 50 bucks or something,
which it really isn't much. How much did you get, Mike?
I got nothing. I dunno, I feel like...
I'm really angry. I feel like you'd be so outward about it.
I'm not angry at all. It's a very ballsy technique.
I expected exactly this result.
I'm disappointed that someone would screw us all over
out of such a small amount of money.
I suspect everyone has done that now.
Maybe you're the only one who did. Yeah!
I was so ready for that $60 steak dinner.
I guess, Mia, you've already proven your trustworthiness,
in a way by giving everyone— but then again, we would've known, like—
There was only one way that first round could have gone I guess, and it went that way.
I think this whole conversation is pointless.
(group crosstalk) Round— Round three!
Says the guy who stole our money.
Round three, $500 divided by the number of tickets,
but also this medal to the winner.
I get the feeling that not much discussion may be required here,
but I'm still going to give you some time, if anyone wants to strategise.
Well, I mean— The most advant— Sorry, go ahead.
You said, "We all put 20," and I...
I hadn't thought about it, but you're right. If we all do that...
If there was a way for us to know, the most advantageous round
for all of us, would be to put one.
Why? Because then we...
But when there was less on the line, people didn't do that.
Right, that's true.
But if there was a way of us knowing, that would be the most optimal route,
'cause then we would each get an equal chance of getting a certain amount.
Or we do the 1-0 thing, but we never do that.
I can simplify the situation. I'm going to write down 20.
Me too.
The problem is that there's no way for us not all to push each other to do 20,
because we don't trust each other, especially after Mike stealing our money last round.
That's five dollars.
That's a lot of suspicion going over there.
You can absolutely place your trust in that I'm going to write down 20.
Me too, me too. I don't think there's any other route.
I'll be honest in my dishonesty.
The only other way that I can think of this going differently
is if someone who has perhaps $150,
someone who put down two last time,
and they offer me like $150 to write down zero.
You know no one is going to offer you that, because you've got no money.
Because I've got all the money(!) I've $20 here if you want that.
That felt like a pretty easy $1,200. Yeah.
But that's all I have.
Careful with your math, Sam,
'cause you will mess up at one point and we're all going to throw you out.
I think I've already messed up my math like four times.
"I have $7— Oh wait, I'm supposed to have $20."
He was very keen to know the denominations(!)
Right. I'm going to put down 20.
Mike is literally writing, so it feels like the decision has been made.
Players, please write down a number.
It can be anywhere between zero and 20. I wish there was a way to trust you all.
There is a way to trust us all. But I mean, the token is what we really want.
$500 is $500, but the token is...
We're not even sure of the answer.
Alright, dealers...
please come and collect the boxes for the final time in this game.
Our dealers are ready.
Please return the boxes. Thank you very much.
I suspect that I know what's going to be in one of these boxes.
For the final time, please open your box.
I don't know how much one of you has in it,
but I do know that it's Mia.
Congratulations, one medal goes to you.
Thank you. I'm very happy about that. I'll ask the dealers to pass it over to you.
If you place that front and center on your divider, just there please.
Perfect, where it belongs.
Did anyone not put 20 that round? I'm just curious.
I put 20. Everyone put 20.
Everyone put 20, 'cause I got five dollars.
Okay, yeah. Which is very good for me,
because it means I got this fair and square.
There was $900 available between you in that round.
Needless to say we haven't quite got there, but there is still lots of time left.
If everyone's ready, Game 2.
Second game. How are we all feeling?
Cheated. Yeah, a bit more suspicious.
I trust no one. My hippieness is going down.
The hippieness was an act in the first place.
I love the '60s, it's never an act.
Yeah, the vibes changed after that theft.
Game number 2, Lowest Unique Bid.
Game 2 is about predicting each other's moves.
Each of you inside your box will find some paddles
numbered between one and five.
Please do open, have a look at them, check they're all there.
You're going to choose exactly one of those paddles,
and you're going to put that in front of you.
The other four get locked away in your box.
Then one at a time, you will show that paddle.
Once all of them have been shown, our dealers will pay out a prize.
The only person that wins anything
in each of the three rounds is the person holding
the lowest number not chosen by any other player.
I'll say that again so it's clear.
The person who wins in each round
is the one holding the lowest number not chosen by any other player.
We're going to play three times.
First round — $20, multiplied by the winning number.
Round two — $50, multiplied by the winning number.
Round three — $100, multiplied by the winning number, plus 2 medals.
Does anyone have any questions about those rules?
So this one, we... we will have feedback about who's—
We know what we're doing. Yeah. If we all put five,
except one person who puts four,
then we'll maximise our earnings and then we can split it.
So that'll work for the first two games, 'cause...
we'll have to be honest, but then the third game—
It was supposed to work for the first two games the last time.
and evenly distributed. Exactly.
But this time we'll know, right, because we will know who...
We'll all show our— Someone could still do it all,
and just be like, "Oh, you don't need to try that."
That's a new level. If they're willing to publicly...
I mean, I think that's the third round, right?
Yes. Yes.
Yeah. Yeah.
I guess it's still a circumstance where
you probably don't want to violate the trust.
I think, maybe we can restore some of— 'Cause it's not that much.
I don't know. Yeah.
But I mean, at least with you guys, I can restore some of the trust.
So are we doing where we divide it evenly among everyone?
I think so. Why not. Yeah, are there any other strategies?
For the first round, do you want to try going divisible-by?
Yeah, should we do that?
I mean, I will gladly take on that,
'cause I kept my deal before. I'll do it again.
I think it should be circ— Yeah, I think it should carry on going.
Right. I'm fine with that. Yeah. I mean, like...
This one's easy 'cause we'll know.
'Cause it doesn't make sense for me to go again since we did not do it.
Absolutely not.
I'll do it. And then I'm happy to share.
Well, if it's not me, then why not Mike and we just keep going around?
(scattered) Yeah.
Even though I don't trust him.
Because I'm pretty sure...
that Sam stole our dollars.
You say that because he stole it.
I am now 96 percent sure.
You've just been giving me a dirty look the entire time since I went.
That's my poker— that's my resting face.
Why would I do that over, like, $150?
I think it's because of... you know, to know,
"I'm the one who it would be easiest to blame,
"therefore I'm the one who has the most to lose,
therefore, it wasn't me." Yeah.
I don't know how well those things connect together.
Like, to me, that just means... I'm putting it up to 98 percent.
(laughs) I've just thought of something else.
There's a lot of chaos seeding everywhere,
Like a game of chess. to make everyone just trust each other.
Rohin, you're doing a lot of placing blame. Whereas it's advantagous to never trust Sam.
The numbers here will be public.
That's why I went high. Yeah.
This is all in retrospect,
but I'm just seeing how hard Rohin wants to gain blame on someone.
It's the first time it's been turned on to me, I was waiting for that to happen.
What's the ideal strategy here?
Do we have to pick a paddle?
Yes, you have to pick a paddle.
Okay, so I'm going to pick five,
and you guys are all going to pick four.
Yes. Yep.
And you could steal by picking one here.
But we all know... But then you only one point.
And again, the prize is multiplied by the winner's number.
To confirm, we'll all get $20, because it's 20 times 5.
So the five of us are solid. Yeah.
So if someone picked one, they would get the exact same amount.
Screwing everyone else out of $20. They could pick three, but then...
It's kind of a high risk for... Yeah.
Then no one's going to trust that person. ...not that much.
Let's go through this one round, the dirty game's going to inevitably begin.
So please, making sure that all this happens in the divider...
Players, please pick one of your paddles, keep it in front of you.
The other four get locked away in your box.
So I'm going for five. And we're all going for four, right?
Yep. And you picked?
Yep. We're all going for four.
Alright. Everyone has chosen. Excellent.
So Mike, you said you're going for five.
You have very little to lose to go for anything else.
Let's see what you've chosen.
Five. Alright, let's go around from there.
Sam? Four.
Mia? Four.
Rohin? Four.
Four all around!
Congratulations players, you have taken all five prizes.
Congratulations players, that is a prize of 100 dollars.
Our dealers will pay that out now.
Are you going to take all of that, or are you going to split it?
I'm going to split that with everyone equally.
Alright. Congratulations players. Thank you.
When it's completely transparent, we're trustworthy,
when there's no chance of hiding.
Okay, good. We've established the bar.
So anonymity is what keeps us...
When the grass is mowed, so the snakes can't hide.
(group moans)
Just made that up, guys.
I suspect that there's going to come a stage
where we'll start backstabbing each other...
Now. (laughs) very much in public.
Yeah, once we get to round four,
there's much less incentive to not screw other people over.
Round two is for quite a bit more money,
$50 multiplied by the winner's number.
I don't think there's any good reason to do anything differently...
I agree. Yeah.
...in this round, because it worked out.
We're gonna know if someone screws us over.
And this early, $50 — or $250 — still isn't that much in the scope of the game.
Hmm. Ooh. How much?
Hmm. Yeah. I agree.
Just to check, the third round is going to be the same system as the previous rounds,
Yeah. except the winner wins two medals.
Third round is gonna be where it all goes down.
All the trust goes out the window, third round.
This is a beautiful system that we have(!)
This is very cooperative, that doesn't work for the third round.
Yeah. It's a great game.
I feel like it's going to get much more exciting for the next round.
Yeah, it doesn't work for the third round. Which is beautiful.
But it works for this round. So we should do it.
There's no reason not to do this again. Yeah.
Okay. So I'm going to pick five, just to check.
Yes.
And you guys are gonna pick four.
Alright. Okay.
Alright. Four of the paddles go in the box.
One goes quietly in front of you.
Have you all chosen, have you all locked your boxes?
Excellent.
Sophie, you were gonna pick five, and you picked?
I picked five. You picked five.
Rohin?
Four. Four. Mia?
Four. Four. And four!
Congratulations, players.
250 dollars between you.
How sure were you that he was going to live up to that?
How sure were you that that was going to happen?
I was pretty sure 'cause there's really not much reason
for us not to, in that round.
It does matter. Are you willing to split it?
There's a part of me that's thinking,
if in the next round I could do some sort of promise,
like you'll get your $50 if there's a fair game played.
But thinking that it's not an even split, like it was in the last one,
I think I'll prove that and do that.
I think also if you did that, I wouldn't trust you...
Exactly.
to do that.
I'm going to split it. So can I have $50?
Is that right? That's right.
Congratulations. One brand new, crisp $50 bill to each of you.
I've never seen that in my life, man.
$50 in total, or just a $50 bill(?)
Actually, both, yeah. I've never seen a £50 either, so you know...
I can't believe I'm seeing American currency before my own.
Round three, $100 multiplied by the winner's number,
plus two medals, these two here.
I'll give you some time to strategise.
I don't know if there's any group strategy we need to make.
No. Unless someone offers to split.
No. I think it's all individual strategy.
Yeah. I think we just... have to say no rules,
because there's no incentive to stick to the rules of the last two games now.
Because the winner can't split two tokens. Whatever we made, it would give us, yeah.
But if two people pick the same number, it cancels out.
If there's no singly picked number, then none of us win anything.
But there's no expanding— There's no group incentive to work together.
But that's a pretty small motivation at this point.
So, no one's going to go for one.
Why not?
He's trying to— He wants to establish there, so that he can go for one.
That's okay. Yeah, but that's the classic...
Like... no one thinks that people pick extreme numbers,
so everyone picks extreme numbers. It's not even worth considering as a group,
because... as soon as you do... It's like a quadruple bluff.
it changes the scenario. It's like...
It's like whatever you say,
it changes whatever else is thinking. Heisenberg Uncertainty.
Can anyone see a group strategy here?
Yeah. You guys all pick...
We can't switch these out.
Somebody keeps the tokens, gives the cash away.
Gives cash away, yeah.
This is making me laugh. Everyone being like, "Oh, it's not much money."
I'm like, "Is it not much money? Like $100."
It's not much money in the scale of the game.
It's true, there is five grand.
Considering that I do have $70 in front of me, I'm quite happy about that.
Yeah. Yeah.
You have identified the possible strategy.
One person could offer to split the money,
keeping none for themselves, but keep the medals.
Does anybody want to do that?
I'm glad with that. I'm not.
I would gladly take the tokens and give the money away.
Personally, I would. Yeah. Yes, of course.
And the tokens both have to go to the same person?
Yes. to do what he wants with?
That I was going to come back? Yeah.
Okay. How about this.
I can take both those tokens, give away all that money.
I don't think you should have three tokens. However— No. Here's the thing.
You'll have to trust me that when we have the opportunity to...
I don't trust you. It's too far into the future.
I would give it away to someone that I trust the most.
Wait, give away money or tokens? The token.
The stakes of tokens are too high to trust anyone.
Yeah, and that establishes you as some sort of ruler with power.
I'm fine with that.
Yeah, you're already the person with the first token.
No, I think that I'm not pleased, Commissioner,
that I have something to say about you having three tokens.
Yeah. I'm already the sovereign here. Clearly, I'm deserving of more.
I would say personally,
I would not participate in any group strategy or any deal.
I think I'm with you. Yeah. I don't think it would make sense.
If you say that, then... I was gonna say, yeah.
I think we just pick our favourite number out of five.
Alright, it sounds like a choice has been made.
If anyone wants to make any final declarations before you pick.
Wait. What happens if I just say to you guys I'm choosing one?
We don't believe you. Oh, yeah.
So don't pick one then. You can.
(group laughs increasingly)
Oh, oh.
I'm going to pick four, everyone, just so you know.
(laughter resumes) This is too much.
I've already picked four.
I'm strongly considering picking five actually. No, that's mine. So you can't pick it.
I was hoping that you all cancel each out.
I was going to pick five.
I was saying I was to pick four, but I was gonna pick up five.
We can't do that though then.
Now I say this, so now I'm actually pick five. Exactly, me too.
Please, very much in secret,
pick one of your numbers.
It's not normal to feel this sick when picking a number.
Tom, I'm going to need some time-dramatic music in the background,
because I'm really not sure.
One in front of you, four in the box, closed and locked please.
I'm cold, but I'm sweating. Any strategy I can think of,
it's like no, something else is getting it. I have chosen my birthday.
Alright, are all the boxes closed and locked?
Yes. They are. They are about to be.
Sam, you said you were going to pick four.
Mhm. What did you pick?
I said a lot of things. You did, but you went with?
Three. Three.
Mia, you said you were going to go for five,
and hope that everyone else canceled each other out.
Yeah. What did you go for?
I picked three.
So we know you two aren't getting medals. Are not gonna win.
There is a chance that you could all cancel each other out.
Let's find out. Rohin. Oh, can Rohin win the medals?
I said I was gonna pick four... and I'm a man of my word.
Number 4.
Sophie, you didn't actually say what you were gonna pick.
I was very quiet about the matter.
I chose two.
That will be enough to win it,
unless... Mike.
I kept my word and I chose one.
(others clamor) $100 goes to Mike.
Congratulations to you. But perhaps more importantly,
I'll give you these two medals to put on your divider.
You were the only one. I thought that—
I mean, did you guys understand the rules? It was, the lowest number won.
(laughter and crosstalk)
I was thinking too many people would go for that, so...
But I said I was going to pick one, so no one else could pick one.
Yeah, we get it. We get it, Mike.
Precisely. You're so smart.
$100 to you. Wanna give me some of that?
It was literally just you, and I could hear the clink, clink, clink.
I thought everyone was gonna go really low.
I thought so too. I thought people were risky.
That's why I went high. Yeah.
I thought that you people were too smart to pick one,
so I outsmarted the smart. I also thought of that strategy.
(laughter) By being super dumb.
Wait, Mike. What were you torn between?
One and two. Okay, well... I feel like...
Originally, I was going to go for four. So if I had picked one, you would have won.
I was really debating between one and three.
Well, well done, Mike. You've made yourself the least liked person on the table.
(group laughter)
Hold on a second!
I won this round without screwing over anyone, right?
I was completely honest. It doesn't mean we have to like you.
There were $850 available in that round.
You collected $450 between you.
It's not a bad showing. Game three.
Game 3 is The Magic Money Machine.
If you open your boxes, you will find there is $100 in there.
That is yours.
You can keep that if you want to.
(chuckles) You're not lying, Tom. There it is.
That's yours. Could you take that out of your box, please?
That can go in front of you.
You can choose if you want to keep that,
or you can put some or all of it back into your box.
The boxes will be taken away,
the money will be taken out, the total will be counted.
Whatever that total is,
our dealers will add 20 percent to it.
That new total, including the extra 20 percent,
will be split equally between all five boxes and returned to you.
There are three rounds in total.
Round one — 20 percent boost.
Round two — 50 percent boost,
Round three — 100 percent boost.
In round three, any money in those boxes is doubled.
In each round, you can put as little or as much as you want in the box.
And at the end, the money you have in front of you is yours to keep.
One other thing, whichever player earns the most money
from this game will win two medals.
Argh, I was wondering when that was coming in.
And that's from the total of all three?
That's the total amount in front of you at the end of this game.
So, the amount we put in the box is what we're entering into the pot.
And if we keep it outside the box, that's ours?
That's yours. Yep.
The medals will be awarded publicly.
But other than that, you're going to get no more information from me.
And again, I remind you that what is in your divider
must stay in your divider.
I feel like a good strategy here is... because we only need the most.
There's no like— We don't have to have a significant amount more.
So if we all put in all the money for the first two rounds,
we can maximise profit for all of us.
Right.
And then we can start screwing each other over.
And we're keeping that money. We're keeping the money. Exactly.
But if one person puts in nothing,
and then they still get the spoils,
and they've got their original money to then add,
like, to show they've got... 'cause whoever's got the most money...
Is it whoever wins the most money or whoever has the most money in their pot?
Whoever has the most in front of them at the end of round three.
Exactly. So you could still screw people over.
Yeah, but keep in mind that 20 percent is not a huge leg up.
and evenly distributed. Exactly.
And that's surmountable with round three.
So I feel like round one, we should focus on making us all some money.
Then we're going to get that $20 if we all put $100 in.
We're going to get that $20.
$20 is $20. It's true.
The danger is if you put in $100, and we all put in nothing,
then you will get $20. You will get $20 back.
And we earn a small amount, but you lose money.
I think the chances of four people screwing everyone else over is pretty low.
At least with round one, with not a huge margin,
we should all just be making each other some money.
You say that hopefully(!) We're following the pattern we've done
for the last two rounds. Right. Which has worked out.
But it's been working, yeah.
Well, not in the first round.
We've had two rounds, and one round it didn't work.
Well, the first round of each game, it's worked.
The second round of each game
has worked once out of two. The last game was different.
But this is more like the first game, because we weren't honest.
In theory, there is $1,800 available between you.
That's a lot of money.
We could each be going home with a lot of money
just from this round, like a significant amount.
Compound interest does a lot.
Exactly. Sure, tokens are nice,
but if you don't win the briefcase, they're worthless.
Multiple hundreds of dollars each. The money is money.
This is an interesting spin,
because now the person tempted to screw others over is like,
this is a real ramification.
The first round was for all-in? Put it all in.
Everyone agree? Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah.
Because at this point, the amount you'd be ahead, for saving a little bit,
isn't worth it compared to next round,
which is 50 percent, where it's real.
It's a bit more likely that you would want to play that game.
Please remember to do this at the far side of your boxes,
so there's no chance of seeing anything.
Please choose how much you want to put in your box.
Once you're done, close it and lock it.
Is everyone good?
Alright. Dealers, please come and take the boxes.
How are you all feeling?
I'm feeling prepared for an oncoming storm.
Alright, the dealers are ready, so please do return the boxes.
You are hoping, I believe,
to see $120 in each of those boxes.
I will tell you one thing for certain,
by the maths of this game,
what's in that box right now...
is the same for each of you.
What's in front of you may be different.
But what's in that box right now is the same.
Players, please open your boxes.
There should not be a one in there.
Exactly.
That's significantly less than I expected.
We may not be able to figure out the exact maths,
but we can establish that this must be more than one person.
Because if one person put $0 in,
and it would be $400 divided by 5, which is $80.
We've got less than that. If it was three...
So it must be at least three people.
But people might not have put zero in. People might have put a bit in.
We know that at least three people did not put all of it.
Yeah, because if each person... The maximum.
would reduce it by $20. Which is a lot of...
I'm really disappointed. I'm really surprised.
You would say that. I don't trust you at all.
You're being very outward with your speech. When you watch this back.
you'll be like, "God, that's the most honest guy I've ever met."
'Cause I'll be vindicated.
(laughter and crosstalk)
The more you talk, the worse it gets. You're just confirming my suspicions here.
I'm a little disappointed.
I'm really disappointed. I'm very disappointed.
After the whole, like, that's a lot of money. Well alright, that's it.
One of us is lying.
With the whole, like, that's a lot of money,
and everyone should— Only two of us is.
No, one of us three being disappointed, we're lying.
Yeah. 'Cause one of us three is very happy.
But we're all trying to sell it. They shouldn't be happy.
They should be feeling like fools.
Well, one of us three, we were just saying,
three of us feel disappointed, I know. It's not me.
one of us three got an advantage out of that at least.
At least maybe two, maybe three. Is there any sense this time in...
trying to maximise profits this time by agreeing to put in less?
Would everyone... would that...?
No, because how now can we trust anyone?
The only route where that would work is if it was like one dollar.
That was like, round one, it was, "What've we got to lose?"
Now it's, "Let's all help each other," and someone's just been lying.
Well no, three people!
Several people. Sorry, three people, yeah.
A majority of people have.
And we're all so surprised(!)
Yeah. I'm genuinely surprised. It could have been all of us.
I think it was all of us, like, slightly undercutting ourselves.
It would never make sense... Except for me obviously.
Because I didn't do that. I put all my money in,
and now I'm at a significant loss.
So what can we do this round?
How can we maximise it, this round?
This round, there is a 50 percent bonus to whatever goes in.
...We should put in the money. Again, we want to put as much as possible,
because it's a lot of money.
Well, if people put in all the money they have in front of them...
then that would go some way to repairing the damage.
Yeah. But I mean... trust. But I'm going to be honest.
I had $100, and now I've got back $58.
Like, I don't... She's just persuading here.
I don't— I don't want to put— I'm in the same boat here.
Alright, parrot man.
I think the only way to do this is to each put in one dollar now.
No, because we'll all waste that potential money that we could get.
I think we might have to just do the honour system of
the people who know that they have taken a loss.
They keep the money.
But the people that know that they're going to profit,
they put in at least some money.
Because we want to build up the collective wealth.
Yes, exactly. Because we...
We want more collective wealth in going into round three, right?
We wanna take Tom's money.
I honestly think,
if we think a majority of the people have cheated
in the first round, when it was only $20 profit at stake,
I don't think any of these systems are going to work.
I feel like there's a middle ground. That's what I'm saying.
There must be some amount where everyone is agreeing.
True. Even if we put... Because no matter how much we put in,
$50, for some of us, we're going to make some money.
that's going to be eight dollars left over.
Whereas for other people, it's going to be whatever they've got.
So that's what I'm saying, I don't think there's any hope
of putting in something like $50. I'm saying something like $20.
I know it's painful— If we put some.
Yeah, but for someone like you who probably has
quite a lot of dollars in front of you now,
that's a lot lower proportion than if I put in $20...
It's true, but don't we want— we're building it up.
Every dollar we collectively put in, we're each getting more.
I didn't expect that.
Rozelle, I really didn't.
(scattered laughter) I figured at least one person to not.
Yeah, I thought it was going to be $80.
Yeah. But the fact that
three people at least did, that's surprising.
What if we all just put in like five bucks?
Yeah. That's why I mean. I think we should all agree to put a little bit.
Otherwise, I don't even know... And it's not gonna make a difference,
if the game will advance. but it's gonna build up our—
That's low risk. It's a possibility,
because I don't think it'll tip any balances between money,
but it will still increase the collective wealth by a little bit, and I like that.
I want to simplify this scenario.
The most I'm going to put in this round is $20.
Yeah. I think we all agree that we want to put
a little bit in, just make a little bit of profit.
Let's say we all put in $20, We all put in $20.
we all get 30 bucks back, and that's it.
Sounds good.
So we all recoup a tad bit. That's a lot of what I've got.
But out of your whole pie, and you can get a whole extra $10 from that.
I'm so pissed off, everyone!
Oh my gosh. Okay, fine.
Twenty bucks. Twenty bucks.
Alright. Please remember, deep down inside the divider,
keep any money you're retaining down there.
Put any money you want to send off to the dealers in your box.
Once that's done, lock it all up.
After that, the first instance of trust-breaking in the first game,
I knew that this would be the way of things.
I should have thought that.
This was really... It's heartbreaking.
It's because this one doesn't make any sense.
Yeah. It's idiotic on three people's parts.
I'm losing so much faith in humanity by being here.
Has everyone locked their box?
Yeah. Yeah. Dealers, please.
I feel like philosophers will look at this
and like, slap themselves over how poorly we do game theory.
The boxes are ready. So dealers, please do return them.
Again, there is one thing I can guarantee,
each of these boxes contains the same amount of money.
Should we take a guess?
Zero dollars. I think it'll be like... $12.
I think it's going to be a coin. I think it's going to be low, yeah.
A coin. Did we have coins? Doesn't even go that low(!)
A nickel. $2.50. Players...
I have a somewhat odd special announcement here.
Please open your boxes.
Right.
(group laughs)
Are you joking me?
I have a slight special announcement here.
The boxes are empty...
because the value is rounded to the nearest dollar.
Which means that somebody did want money.
Somebody put like... Like a dollar.
We do not have cent pieces here.
All I know is that it was under 50 cents due.
So it was rounded to zero.
Who put zero in, in that last round?
I put in a dollar, like I said I would.
I admit I was a bit dishonest, but I did put in a dollar.
I've no reason to believe that. I think everyone put in zero.
No, I put in a dollar because I didn't want to put in—
'Cause you were like, we should all put in $20.
I didn't want to do that because I felt bad for putting in an empty box,
but I was like, I'm not having all my money getting nicked again.
Yeah. And then...
Yeah, but I guess that was the point. I don't know why.
But not only did you have your money nicked by someone else.
It got nicked by the bankers 'cause they don't have the denomination.
I know. I just thought maybe... Yeah.
So I might've been like, "Yeah, okay. We'll all put $20 in,"
and I was like, "Well, this is my chance to regain."
But now, I mean, all trust is literally nil. I had a tiny little smidgen.
And now it's fritted away.
I think the discussions for round three may be brief.
But nevertheless, I will remind you.
The money put in the boxes in this round is doubled.
We can make an interesting thing here.
If everyone does full trust...
Come on!
It probably won't happen. But if by some miracle we do,
if everyone puts in all their money... Somebody is $100 up on me.
All I'm saying is the ratio between everyone,
all the different players, is the same, right?
We need three people to put in all their money for it to be...
No, in theory, Mia is right.
If everyone put all their money, it would be doubled
Yeah, but that means that everybody ends up with the same amount.
So not everyone should put all their money in.
Everyone should put in an agreed amount.
Because... A percentage.
But then we we'll just— No-no-no, listen, just listen.
This is real money.
If we all just put in like $50,
which for me, I'll gain $50 from that.
I'm on $58. Well, now I'm on fifty—
You said you'd put in a dollar! I'm on $57. Sorry. Yeah, I did.
But if I could get back, I could have $107.
And I'm obviously not going to overtake. No, you'd get more than that,
because it would be a doubling of the entire pot.
Right? Exactly. Which is major, right?
If two people have the most money, what happens?
In that case, no medals are awarded.
So if someone's always putting in nothing... Even if there's a runner-up?
If two people always put nothing, which is possible...
They would have the same amount. I think it's highly probable, actually.
Then no one will win it.
I think we'll get very little.
I would rather, that there's no medals.
Yeah, but you are the only one who would win from that,
because you have two medals. You are in the lead.
You are the only one who would benefit the most from the medals being deleted.
Everyone else would gain from at least a winner.
...Okay. Yes.
And since we already can't trust you at all,
I'm assuming you're keeping all the money all the time.
Now I'm changing my mind and want the medals to deleted,
'cause you've kept the money every single time.
Because I've kept the money every single time? Okay.
I'm going to make this simple for everyone.
I've put zero in the box, and I've closed it,
and that's what I'm doing. So put as much as you like.
But Mike, in terms of injecting actual money into everyone's pockets...
Our lives. I don't think—
No, because all that could happen with me putting a dollar in here
is, A — I get the medals,
or B — I lose the medals, which is not good for me.
Right, yeah. There's no reason for Mike—
I have no other choice. In chess, this is like—
There's no reason for Mike to do this.
The only thing — excluding medals completely,
because I think we've thought that we've already lost that,
if what's happened, happened.
You have no option. Just put zero in the box and close it.
I think, if we're talking about just getting money through this,
not through the tokens, not through the medals,
we should put money in.
The money you put in, in this round, is doubled in theory,
even with zero from Mike,
you would still end up with a profit if all of you put money in.
So if we think he's going to win...
Yeah, that's almost guaranteed. Why are we still—?
That makes sense. I haven't got that much to lose here.
To be honest, I will happily put all this $57 in, because...
Maybe that's me, but what are you guys going to gain from that?
Just a mugged off Northerner.
Well, if you put $57 in and Rohin puts $57 in...
Fifty-eight. Oh, fifty-eight.
You already know— He wasn't a mug, like I was,
putting a dollar in. Pretty much between you two,
even if we all screwed you over,
we'll get close to your money back.
Are you guys not putting money in as well? No, I'm just saying if we screwed you over...
Hang on, if you all put zero in, and then we just put $57 and $58...
Then we're getting— No, we'll just get that back.
So the risk for you— No we won't, because
there's three of them, we'll get less. No, but it's only slightly less.
So the risk for you of putting all your money in is pretty low.
That's true. And we will— We're gonna—
I say I'm going to put money in, because I agree with this methodology.
It makes sense to multiply. So what I'm saying.
Even if you think we're going to screw you over,
it would make sense for you to put money in. Yeah. Okay.
So I think we're agreed that us four should be putting money in.
Mike's going to do his own thing. I appreciate your donation, however.
Okay, and Mike will buy us drinks. Of 20 percent.
All right. It sounds like it's time to make a decision.
Please put all, some, or none of your money inside the box.
I feel like I have lost some friends forever.
I was never your friend, to begin with. It depends.
We're all leaving this. The game is the game.
It's tense around here, isn't it?
I'm way more nervous for this than I was the first two rounds.
This is a great round.
Because you're going to find out you've all messed me up.
Gonna be a right plum after this.
I think we've all been had by your "honest Northerner" routine.
I don't think so. Can we open these boxes?
Players, please open your boxes.
I really appreciate the donation to my cause, guys.
That basically means one person probably put all their money in.
Yeah. It was me. How much do you have?
23 dollars. 23 dollars.
Yeah, I think it was probably me. I love this game.
There is one more item of business, these two medals.
I can tell you...
there was a two-way tie for first place.
No medals are going to be awarded.
Dealers. I can tell you that it was a two-way tie.
There was $1,800 available in that game.
Don't tell us, don't tell us! We haven't quite got that.
I can tell you that $606 was actually awarded.
It could have been worse.
Don't you flippin' tell me that. Gees.
Unfortunately, $500 of that was given to you at the start.
So in total, the profit was $106 out of a potential $1,300.
Yeah, so that's, what?
Less than 10 percent. Less than 10 percent profit.
Players, there is still one more chance
before we go for the briefcase. Game four.
Players, all the money you've won so far is banked for you.
You know how much you have in total.
Let's play Game 4.
This is the final game before that briefcase is awarded.
There will be a chance to negotiate for medals after this game,
but this is the last chance to win any.
You can see there are five prizes there,
$250, $100, $50, nothing, and one medal.
If you open your boxes, you're gonna find that you have five cards,
one for each of those prizes.
You're going to be asked to pick one of those cards,
keep it in front of you, lock the other four in your box.
That will be the prize you want.
Once everyone's chosen, I'll ask you to reveal your cards, one at a time.
You win the prize that you asked for...
as long as no one else also chose it.
There are three rounds.
The prices get bigger in each round,
and if all five of you pick a different prize from each other,
we'll boost the prizes in the next round.
So if we all pick a different thing, then we get a boost, right?
So either we agree to all pick different things,
which I think we can agree will not happen,
or it'll just happen by pure chance.
So I don't think that's going to be on the cards.
I think the problem with that, is that...
the only way we can make that happen would be
if we let Mike get the medal.
Because he's always going to be going for that medal,
since this is how he gets the most.
If we strategise to try to get all five of us picking different ones,
we will have to concede the medal to Mike.
What if— Yeah, okay. Because there's no way
that he would let that go.
I do like the way Mike has been identified as the...
The villain here. He is the most likely to win.
The comedy villain. But keep in mind—
I think we know from the last game that there was a dead heat,
so there's more than one villain.
Yeah, exactly. There's another strategy,
is that we can eliminate all the medals from this game.
That's true. But then Mike—
The only person who has any power then is Mia.
I'm going to pick the medal every single time.
So you can either give me the medal, or I dissolve it.
Well, you may not. You may say that and then go for $250.
Because you're in the lead. You might be comfortable with that.
You can get money instead. No. 'Cause I'm going in for the $5K.
(laughs) I'll pick zero.
Maybe, it's worth doing what we did in the first three games,
and focusing this first round on making some money.
I feel like that's not going to work. But that didn't work, did it?
Because two people put zero in.
Well, this is different, because in the last round, it really...
it really was like you were stealing from someone else.
You're siphoning off money that they had put in.
If people are willing to do that then they're not going to be trusted.
Why don't you give me the medal every time,
and all of you go for the cash,
and then just agree between the four of you to split it?
I don't think it's going to work.
I'm done with any accords. As much as that's a nice idea,
that isn't gonna— I don't think people are going to follow that.
You think that, say you each get $0, $50, $100, $250, and you got the $250.
You think that she wouldn't split it with you?
You think she would actually sit there with it in her hand and be like,
"No, I'm putting it in the box"?
I think we should at least try to boost once.
At least maybe the first time.
And if that doesn't work, then we know that,
oh well, we failed, and then we can add surpass that.
But that gets Mike a medal, then he's away with it. I'm not keen on giving him a medal voluntarily.
Here's my argument.
If you give me the medal,
then I'm more likely to win the briefcase or to control the briefcase.
Why don't Sam, Sophie, and me get a medal each,
and then we divide the cash between all of us?
I'm not okay with that.
Because I want all the medals.
So then, there's no equity here, this isn't a trusting game.
Well, I think there's more opportunity for trust
considering that we're putting our cards publicly.
Yes. Yes.
Sure.
As in like, once you've got the money in your hand, and you agree to split it.
We're putting the cards publicly and we publicly know what each other are getting.
There's no opportunity for lying after the fact.
And you can trust me when I say, obviously,
that I don't want any part of the money.
So if you win, you don't have to give me the money.
What would it take for you to not always get the medal.
At least once, just one time?
There is no other game plan for me
than getting the medal every single time. We're being held to ransom, by one player.
So you can have no medals, or you can give them all to me.
I'm taking all the medals.
You're not.
Well, I'll just dissolve them all and then control the briefcase.
You are, to coin a phrase, laying your cards on the table,
that you don't want to take any of the money.
I can't see any other play for me.
I think you're potentially shooting yourself in the foot a little bit,
because you're hedging a lot
that your one medal lead will take you to the win.
We don't know if it's even possible.
Yeah, I know.
So that's a huge bet. I see you guys battling for cash,
and I've seen that it doesn't really work.
You guys make a deal between the four of you,
and give me the medals because I think I'm going to have
control of the briefcase anyway.
I don't think you can say that.
Rohin, here's the problem.
There is zero scenarios for us to win in medal count
if Mike wants us not to.
Yeah, I understand. So...
Give me the briefcase, and I'll give you $1,000 each.
Will you?
I would gladly, if you let me somehow...
It probably won't work now, but in the late of the game.
Potentially, if you let me win, I will distribute it between the four of us...
(wheezes)
for the ultimate payback.
Hold on. That's an attempt to oust me out of the game
when I'm offering you the most cash.
I'm offering you the opportunity to double this
as maximum as you want, and then get $1,000 bonus.
Well, that's assuming you win. Whether I get the briefcase, I'll split five way.
You're giving away ⅘ of your cash then. No, I'm ensuring I win $1,000.
If I don't do that, I'll probably walk away with nothing.
Is it a guarantee? Okay, here's my pitch.
This game is designed to pit everyone against each other,
so that the money whittles down as much as possible, right?
I've made my position clear.
I just want to go for the medals, because I don't see
any sense in trying to battle out over cash.
It's what happened to Sophie basically.
I think no matter if we trust him or not, this is empirically our best option.
It might be.
I don't think trust even plays a part in it. For this game, I agree.
He's clearly going to go for the medal.
So it makes sense for us to try and maximise the cash.
Right, I'll just divvy up $250, $100, $50, $0.
Then are we splitting that up equally?
Alright, King Mike. Jeez. He is King Mike.
I got the medals!
Are we splitting the aggregate earnings of that four ways, or...?
Uh... yeah, that's how it's going to work.
Yeah, let's split it four ways, because then,
if Mike does end up screwing us over in the end,
Which I don't think you will. But just in case.
Say I screw you and I take the $5k,
at least you've got this round's generation of multiplication.
Let's do it. Yeah, let's do it.
(bleep) it. To reiterate, you're doing the medal,
I'm doing zero, you're doing $50, you're doing $100?
Yeah. Yeah.
You're doing $250.
Players, please pick one of your cards, keep that in front of you.
Put the other four, locked away in your box.
Alright, Mike, I'll hold you for last.
Sam, you said?
I said I would pick zero. And you picked?
Zero. Zero. Mia, you said?
Fifty. Rohin?
$250. $100.
I've united everyone. Yes. I'm going to get some money.
If... If...
If that really is a medal,
then the price in next round is getting boosted.
Congratulations, team!
$400 is yours, a medal is Mike's.
Are you all willing to split that?
Yeah. Yep.
Alright, dealers, can we make that happen, please?
That is $100 to each of these four,
and a medal to Mike.
Second round, $500,
$250, that's up from $100 because you got the clean sweep last round.
Zero, minus $100, and a medal.
I mean, we can do the same thing. We can do the same.
(Rohin and Mia crosstalk) ...$650 instead of $750, right.
The only alteration I think is fair is that we should flip the risk.
I took the risk last time by getting the zero.
So... Yeah, okay.
I think we should just flip the order of who gets what, because,
I mean, it is some risk, even though we're all going to work together.
When we— If we work all together, like I think we will,
we'd have to account for the one person losing $100,
getting an extra $100 from the division, and then dividing the rest among the four.
Right, so $650 is our total pot. Yeah, $650 is the pot.
I'm getting the medal, you guys get the money?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I agree on the split risk.
I'm not fully happy about it.
I'm still quite nervous that somehow I'm going to get screwed over.
I don't think the situation has changed.
But I think I agree. Exactly. The only thing that has changed is the risk.
I can take the negative $100 risk.
Yeah, okay.
We are starting to work together here.
Or we're setting up some confusion for later.
I can't see any situation better than the one I've offered.
I agree. Yeah, that's probably true.
The only way to break this from being the best situation
is if Mike stops putting the medal card,
but he's not going to do that.
I'll take the $0. I'll do $250. I'm not—
Just an FYI, in this round and the next round,
I'm not doing anything zero or below, just 'cause I feel really...
I'm like a rabbit in headlights.
You've taken $100 and $250,
and you think you can avoid the negative or the zero?
Yeah. When it's found, I'm not going to do it.
I don't like the direction this is going.
Let's do what we said we were going to do and be done with it.
I'm going to take $250. How's that? Okay. Good.
You all seem to be agreed, so please take one card,
leave the other four in your box, close it and lock it.
Deep sighs around the table there.
I can't see any strategy why you would not comply.
I agree, but I'm still nervous.
I'm still intrigued to see what the next round is.
I agree with you, but I'm not happy about it.
If you're all ready.
Mike, you said you're going for the medal.
You went for?
The medal. The medal. Sam, you said?
I was going for $500. You went for?
Five hundred. Mia?
Went for negative $100. As promised.
Zero as promised.
$250. Congratulations team!
(group sighs) That is— I say that.
Are you all willing to split?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Alright, dealers, let's make that happen.
I'm not sure how the split works. I can't do the maths.
But if it turns out to not be exact, you know what?
We'll just round that up to the nearest dollar for all of you,
because frankly, that was a miracle.
$1,000, boosted from $500,
$250, zero, and two separate medals.
They're still some strategy to be had here, but alas,
that was the thing that I think you wish you'd thought of,
back in round one.
The only thing in retrospect was that we could have tied
with Mike, for medal count, someone could have tied, if Mia—
We couldn't, because he would've always gone for the medal.
Right. But then if someone had also put it down every time, the medal card,
then he could've gotten no more medals, and Mia could have gotten two.
But then if it had tied—
Then we wouldn't have had a grand on the table.
I feel like we still did the right move. 'Cause this is a lot of money.
And then I might've controlled the case,
which might have just resulted me with no deal with you guys, which—
You promised to split it. I think we did the right thing.
I think so too.
There is one other thing. There's no fourth round to boost here,
but if all those five prizes go to all of you five,
there'll be an extra $1,000 in that briefcase.
I think the cash should be a five-way split this round,
the reason being Mike doesn't need more medals,
so he could, well... I could go for the $1,000.
I could do with some insurance here, because...
the last two runs I've watched you guys take all the dosh and split it,
and I've just been banking on the fact that these medals are going to mean something.
If you guys screw me— I think that's fair.
He doesn't need the medal, so we need his cooperation,
so let's add him into the five-way split. I think that's fair.
Let's cut Mike in, do a five way split.
But I don't think that you should get another medal.
I think that it should be one, one, one, and four, so there's no contest.
Sure.
...Sure?
Just in case. We have a system,
but I want some assurance in this system.
Can we agree that if anyone takes the money,
and screws everyone else out of the split this round...
I'm walking away with that $5K if you do that.
We split at the end of this round, no like, "Well, if we're going to split it at the end,
"let's just split it then." No, end of this round. No. Any deviation from the plot,
and I'm screwing all of you. Okay.
Remember, this is going to be viewed maybe by millions of people.
We're here to a set an example.
It sounds like you have a plan.
I think we do. Confirm it with each other.
Medal. $1,000.
Medal. $250.
...Zero. I mean...
You have the most medals. Don't worry.
Okay. That is $6,000 in there.
In case someone screws you over, you have the most medals.
Please take one card,
leave the other four in your box.
Good luck.
You claimed medal one.
Medal one. Medal two.
Here it is. Medal two.
You claimed... zero. Zero dollars.
You claimed $250.
You claimed $1,000.
There will be an extra $1,000 in the briefcase.
So I'm going to ask a question to the two who won money that round.
Are you willing to split?
You're going to split and receive that money as well?
Yes. Yes. I will trade my zero dollars(!)
Dealers, can we please make that happen, $250 to each of you,
an extra $1,000 in that briefcase at the end.
Beautiful. Congratulations team.
You have, for the first time, taken the maximum amount
of money available out of the game.
Congratulations, pop your medals down in front of you.
Now, this is going to be very brief, but I do need to ask.
We have time now for negotiation,
for sale of medals, for trading your medals.
I suspect the answer is no, because ultimately it doesn't matter.
Mike, you have the most medals.
You will be getting control of the briefcase.
There is no deal you could do to defeat that, if Mike does not agree.
So Mike, do you want to do any trading?
No, thank you.
In which case, please follow me.
Mike, congratulations.
Thank you.
There is a briefcase arriving now.
Dealers, if you could bring this in.
This is David, he's going to be staying with you
while I go and talk to the other players.
Okay. That is $6,000 in there.
That is your money, you have won it.
You also have the four boxes for the other players.
Your aim is to offer the other players a deal they will agree to.
To encourage them to accept,
you can put any amount of money that you like in their four boxes.
For the deal to go through,
three out of the four of them must vote, yes.
If it's accepted,
they keep what's in the boxes,
you keep everything that's left in the briefcase.
If the deal is rejected,
the boxes come back through, you can try again.
You will have a total of three attempts to get the deal through.
If the final offer is rejected by the other players,
no one wins any of this. There is one other thing.
We have a car waiting outside.
you can grab your stuff, you can go,
you don't have to meet up with them at all, if you don't want to.
Any questions?
No.
I'll leave you to it.
You're saying I can just run.
Hello. Hi. Dramatic entrance.
In the other room,
I gave Mike a briefcase with $6,000 in it.
In order for him to leave with that money, he needs you to accept a deal.
and to encourage you to accept, he will put some of that $6,000 into your boxes.
The boxes will be brought back in when he's made his decision.
For the deal to be accepted, the majority of you,
at least three, must vote yes.
If the deal is accepted, you get whatever is in your box,
he gets whatever is left in his briefcase.
If the deal is rejected,
we'll take the boxes back through to the other room,
he'll have another chance to pass a deal.
In total, you will have a maximum of three votes.
If the third and final offer is rejected by all,
no one wins any of that $6,000.
You all go home with only what you won in previous rounds,
which is safe no matter what,
but the $6,000 is dependent on you voting yes to at least one of the three deals.
Okay. What have you got?
We can talk about how much is in our boxes?
The boxes will be in front again, so those will be private,
but you can absolutely share that information.
Did Mike definitely have the full $6,000
Yes. to do what he wants with?
Interesting. Okay.
So, assuming that he stays with the deal,
that's $1,250 in his box.
$1,200. $1,200, 'cause he would take his cut.
Of course.
I'm interested to see if we get that full amount.
He could play some power move,
and just give us one dollar each and be like, trust me.
(cackles) No, no.
He could put different amounts in the different boxes, right?
Yes, absolutely.
So can he name— Oh, he knows which— Okay.
But then he doesn't know who votes for...
No. votes or not. Hm.
I feel like if Mike gives us a deal that's pretty much what we've asked for,
we could try and push him to give a better deal,
but then there's no way he would do that, right?
He wouldn't give us a deal that's worse for him. He has the power in the end.
Exactly, yeah. The only power we have is that
we could reject his third offer,
but if there's even one dollar in there on the third round,
Yeah, he knows that we would. we would want to say yes,
because then nobody gets it.
But then if there's one dollar in the third round,
I would say no just to stiff him. Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, excluding how we want to screw over Mike,
if he does that, we would... We would, definitely.
That's grounds for screwing. In terms of money.
Yeah. Here comes the boxes.
Okay. What have you got?
That felt like a very quick decision, but we'll see.
We'll still need to see it, yeah.
Well, we're not going to know how much is in everyone else's box.
Only on the word. Also trust.
Feels pretty light.
Money is pretty light.
Hm.
Open your boxes.
Okay. What have you got?
I have $1,200. I have $1,200.
I also have $1,200.
I've got fif— No, I have got $1,200.
I think there we go. I think we all know what to do.
This may be a very quick decision.
If you have nothing more to discuss,
please take the chip in your hand,
and face the side you want outward so you can see it.
Our dealers will check and cross-check,
because this is something we have to get right.
I can tell you that the deal has been accepted.
Congratulations players.
$1,200 to each one of you and to Mike.
Congratulations.
I assume that he will want to come back in.
Dealers, thank you very, very much for all your help.
That... is our show. He's a good lad, isn't he? He's a good lad.
Sudden break out of cooperation.
Honestly, after that second round, I thought of just hanging the world.
All this talk was one person to be in charge, the benevolent dictator.
Democracy doesn't work. I've always said that.
Considering the overall prize pool,
percentage wise, we got really close to that overall prize pool.
Did you think he was going to do that?
I was pretty sure.
Mike is a good guy. I know he's a good guy.
I'll be honest, I was a bit cheaty in the beginning, at the very start,
but I like how he established trust eventually.
When it is $50 and, you know, someone's screwing us over,
that's fine, but when it's four figures...
I think that's the thing, is that we've all got a limit.
We can be a little cheeky. It's somewhere clearly between $20 and...
Twenty-five dollars.
I'm glad that we established trust.
(group laughs and applauds)
With the briefcase in his hand.
Yes, Mike! You chose to come back then.
We can cancel the taxi. I didn't want to be an absolute bastard.
Congratulations team. It was a rocky start,
but you have won most of the money that was on offer.
You took Game 4 for everything it had,
you've taken Game 5 for everything it had.
That's most of the money. Congratulations to all of you.
Congratulations, I think, to Mike to a certain extent,
for not just absconding there.
I wasn't joking, we literally had a car outside for you.
I was like 20 percent afraid that you would.
What about you? I was pretty confident you were.
That I was going to come back? Yeah.
Sophie? You knew I'd never, ever
even look you in the eye again.
(group belly laughs)
If you did that, I would have a tiny bit of respect for you.
If I run? Yeah...
but then most of it would just be anger, but I would be a little bit impressed.
Me too, actually.
How much did you genuinely think about it? How long was your thought process?
I thought about it for maybe five seconds.
That's a lot longer than I'm comfortable with.
Not because— I mean, it's a lot of money,
but just because it would be really funny as well,
but it's too much money to steal.
It wouldn't be stealing. You would rightfully have that money.
At the end, it stopped being about player versus player,
and it started becoming player versus house.
You lot taking on the entire system that me and my team had set up.
No play tester ever split evenly,
so congratulations to all of you.
Rohin, Sophie, Sam, Mia,
and Mike, who did not run,
congratulations to all of you.
That is our show. Thank you very, very much for playing.
Let's get your money and get out of here.
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