> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chance.money/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rewards

> USD compounding vs claimable CHANCE — each staker picks the form of their house-win share.

When the house wins, the post-fee proceeds split across stakers **pro-rata by reward mode weights**. Each staker chooses the form of their own share with `setRewardMode`:

| `RewardMode` | Accrual                                                                                                   | Withdrawal                                                                                 |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **USD**      | Rewards compound directly into your staked position                                                       | Comes out with your principal via the normal [unstake flow](/staking/deposit-and-withdraw) |
| **CHANCE**   | Your USD share is spent buying CHANCE on the V4 pool; the CHANCE credits your `claimableChance` inventory | `claimStakerChance(amount)` any time — no cooldown                                         |

Switching modes (`setRewardMode`) accrues everything earned so far under the old mode, then redirects future rewards. Already-credited `claimableChance` stays claimable.

## How the CHANCE leg is priced

The reward buy has no caller to set slippage, so the pool derives its own floor from on-chain reference pricing (spot vs the block-open checkpoint, less fees and a slippage tolerance). If a buy can't clear the floor — thin liquidity, price spike — it **soft-fails to USD**: your share accrues as USDG instead of reverting the settle. You never lose the reward; you occasionally get it in the other currency.

## Claimed CHANCE and the transfer lock

CHANCE withdrawn via `claimStakerChance` goes to your wallet through the distributor path and remains subject to the [transfer lock](/chance-token/transfer-lock) — holdable and sellable via the V4 router, not freely transferable while the lock is on.

<Note>
  Staker `claimableChance` is **not** the same thing as a player claiming a winning bet as CHANCE. Player wins buy CHANCE at claim time and deliver straight to the wallet — they never touch the staker inventory. See [Claiming](/integrate/claiming).
</Note>