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How prizes work

Every contest publishes its prize structure before you enter. Depending on the contest type, prizes may be guaranteed amounts or a player-funded pool divided according to the posted rules.
  • Free-to-play contests cost nothing to enter, and prizes are funded entirely by the protocol
  • Paid contests carry a fixed entry fee, and the contest page explains how the pool is funded and distributed.
When a paid contest’s prize pool can grow, a plus sign appears beside the amount. Select it to see the entry threshold. After the first stated number of entries, every additional entry increases the prize pool. Lineups payout distribution by placement. Lineups prizes are awarded to the top finishers, with the biggest prize going to 1st and scaling down from there. The exact prize amounts are shown on the contest page before you join. Perfect Slate pools. Some Lineups contests also publish a fixed Perfect Slate prize pool. Entries that get every selection correct and, when the contest has a tie-breaker, match the final tie-breaker result exactly split that pool evenly. Each entry’s share is added on top of its ordinary placement payout. Perfect Slate is not offered on every contest; when it is enabled, the pool appears in the contest details before entry, is funded separately by Longshot, and does not reduce the contest’s placement prize pool.

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Tied placements

For Lineups, if multiple entries tie for a paid placement after any contest-specific tie-breakers, Longshot combines the prize amounts for the places those entries occupy and splits that total evenly among them. For example, if three entries tie for 1st, they split the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes equally. If two entries tie for 1st, they split the 1st and 2nd place prizes equally, and the next entry receives the 3rd place prize. Outcast uses a different rule: entries tied on both the lowest score and the furthest tie-breaker distance all lose their stakes, and the remaining entries split the full pot evenly. If the entire field ties on both score and distance, everyone is refunded. Survivor pays the entry or entries that reach the deepest point in the contest. If more than one entry completes the final round, they split the prize pool equally. If a round eliminates every remaining entry, those entries form the deepest cohort and split the pool equally even though none advanced. A Survivor tie-breaker can order tied entries on the leaderboard, but it does not create different prize tiers or change the equal split. Prizes and payouts How payouts differ by type
  • Lineups — guaranteed prizes by leaderboard placement, as above.
  • Survivor — the deepest surviving entry or cohort splits the prize pool equally.
  • Outcast — every entry that does not finish as an Outcast receives its stake back plus an equal share of the losing stakes.
  • Streak — prizes are unlocked at streak milestones rather than by placement.
When and how you’re paid. Once a contest resolves and final standings are set, winnings are credited automatically to your wallet—there’s nothing to claim.