Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask before they put money on a game or a bet.

• How skill-based wagering works: What happens to your stake, how the prize is worked out, which games you can play and who can play. A plain guide to wagering on Skill.io.
• How duel results are verified: How console duel results are confirmed, what the screenshot does, what happens in a dispute, and what to do when a match breaks or the other player never reports.
• Provably fair Coin Flip and Stack: How Coin Flip commit and reveal works, how Stack crash points come from a published SHA-256 hash chain, and how to check a round yourself.
• Deposits and withdrawals: How to deposit ETH, USDC or USDT on Ethereum, when winnings arrive, how withdrawals are reviewed and paid, and where to see your history.
• How contracts work: How to accept a contract on a Skill.io game server, how it is checked from the server log, when you are paid, and what backing or fading an attempt means.
• How sports bets settle: The kinds of sports bet, how prices are set, live betting, cash out, when bets settle, when they are void and the limits, in plain English.
• Rakeback and levels: How XP and levels work, how much rakeback each level earns, which bets count, when it shows up and how to claim it.
• Skill wagering and how it differs from chance games: Which Skill.io products depend on player skill, which run on provably fair randomness, how sports bets differ, who can play and why to stake only what you can afford to lose.
• Skill.io glossary: Plain definitions of the terms Skill.io uses: stake, duel, contract, settled, void, provably fair, house edge, rakeback, XP and the ledger.