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# The money

One entry is **1,000 BAWSAQ**. This is what happens to it.

## The four outcomes

| Event                     | What moves                                                                        |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| You knock a player out    | **500** of their stake goes to you as a bounty. **500** goes into the winner pot. |
| You survive to the bell   | Your **1,000** comes back to you.                                                 |
| You are the only survivor | You also win the **whole pot**.                                                   |
| Several players survive   | The survivor with the **most knockouts** wins the pot. Ties split it evenly.      |

A player who was knocked out keeps every bounty they earned before falling, but can never win the pot. If nobody is knocked out, every stake goes back and the pot is zero.

{% hint style="success" %}
**Nothing is burned and nothing is skimmed.** In survivor rounds the total of all claims equals the total of all deposits, to the last unit.
{% endhint %}

## Worked examples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Two players" %}
Alice and Bob each enter for 1,000. Alice knocks Bob out and survives.

* Alice: 1,000 back + 500 bounty + 500 pot = **2,000**
* Bob: **0**
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Four players" %}
Four enter, 4,000 deposited. Alice knocks out Bob. Carol knocks out Dave. Alice and Carol both survive with one knockout each.

* Bounties: Alice 500, Carol 500
* Pot: 500 + 500 = 1,000, tied on knockouts, split 500 each
* Alice: 1,000 + 500 + 500 = **2,000**. Carol: **2,000**. Bob and Dave: 0.
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="The killer falls" %}
Three enter. Alice knocks out Bob, then Carol knocks out Alice. Carol survives.

* Alice: 500 bounty, kept even though she fell = **500**
* Carol: 1,000 back + 500 bounty + pot (500 from Bob + 500 from Alice) = **2,500**
* Bob: 0. Total paid out 3,000, total deposited 3,000.
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="An accidental double deposit" %}
Alice enters for 1,000. Bob enters for 1,000, then by mistake deposits another 2,000. Alice knocks Bob out and survives.

* Alice: **2,000**
* Bob: his extra **2,000 refunded** in full. His first 1,000 was his entry and it is gone.
  {% endtab %}
  {% endtabs %}

## Refunds

Every deposit that is not your one entry for the round is refunded in full as part of your claim:

* A second, third or later deposit in the same round.
* A first deposit that confirms after entry closes.
* Every deposit, if the round is voided (see [What can go wrong](/the-arena/what-can-go-wrong.md)).

No deposit ever buys a second life, and refunds are claims, not automatic transfers.

## Where the numbers are on-chain

The escrow contract holds every deposit for the round and records every claim. Its address is shown on the join screen and in the arena panel, and it is `0x4788f3DE228e1bfa0F578fA31a05DC56a4536483` at the time of writing. Anyone can check a round's deposits and claims on the [explorer](https://robinhoodchain.blockscout.com/address/0x4788f3DE228e1bfa0F578fA31a05DC56a4536483).


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