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MTG:Arena - How to Finalize and Pay Out a Tournament
MTG:Arena - How to Finalize and Pay Out a Tournament

Wrapping up without leaving loose ends.

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Written by Scott Boulet
Updated over a week ago

  1. Go to your tournament page, enter the Admin panel, and click on the “Prize Pool” tab

2. Click on the orange "add" box to begin to setup your payout options

3. Add a title to your payout (i.e. ‘First Place) and determine the payout parameters - an event can pay out a set dollar amount OR a set percentage of the prize pool. Each of these settings have different uses, and that's why you're allowed to also adjust who gets a share of the prize. "Split across winners" is good for paying even shares of a prize to members of a team, whereas "For each winner" is most easily used to pay specific winners their specific cut.

In addition, when using bracketing you can tie the payout slot to a spot in the bracket using the "Bracket Place" setting.

When finished setting up a payout, click Add to finalize that slot.

Note: If you want to do a mixed payout (a fixed amount in addition to percentage splits), all fixed amounts will payout first and any percentages will be based on the remainder of the prize pool.

4. You will see your prize pool payout added to a list on the same screen:

5. Repeat this step until you use 100% of your prize pool. (But remember, if you do not distribute your entire prize pool, you will see errors when you try to finalize the event).

This same list without the add/edit button will be viewable from the public “Payouts” tab.

***SPECIAL NOTE*** Tournament Organizers are not allowed to pay themselves out of their prize pool without first getting a waiver from Matcherino staff. Paying yourself out of your prize pool without a waiver can be grounds for immediate removal from the partnership program and the platform. When in doubt, ASK!

6. Once your event is complete, simply click "Fill Payout with Bracket Standings.

7. Go to the “Actions” tab in the Admin menu.

8. Click the "Pay out the Prize Pool"l. This button will end your event and lock out future actions in the Admin panel, so make sure that everything is correct.

9. Celebrate. You did it! If your players have any questions about cashing out their winnings, you can link them to our handy Guide to Cashing Out!

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