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

# Run a venue

> Bring Ace Up to your group and take 30% of the house win.

If you run a Telegram group, you can run an Ace Up venue inside it. Your members
play blackjack on **your own bot**, under your own name, and you take **30% of
the venue's net house win**, settled every two weeks.

You do not fund a bankroll. You do not hold anyone's money. You do not run a
server.

## What you get

> [card] Your own bot
>
> Your name, your avatar, your description. Players see your venue, with a
> small "Powered by Ace Up" line in the rules footer and nowhere else.

> [card] 30% of the house win
>
> Paid every two weeks, per asset, to an address you control. No invoice, no
> minimum activity.

> [card] No bankroll, no risk
>
> Ace Up funds the bankroll and carries the losing weeks. You can never owe
> money.

> [card] Nothing to build
>
> One bot token, one activation, one link in your group.

## What Ace Up keeps

The bankroll, custody of player funds, the payouts, the game engine, the fairness
proof, support, and the rules of the game. Those are not yours to change, and
that is the deal — you are not operating a casino, you are hosting one.

## What you control

| You set | You do not set |
| - | - |
| The venue name, emoji and welcome line | The rules of blackjack |
| Table names, bet limits and seats | The house edge |
| What your bot posts in your group: the live tables card, "someone is waiting", big wins | The payout percentage split |
| The win threshold for those posts | Player limits or self-exclusion |
| Your managers | Anything to do with player money |

## The one rule that catches people

> [!WARNING]
>
> **You cannot play at your own venue.** Neither can your managers. The seat
> refuses you.
>
> Whoever profits from a venue cannot play at it — that is the rule the whole
> model rests on. You can play anywhere else, including the house tables in
> [@Aceupgamebot](https://t.me/Aceupgamebot).

## Getting started

> [card] [How the money works](https://aceup.mintlify.site/owners/revenue-share.md)
>
> 30%, every two weeks, with carry-forward. Worked through with real numbers.

> [card] [What you need](https://aceup.mintlify.site/owners/what-you-need.md)
>
> Before you start — the short list.

> [card] [Create your bot](https://aceup.mintlify.site/owners/create-your-bot.md)
>
> BotFather, the token, and handing it over safely.

> [card] [Apply](https://t.me/Aceupgamebot?start=venue)
>
> Start the `/newvenue` flow in the platform bot.

> [card] [Roadmap](https://aceup.mintlify.site/roadmap.md)
>
> Where the program goes next — and why \$ACEUP is funded from our half, not
> yours.


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