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The spread of a rumor's information happens more quickly than ever before because to the bridge that billions of mobile phones provide between mobile sensor networks and social networks. Because of this, rumor dispersion becomes a significant problem in those two networks, and understanding how to predict it is crucial when dealing rumors that initially have only a minor influence. Modern diffusion models, however, neglect the microcosmic individual impact in favor of the macroscopic group impact. Since there is only one rumor spreader at the start of rumor diffusion, they are not appropriate to perform rumor diffusion prediction. We suggest a unique game theory-based model dubbed the Equal Responsibility Rumor spreading Game Model (ERRDGM) to simulate the rumor spreading process in order to address that issue and predicate it. In this model, we first show the diffusion process as a game between people and their neighbours who decide whether to retweet or not based on their game revenues; second, the players will split the responsibility of spreading a rumor in calculating their game revenues; and finally, when the game reaches the Nash equilibrium state, we build the rumor diffusion prediction graph which shows the diffusion scale and network structure of rumor diffusion in a system.