The life of a game market

Every game goes through the same stages, in the same order.


Earning  →  Queue  →  Notice (3 days)  →  Opening auction (72 hours)  →  Market

1. Earning

The game is live and players play it.

Pack shares and Bought shares earn from the game’s 20% weekly pool.
Holders of Bought shares choose Keep (the default) or Convert. Pack holders can upgrade.

2. In the queue

The game’s lifetime net revenue (bets minus wins) reaches its bar, and it joins the queue.

The queue is ranked by revenue in the last 30 days, highest first. JustBet Originals are ranked the same way.
The creator’s own bets and house bets don’t count.
The ranking updates once a day. A game’s place locks when its notice starts.

3. Notice: 3 days

Auctions run 3 at a time. While one wave of 3 auctions runs, the next 3 games get 3 days’ notice.
When a game’s notice starts (or its auction opens, if it has no notice), buying and upgrading stop and the shares are counted, with each holder’s choice.
At the same moment the game’s unit floor is locked. It sets the auction’s minimum and, from that, the upgrade price (see The opening auction).

4. Opening auction: 72 hours

Accounts with at least $50 wagered in real-money bets bid in USD (bets in any currency count at their USD value on the day; bonus-funded bets don’t). Everyone who wins pays the same price per unit.
If total bids stay under the auction’s minimum (at least $100, or more for a game that earns more), every bid is refunded in full, no units are created, and the game tries again later.

5. Market

Units trade in WINR.
Holders are paid every week.
Locked units unlock over time (see Unlocks).
Pack shares and kept Bought shares stay shares and keep earning from the 20% pool.

The restart

The first six games’ auctions and notices were ended as an operator reset. Every bid was refunded in full. Nobody lost anything, and the games got no penalty.

Then:

A choice window, open now, until the restart on Thu 22 Oct 2026 at 15:00 UTC. Holders choose Keep (the default) or Convert. Pack holders can upgrade.
The queue restarts. The top 3 games open 72-hour auctions. The next 3 start a 3-day notice.
The shares are counted at that moment, with each holder’s choice, and each game’s unit floor is locked.

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