zero-sum game

A situation, process, competition, or outcome in which the winner's gain is exactly equal to the loser's loss. Poker is a zero-sum game because the amount of money won by one player is equivalent to the amount lost by the other players.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ŽOfie	-	Czech
Gulshan	-	Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Coker	['kəukə]
Pippa	PIP-ə	English
Martina	mahr-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Dutch), mahr-TEEN-ə (English)	German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, English, Swedish, Dutch, Ancien
Alwyn	['ælwin]