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SHARES For Commissioners: Managing a Live Contest (Adjustments, Voids & Ending It)

The tools commissioners have for stepping in while a contest is running, and why bank adjustments are always visible to members.

Beyond initial setup, commissioners have several tools for managing a contest while it's live:

Action

What it does

Adjust a member's bank

Add or remove units from a member's bank directly — for corrections, prizes, or house rules. Every adjustment is recorded in the contest's ledger and visible to members, and can be reversed but never silently deleted.

Manager pick

Place a pick on a member's behalf (if enabled). It follows all the normal rules and is labeled in the feed as Commissioner-placed.

Void a pick

Cancel a pick and refund it. If it had already won, the payout is reversed first, then the stake refunded — netting back to exactly what was put in. Voiding a parlay voids all its legs together.

Adjust the schedule window

Add future weeks/days to the contest, or remove ones that haven't started and have no picks on them. Weeks/days that already have picks can't be dropped.

Finalize or cancel

End the contest. Cancelling refunds all open picks and closes every entry. Finalizing wraps up a contest whose games are done.

💡 Bank adjustments are transparent by design: when a commissioner changes someone's bank, it isn't hidden. It shows in the contest's ledger for everyone, with the direction and amount, and it can be reversed. This keeps the contest honest — no quiet edits to anyone's score.

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