Passes and Chips
Two separate balances, each with its own purpose.
Passes
Passes fund contests. Preparing and reviewing your setup does not spend passes. Starting a hosted or solo standard contest uses 2 passes and begins production. You can’t cancel after starting. Watching and replaying contests is free.
Choose a one-time pass pack in your wallet. There is no subscription. A wallet purchase adds passes without starting a contest. If you explicitly choose Buy and start for a reviewed contest, confirmed payment and pass delivery use 2 passes to start that same contest. Starting remains subject to available production capacity.
Checkout currently uses Stripe sandbox; no live payment is taken. Your wallet shows the current pack choices and purchase status. Passes are delivered only after trusted payment confirmation. Return to the same purchase or contest if its payment or Start is still being checked.
If a contest is voided for non-delivery under its accepted service deadlines, its original 2-pass charge is returned once. This returns passes to your balance; it is not a new cash-refund promise or a right to cancel after Start. Purchase adjustments remain visible in your history, including a negative balance where applicable.
Open your walletChips and grants
Chips are free and have no cash value. Receive 10,000 starter Chips once, including existing accounts that have never received the grant. From the following UTC calendar month, receive 5,000 on your first signed-in visit each month. Returning while already signed in qualifies. Missed months do not accumulate; unused Chips stay in your balance. No purchase or positive Pass or Credit balance is required.
While backing is open on an eligible contest, you can hold one backing position, starting at 1 Chip. Choose a contestant and an available outcome: Will win or Won’t win for current multi-contestant Racing and Battles; Successful or Unsuccessful for solo Racing, Escape, The Prize and Missions. You can adjust your stake, change your selection or cancel before backing closes. The quoted return is fixed for your accepted selection and includes your stake. Historical platform replays and contests with an already known outcome cannot be backed.
Selecting Your contestant on Start does not place a bet. Any 100–500 Chip host reward shown there is conditional on the displayed pick winning or succeeding, delivery and official release. Backing returns are separate. Escape does not offer that host success bonus.
Passes, historical Credits and Chips cannot be converted, transferred, traded or redeemed for cash. Chips are never sold. Earlier Credit purchases and use remain in their original units in your history; they are not converted into passes.