backend/README.md

@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ funding segment, benefits per origin, the recorded refund risk, and the append-o
 (`/_gm/catalog`, `handlers_admin_catalog.go`) is the source of truth for products (D32): create /
 edit / archive-unarchive (the `product.active` flag) products, their atoms and per-rail prices, and
 hard-delete only a **never-transacted** product (an order/ledger reference forces archive-only,
-backed by the FK); a `tournament`-bearing product is composable but not sellable yet. The shared wire
+backed by the FK); a `tournament`-bearing product is composable but not sellable yet. The user card
+also carries an admin **grant** panel: grant raw benefit atoms (hints / no-ads days / forever) or a
+defined **value product** (a reward bundle, including an archived one), origin-picked; both write an
+`admin_grant` ledger row via `payments.Grant` / `GrantProduct` and **refuse** a chips or `tournament`
+atom (never grant currency; no tournament target yet). The shared wire
 contracts live in the sibling [`../pkg`](../pkg) module.
 
 **Account linking & merge** (`/api/v1/user/link/*`). `internal/link`

backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/user_detail.gohtml

@@ -85,6 +85,26 @@
 {{else}}<p class="note">no ledger entries</p>{{end}}
 {{else}}<p class="note">payments not enabled</p>{{end}}
 </section>
+<section class="panel"><h2>Grant benefits</h2>
+{{if .Grant.Present}}
+<p class="note">A zero-price admin sale of a value — <strong>never chips</strong>. The origin is your compliance choice. The by-product grant applies a defined bundle, including an archived reward product.</p>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{.ID}}/grant">
+<label>Origin <select name="origin">{{range .Grant.Origins}}<option value="{{.}}">{{.}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<label>Hints <input type="number" name="hints" min="0" value="0"></label>
+<label>No-ads days <input type="number" name="noads" min="0" value="0"></label>
+<label><input type="checkbox" name="forever" value="true"> No-ads forever</label>
+<div><button type="submit">Grant</button></div>
+</form>
+{{if .Grant.Products}}
+<h3>Grant a product</h3>
+<form class="form col" method="post" action="/_gm/users/{{.ID}}/grant-product">
+<label>Origin <select name="origin">{{range .Grant.Origins}}<option value="{{.}}">{{.}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<label>Product <select name="product_id">{{range .Grant.Products}}<option value="{{.ID}}">{{.Title}} ({{.Summary}}){{if .Archived}} — archived{{end}}</option>{{end}}</select></label>
+<div><button type="submit">Grant product</button></div>
+</form>
+{{else}}<p class="note">no grantable products — create a value product in the <a href="/_gm/catalog">catalog</a></p>{{end}}
+{{else}}<p class="note">payments not enabled</p>{{end}}
+</section>
 <section class="panel"><h2>Roles</h2>
 {{$id := .ID}}
 {{if .Roles}}

backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go

@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ type UserDetailView struct {
 	// Finance is the account's payments picture (balances, benefits, refund risk, ledger). Present
 	// is false when the payments domain is unwired.
 	Finance FinanceView
+	// Grant is the admin-grant panel (origin picker + grantable products). Present is false when the
+	// payments domain is unwired.
+	Grant GrantFormView
 }
 
 // FinanceView is the account's payments picture on the user card: chip balances per funding
@@ -701,3 +704,21 @@ type ProductFormView struct {
 	PriceChip  int64
 	Transacted bool
 }
+
+// GrantFormView is the admin-grant panel on the user card: the origin picker and the grantable
+// products (value bundles — hints / no-ads days — including archived ones; chips and tournament
+// products are excluded). Present is false when the payments domain is unwired.
+type GrantFormView struct {
+	Present  bool
+	Origins  []string
+	Products []GrantProductOption
+}
+
+// GrantProductOption is one grantable product in the by-product picker: its id, title, an atom
+// summary, and whether it is archived (the common case for a non-public reward bundle).
+type GrantProductOption struct {
+	ID       string
+	Title    string
+	Summary  string
+	Archived bool
+}

backend/internal/game/eventwire.go

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ func playerState(v StateView, names []string, includeAlphabet bool) (notify.Play
 		Rack:           rack,
 		BagLen:         v.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining: v.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:  v.WalletBalance,
 	}
 	if includeAlphabet {
 		tab, err := engine.AlphabetTable(v.Game.Variant)

backend/internal/game/helpers_test.go

@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ func TestPayloadExchangeRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHintsRemaining(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct{ allowance, used, wallet, want int }{
+	cases := []struct{ allowance, used, want int }{
-		{1, 0, 3, 4},
+		{1, 0, 1},
-		{1, 1, 3, 3},
+		{1, 1, 0},
-		{1, 2, 3, 3}, // used past allowance clamps to 0
+		{1, 2, 0}, // used past allowance clamps to 0
-		{0, 0, 5, 5},
+		{3, 1, 2},
-		{2, 1, 0, 1},
+		{0, 0, 0},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		if got := hintsRemaining(c.allowance, c.used, c.wallet); got != c.want {
+		if got := hintsRemaining(c.allowance, c.used); got != c.want {
-			t.Errorf("hintsRemaining(%d,%d,%d) = %d, want %d", c.allowance, c.used, c.wallet, got, c.want)
+			t.Errorf("hintsRemaining(%d,%d) = %d, want %d", c.allowance, c.used, got, c.want)
 		}
 	}
 }

backend/internal/game/service.go

@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ func (svc *Service) Hint(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID) (Hint
 		return HintResult{}, err
 	}
 	used++
-	return HintResult{Move: move, HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, used, walletAfter), WalletBalance: walletAfter}, nil
+	return HintResult{Move: move, HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, used), WalletBalance: walletAfter}, nil
 }
 
 // Candidates returns the to-move player's legal plays for a seated player on
@@ -1290,11 +1290,9 @@ func (svc *Service) GameState(ctx context.Context, gameID, accountID uuid.UUID)
 		Seat:   seat,
 		Rack:   g.Hand(seat),
 		BagLen: g.BagLen(),
-		// The hint wallet moved to payments (svc.hintWallet); the deprecated accounts.hint_balance
+		// HintsRemaining is the per-seat allowance only; the purchasable wallet lives on the profile
-		// is no longer read, so the wire wallet is 0 and HintsRemaining is the per-seat allowance.
+		// (payments) and the client adds it (lib/hints.hintsLeft).
-		// The client adds the profile's payments hint balance on top (lib/hints.hintsLeft).
+		HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed),
-		HintsRemaining: hintsRemaining(pre.HintsPerPlayer, pre.Seats[seat].HintsUsed, 0),
-		WalletBalance:  0,
 		// vs_ai idle-hint gate (seconds left; 0 for a human game / first move / not your turn).
 		HintUnlockLeftSeconds: hintUnlockLeftSeconds(pre, seat, svc.clock()),
 	}, nil
@@ -1775,10 +1773,10 @@ func (svc *Service) DictBytes(variant engine.Variant, version string) ([]byte, e
 	return svc.registry.DictBytes(variant, version)
 }
 
-// hintsRemaining is a player's remaining hint budget: the unspent per-game
+// hintsRemaining is the unspent per-game hint allowance. The purchasable wallet is separate,
-// allowance plus the profile wallet.
+// carried on the profile (payments), and the client adds it (lib/hints.hintsLeft).
-func hintsRemaining(allowance, used, wallet int) int {
+func hintsRemaining(allowance, used int) int {
-	return max(0, allowance-used) + wallet
+	return max(0, allowance-used)
 }
 
 // allowedTimeout reports whether d is one of the offered move clocks.

backend/internal/game/types.go

@@ -211,10 +211,9 @@ type MoveResult struct {
 	BagLen int
 }
 
-// HintResult is a revealed hint and the requesting player's remaining hint
+// HintResult is a revealed hint with the per-seat allowance remaining (HintsRemaining) and the
-// budget (per-seat allowance plus profile wallet) after spending one. WalletBalance is
+// purchasable hint wallet after spending one (WalletBalance, from payments). The client adopts
-// the global wallet alone, so the client can keep its live wallet authoritative and
+// WalletBalance into the profile so the badge stays live across games (lib/hints).
-// re-derive the per-game allowance (HintsRemaining - WalletBalance).
 type HintResult struct {
 	Move           engine.MoveRecord
 	HintsRemaining int
@@ -241,9 +240,6 @@ type StateView struct {
 	Rack           []string
 	BagLen         int
 	HintsRemaining int
-	// WalletBalance is the player's global hint-wallet balance alone (HintsRemaining folds
-	// it in with the per-game allowance), so the client keeps the wallet live across games.
-	WalletBalance int
 	// HintUnlockLeftSeconds is, for a vs_ai game on the requesting player's turn, the seconds left
 	// until the idle hint unlocks (the robot's last move plus the idle window, from the server clock);
 	// 0 for the human's first move, when it is not their turn, or a non-vs_ai game. The vs_ai hint is

backend/internal/inttest/admin_grant_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
+)
+
+// benefitFor returns the account's benefit on the given origin from its statement.
+func benefitFor(t *testing.T, pay *payments.Service, id uuid.UUID, origin payments.Source) payments.OriginBenefit {
+	t.Helper()
+	stmt, err := pay.AccountStatement(context.Background(), id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("statement: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, b := range stmt.Benefits {
+		if b.Origin == origin {
+			return b
+		}
+	}
+	return payments.OriginBenefit{}
+}
+
+// TestConsoleAdminGrant drives the admin grant: a raw benefit grant, a by-product grant of a reward
+// bundle, and a refusal to grant a chips pack; the create is CSRF-guarded.
+func TestConsoleAdminGrant(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv, _, pay := bannerServer(t)
+	h := srv.Handler()
+	id := provisionAccount(t)
+	const origin = "http://admin.test"
+	base := "http://admin.test/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+
+	// CSRF: a grant without the origin header is refused.
+	if code, _ := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant", "origin=direct&hints=1", ""); code != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Fatalf("grant without origin = %d, want 403", code)
+	}
+
+	// Raw grant: 5 hints + 30 no-ads days to the direct origin.
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant", "origin=direct&hints=5&noads=30", origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Granted") {
+		t.Fatalf("raw grant = %d, has 'Granted' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Granted"))
+	}
+	if b := benefitFor(t, pay, id, payments.SourceDirect); b.Hints != 5 || b.AdsPaidUntil.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatalf("after raw grant: hints=%d adsUntil-zero=%v, want 5 hints + a no-ads term", b.Hints, b.AdsPaidUntil.IsZero())
+	}
+
+	// By-product grant: an archived reward bundle (3 hints) to vk.
+	reward, err := pay.CreateProduct(ctx, payments.ProductInput{
+		Title: "reward-3-hints", Atoms: []payments.AtomLine{{Atom: "hints", Quantity: 3}},
+	}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create reward: %v", err)
+	}
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-product", "origin=vk&product_id="+reward.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "Granted") {
+		t.Fatalf("product grant = %d, has 'Granted' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "Granted"))
+	}
+	if b := benefitFor(t, pay, id, payments.SourceVK); b.Hints != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("after product grant: vk hints=%d, want 3", b.Hints)
+	}
+
+	// A chips pack cannot be granted.
+	pack, err := pay.CreateProduct(ctx, payments.ProductInput{
+		Title: "grant-pack", Atoms: []payments.AtomLine{{Atom: "chips", Quantity: 100}},
+		Prices: []payments.PriceLine{{Method: "direct", Currency: payments.CurrencyRUB, Amount: 14900}},
+	}, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create pack: %v", err)
+	}
+	if code, body := consoleDo(h, http.MethodPost, base+"/grant-product", "origin=direct&product_id="+pack.String(), origin); code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(body, "cannot grant chips") {
+		t.Fatalf("chips grant = %d, has 'cannot grant chips' = %v", code, strings.Contains(body, "cannot grant chips"))
+	}
+}

backend/internal/inttest/game_test.go

@@ -424,13 +424,13 @@ func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("first hint: %v", err)
 	}
 	// The allowance is spent before the wallet: with an empty wallet, the state now reports no
-	// hints left and a zero wallet, so the per-game allowance (HintsRemaining-WalletBalance) is 0.
+	// per-game allowance left (HintsRemaining is the allowance alone; the wallet lives on the profile).
 	st, err := svc.GameState(ctx, g.ID, seats[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("state: %v", err)
 	}
-	if st.HintsRemaining != 0 || st.WalletBalance != 0 {
+	if st.HintsRemaining != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("after allowance hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 0/0", st.HintsRemaining, st.WalletBalance)
+		t.Errorf("after allowance hint: hints=%d, want 0", st.HintsRemaining)
 	}
 	if _, err := svc.Hint(ctx, g.ID, seats[0]); !errors.Is(err, game.ErrNoHintsLeft) {
 		t.Fatalf("second hint = %v, want ErrNoHintsLeft", err)
@@ -444,9 +444,10 @@ func TestHintPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("wallet hint: %v", err)
 	}
-	// The allowance stays exhausted; the wallet dropped 2->1, and WalletBalance carries it alone.
+	// The allowance stays exhausted (HintsRemaining is the allowance alone, so 0); the wallet dropped
-	if res.HintsRemaining != 1 || res.WalletBalance != 1 {
+	// 2->1 and WalletBalance carries it (the client adopts it into the profile).
-		t.Errorf("wallet hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 1/1", res.HintsRemaining, res.WalletBalance)
+	if res.HintsRemaining != 0 || res.WalletBalance != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("wallet hint: hints=%d wallet=%d, want 0/1", res.HintsRemaining, res.WalletBalance)
 	}
 	// game_players.hints_used counts BOTH hints (1 allowance + 1 wallet) — the per-game total
 	// that feeds the player's lifetime hint statistics, not just the allowance.

backend/internal/notify/encode.go

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func buildStateView(b *flatbuffers.Builder, s PlayerState) flatbuffers.UOffsetT
 		Rack:           s.Rack,
 		BagLen:         s.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining: s.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:  s.WalletBalance,
 		Alphabet:       alphabet,
 	})
 }

backend/internal/notify/payload.go

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ type PlayerState struct {
 	Rack           []int
 	BagLen         int
 	HintsRemaining int
-	WalletBalance  int
 	Alphabet       []AlphabetLetter
 }
 

backend/internal/payments/service.go

@@ -156,6 +156,41 @@ func (s *Service) Grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source,
 	return s.store.grant(ctx, accountID, origin, d, snapshot, s.clock())
 }
 
+// GrantProduct grants a product's benefit atoms (hints, no-ads days) to an origin as a zero-price
+// admin sale, recording the source product on the ledger row (auditable to it). It refuses a
+// product carrying the chips atom (never granted — D16) or the tournament atom (no credit target
+// yet), and one whose atoms yield no grantable benefit.
+func (s *Service) GrantProduct(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID) error {
+	if !origin.Valid() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("payments: invalid grant origin %q", origin)
+	}
+	in, err := s.store.productInput(ctx, productID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var d benefitDelta
+	for _, a := range in.Atoms {
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case "hints":
+			d.hintsAdd += a.Quantity
+		case "noads_days":
+			d.noAdsDays += a.Quantity
+		case atomChips:
+			return ErrCannotGrantChips
+		case "tournament":
+			return ErrCannotGrantTournament
+		}
+	}
+	if d.zero() {
+		return ErrNothingToGrant
+	}
+	snapshot, err := marshalGrantProduct(productID, in.Title, d)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return s.store.grantProduct(ctx, accountID, origin, productID, d, snapshot, s.clock())
+}
+
 // MergeTx merges the secondary account's segments and benefits into the primary inside the
 // caller's transaction (the account-merge flow). The caller invalidates the affected caches
 // after committing (Invalidate).
@@ -244,3 +279,20 @@ func marshalGrant(d benefitDelta) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return b, nil
 }
+
+// marshalGrantProduct builds the snapshot for an admin grant-by-product: the source product and the
+// benefit atoms it granted (price 0).
+func marshalGrantProduct(productID uuid.UUID, title string, d benefitDelta) ([]byte, error) {
+	atoms := map[string]int{}
+	if d.hintsAdd > 0 {
+		atoms["hints"] = d.hintsAdd
+	}
+	if d.noAdsDays > 0 {
+		atoms["noads_days"] = d.noAdsDays
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(purchaseSnapshot{ProductID: productID.String(), Title: title, Atoms: atoms, PriceChips: 0})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("payments: marshal product grant snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}

backend/internal/payments/store_wallet.go

@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ var (
 	// ErrNotAValue means the product has no chip price (it is a chip pack or unpriced), so it
 	// cannot be bought with chips.
 	ErrNotAValue = errors.New("payments: product is not a chip-priced value")
+	// ErrCannotGrantChips means an admin grant targeted a product carrying the chips atom — the
+	// admin never grants currency (a gifted balance would bypass the cash desk, D16).
+	ErrCannotGrantChips = errors.New("payments: cannot grant chips")
+	// ErrCannotGrantTournament means an admin grant targeted a product carrying the tournament atom,
+	// which has no credit target until the tournament stage.
+	ErrCannotGrantTournament = errors.New("payments: cannot grant a tournament atom yet")
+	// ErrNothingToGrant means the product's atoms yield no grantable benefit (hints / no-ads days).
+	ErrNothingToGrant = errors.New("payments: product has nothing to grant")
 )
 
 // withTx runs fn inside a transaction on db, rolling back on error or panic.
@@ -312,6 +320,22 @@ func (s *Store) grant(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, d
 	return nil
 }
 
+// grantProduct is grant with the source product recorded on the ledger row (product_id), for an
+// admin grant-by-product — the benefit is the product's atoms, the ledger stays auditable to it.
+func (s *Store) grantProduct(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origin Source, productID uuid.UUID, d benefitDelta, snapshot []byte, now time.Time) error {
+	err := withTx(ctx, s.db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		if err := insertLedgerTx(ctx, tx, accountID, "admin_grant", nil, &origin, 0, &productID, nil, nil, nil, snapshot, now); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return applyBenefitTx(ctx, tx, accountID, origin, d, now)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.cache.invalidate(accountID)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // consumeHint decrements one hint from the first applicable origin (in the given priority order)
 // that has one, with a guarded update. It returns whether a hint was spent.
 func (s *Store) consumeHint(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, origins []Source, now time.Time) (bool, error) {

backend/internal/server/dto.go

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ type stateDTO struct {
 	Rack           []int   `json:"rack"`
 	BagLen         int     `json:"bag_len"`
 	HintsRemaining int     `json:"hints_remaining"`
-	WalletBalance  int     `json:"wallet_balance"`
 	// HintUnlockLeftSeconds is the vs_ai idle-hint gate: seconds until the hint unlocks (0 for a human
 	// game / first move / not your turn). The client anchors a monotonic countdown to it.
 	HintUnlockLeftSeconds int                `json:"hint_unlock_left_seconds"`
@@ -334,7 +333,6 @@ func stateDTOFrom(v game.StateView, includeAlphabet bool) (stateDTO, error) {
 		Rack:                  rack,
 		BagLen:                v.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining:        v.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:         v.WalletBalance,
 		HintUnlockLeftSeconds: v.HintUnlockLeftSeconds,
 	}
 	if includeAlphabet {

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_catalog.go

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/adminconsole"
 	"scrabble/backend/internal/payments"
@@ -181,3 +184,95 @@ func (s *Server) consoleDeleteProductAction(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Deleted", "the product was deleted", catalogBack)
 }
+
+// consoleGrant grants raw benefit atoms (hints / no-ads days / forever) to a chosen origin — a
+// zero-price admin sale.
+func (s *Server) consoleGrant(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unavailable", "payments are not enabled", back)
+		return
+	}
+	origin := payments.Source(c.PostForm("origin"))
+	hints, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("hints")))
+	noads, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("noads")))
+	forever := c.PostForm("forever") != ""
+	if err := s.payments.Grant(c.Request.Context(), id, origin, hints, noads, forever); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.publishBannerChange(id)
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Granted", "the benefit was granted", back)
+}
+
+// consoleGrantProduct grants a value product's atoms (a reward bundle, possibly archived) to a
+// chosen origin. It refuses a product carrying chips or the tournament atom (payments enforces it).
+func (s *Server) consoleGrantProduct(c *gin.Context) {
+	id, ok := s.consoleUUID(c, "/_gm/users")
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	back := "/_gm/users/" + id.String()
+	if s.payments == nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Unavailable", "payments are not enabled", back)
+		return
+	}
+	origin := payments.Source(c.PostForm("origin"))
+	productID, err := uuid.Parse(strings.TrimSpace(c.PostForm("product_id")))
+	if err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", "choose a product", back)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.payments.GrantProduct(c.Request.Context(), id, origin, productID); err != nil {
+		s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Grant failed", err.Error(), back)
+		return
+	}
+	s.publishBannerChange(id)
+	s.renderConsoleMessage(c, "Granted", "the product was granted", back)
+}
+
+// grantForm builds the admin-grant panel: the origin picker and the grantable products (value
+// bundles, including archived ones — chips and tournament products are excluded).
+func (s *Server) grantForm(ctx context.Context) adminconsole.GrantFormView {
+	fv := adminconsole.GrantFormView{Present: true, Origins: []string{"direct", "vk", "telegram"}}
+	products, err := s.payments.AdminCatalog(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fv
+	}
+	for _, p := range products {
+		if grantableProduct(p) {
+			fv.Products = append(fv.Products, adminconsole.GrantProductOption{
+				ID: p.ID.String(), Title: p.Title, Summary: atomSummary(p.Atoms), Archived: !p.Active,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return fv
+}
+
+// grantableProduct reports whether a product can be admin-granted: it carries at least one benefit
+// atom (hints / no-ads days) and no chips or tournament atom.
+func grantableProduct(p payments.AdminProduct) bool {
+	benefit := false
+	for _, a := range p.Atoms {
+		switch a.Atom {
+		case "chips", "tournament":
+			return false
+		case "hints", "noads_days":
+			benefit = true
+		}
+	}
+	return benefit
+}
+
+// atomSummary renders a product's atoms as "hints×5, noads_days×30".
+func atomSummary(atoms []payments.AtomLine) string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(atoms))
+	for _, a := range atoms {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s×%d", a.Atom, a.Quantity))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ", ")
+}

backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ func (s *Server) registerConsole(router *gin.Engine) {
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant-role", s.consoleGrantRole)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/revoke-role", s.consoleRevokeRole)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/remove-email", s.consoleRemoveEmail)
+	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant", s.consoleGrant)
+	gm.POST("/users/:id/grant-product", s.consoleGrantProduct)
 	gm.POST("/users/:id/delete", s.consoleDeleteUser)
 	gm.GET("/reasons", s.consoleReasons)
 	gm.POST("/reasons", s.consoleCreateReason)
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ func (s *Server) consoleUserDetail(c *gin.Context) {
 		} else {
 			s.log.Warn("console: account statement failed", zap.String("account", id.String()), zap.Error(err))
 		}
+		view.Grant = s.grantForm(ctx)
 	}
 	s.renderConsole(c, "user_detail", "users", acc.DisplayName, view)
 }

docs/PAYMENTS.md

@@ -319,10 +319,12 @@ cache. Identity-presence (which segments are awake, §6) is supplied by the call
 here, so unlink/re-link takes effect immediately.
 
 **Admin rewards.** An admin grants **concrete values only** (no-ads / hints) — **never
-chips** (a gifted currency balance = a store cash-desk bypass). The admin **picks the
+chips** (a gifted currency balance = a store cash-desk bypass). It grants either raw atoms or a
+**defined value product** (a reward bundle, which may be archived — hidden from the store but
+grantable); both refuse a `chips` or `tournament` atom. The admin **picks the
 origin** at grant time (compliance is on them: `origin=vk` point-wise/low-volume = low risk,
 `origin=direct` = safe). A grant is a ledger transaction of type `admin_grant`, price 0
-chips — full audit of rewards.
+chips (the by-product grant records the source `product_id` + snapshot) — full audit of rewards.
 
 **Per-user financial report** in the admin console `/_gm` — segment balances, payments,
 spends, grants, refunds, full history — as an extension of the existing user card

docs/PAYMENTS_ru.md

@@ -318,10 +318,13 @@ in-process кэш сегментов и бенефитов по ключу-ак
 вызывающий, здесь не кэшируется, поэтому отвязка/повторная привязка действует сразу.
 
 **Награждение админом.** Админ начисляет **только конкретные ценности** (без рекламы /
-подсказки) — **никогда не Фишки** (подаренный баланс валюты = обход кассы стора). Админ
+подсказки) — **никогда не Фишки** (подаренный баланс валюты = обход кассы стора). Выдаёт либо
+сырыми атомами, либо **готовым продуктом-ценностью** (набор-награда, возможно архивный — скрыт
+из магазина, но выдаётся); оба отказывают на атоме `chips` или `tournament`. Админ
 **выбирает origin** при выдаче (ответственность за комплаенс на нём: `origin=vk`
 точечно/малый объём = низкий риск, `origin=direct` = безопасно). Грант — транзакция журнала
-типа `admin_grant`, цена 0 Фишек — полный аудит наград.
+типа `admin_grant`, цена 0 Фишек (грант по продукту пишет исходный `product_id` + снапшот) —
+полный аудит наград.
 
 **Финансовый отчёт по пользователю** в админке `/_gm` — балансы сегментов, платежи, траты,
 гранты, возвраты, полная история — расширение существующей карточки (`UserDetailView`,

gateway/internal/backendclient/api.go

@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ type StateResp struct {
 	Rack                  []int               `json:"rack"`
 	BagLen                int                 `json:"bag_len"`
 	HintsRemaining        int                 `json:"hints_remaining"`
-	WalletBalance         int                 `json:"wallet_balance"`
 	HintUnlockLeftSeconds int                 `json:"hint_unlock_left_seconds"`
 	Alphabet              []AlphabetEntryJSON `json:"alphabet,omitempty"`
 }

gateway/internal/transcode/encode.go

@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ func toWireState(s backendclient.StateResp) wire.StateView {
 		Rack:                  s.Rack,
 		BagLen:                s.BagLen,
 		HintsRemaining:        s.HintsRemaining,
-		WalletBalance:         s.WalletBalance,
 		HintUnlockLeftSeconds: s.HintUnlockLeftSeconds,
 		Alphabet:              alphabet,
 	}

gateway/internal/transcode/transcode_test.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestGameStateRoundTripForwardsUserID(t *testing.T) {
 		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v1/user/games/g-1/state" {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected path %q", r.URL.Path)
 		}
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"game":{"id":"g-1","variant":"scrabble_en","status":"active","players":2,"to_move":1,"seats":[{"seat":0,"account_id":"u-7","score":5}]},"seat":0,"rack":[0,1],"bag_len":80,"hints_remaining":4,"wallet_balance":3,"hint_unlock_left_seconds":1200}`))
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"game":{"id":"g-1","variant":"scrabble_en","status":"active","players":2,"to_move":1,"seats":[{"seat":0,"account_id":"u-7","score":5}]},"seat":0,"rack":[0,1],"bag_len":80,"hints_remaining":4,"hint_unlock_left_seconds":1200}`))
 	})
 	defer cleanup()
 
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func TestGameStateRoundTripForwardsUserID(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("handler: %v", err)
 	}
 	st := fb.GetRootAsStateView(payload, 0)
-	if st.BagLen() != 80 || st.RackLength() != 2 || st.HintsRemaining() != 4 || st.WalletBalance() != 3 || st.HintUnlockLeftSeconds() != 1200 {
+	if st.BagLen() != 80 || st.RackLength() != 2 || st.HintsRemaining() != 4 || st.HintUnlockLeftSeconds() != 1200 {
-		t.Fatalf("state decoded wrong: bag=%d rack=%d hints=%d wallet=%d unlockLeft=%d", st.BagLen(), st.RackLength(), st.HintsRemaining(), st.WalletBalance(), st.HintUnlockLeftSeconds())
+		t.Fatalf("state decoded wrong: bag=%d rack=%d hints=%d unlockLeft=%d", st.BagLen(), st.RackLength(), st.HintsRemaining(), st.HintUnlockLeftSeconds())
 	}
 	game := st.Game(nil)
 	if game == nil || string(game.Id()) != "g-1" || string(game.Variant()) != "scrabble_en" || game.ToMove() != 1 {

pkg/fbs/scrabble.fbs

@@ -330,12 +330,11 @@ table StateView {
   bag_len:int;
   hints_remaining:int;
   alphabet:[AlphabetEntry];
-  // wallet_balance is the requesting player's global hint-wallet balance, sent apart from
+  // wallet_balance is deprecated (D31): the purchasable hint wallet moved to the profile (payments),
-  // hints_remaining (which folds the wallet in with the per-game allowance) so the client can
+  // and hints_remaining now carries the per-game allowance alone. The field is tombstoned rather than
-  // separate the two: the per-game allowance remaining is hints_remaining - wallet_balance, and
+  // deleted so the vtable slots of the fields after it stay stable across a rolling deploy (an old
-  // the wallet is a single global figure the client keeps live across games (added trailing —
+  // SPA served before the deploy must keep reading a new gateway correctly). No accessor is generated.
-  // backward-compatible).
+  wallet_balance:int (deprecated);
-  wallet_balance:int;
   // hint_unlock_left_seconds is, for a vs_ai game, how many seconds until the idle hint unlocks
   // (the robot's last move plus the idle window, computed from the SERVER clock online / the device
   // clock offline, capped at the window and floored at 0); 0 for a human's first move (no robot move
@@ -393,10 +392,9 @@ table ComplaintRequest {
   note:string;
 }
 
-// HintResult is the top-ranked move plus the remaining hint budget. wallet_balance is the
+// HintResult is the top-ranked move plus hints_remaining (the per-game allowance alone) and
-// global hint-wallet balance after spending (see StateView.wallet_balance), so the client
+// wallet_balance (the purchasable hint wallet after spending, from payments). The client adopts
-// refreshes its live wallet and re-derives the per-game allowance (added trailing —
+// wallet_balance into the profile so the badge stays live across games (see lib/hints).
-// backward-compatible).
 table HintResult {
   move:MoveRecord;
   hints_remaining:int;

pkg/fbs/scrabblefb/StateView.go

@@ -144,18 +144,6 @@ func (rcv *StateView) AlphabetLength() int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (rcv *StateView) WalletBalance() int32 {
-	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(16))
-	if o != 0 {
-		return rcv._tab.GetInt32(o + rcv._tab.Pos)
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-func (rcv *StateView) MutateWalletBalance(n int32) bool {
-	return rcv._tab.MutateInt32Slot(16, n)
-}
-
 func (rcv *StateView) HintUnlockLeftSeconds() int32 {
 	o := flatbuffers.UOffsetT(rcv._tab.Offset(18))
 	if o != 0 {
@@ -195,9 +183,6 @@ func StateViewAddAlphabet(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, alphabet flatbuffers.UOf
 func StateViewStartAlphabetVector(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, numElems int) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
 	return builder.StartVector(4, numElems, 4)
 }
-func StateViewAddWalletBalance(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, walletBalance int32) {
-	builder.PrependInt32Slot(6, walletBalance, 0)
-}
 func StateViewAddHintUnlockLeftSeconds(builder *flatbuffers.Builder, hintUnlockLeftSeconds int32) {
 	builder.PrependInt32Slot(7, hintUnlockLeftSeconds, 0)
 }

pkg/wire/build.go

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ type StateView struct {
 	Rack                  []int
 	BagLen                int
 	HintsRemaining        int
-	WalletBalance         int
 	HintUnlockLeftSeconds int
 	Alphabet              []AlphabetEntry
 }
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ func BuildStateView(b *flatbuffers.Builder, s StateView) flatbuffers.UOffsetT {
 	fb.StateViewAddRack(b, rack)
 	fb.StateViewAddBagLen(b, int32(s.BagLen))
 	fb.StateViewAddHintsRemaining(b, int32(s.HintsRemaining))
-	fb.StateViewAddWalletBalance(b, int32(s.WalletBalance))
 	fb.StateViewAddHintUnlockLeftSeconds(b, int32(s.HintUnlockLeftSeconds))
 	if hasAlphabet {
 		fb.StateViewAddAlphabet(b, alphabet)

ui/src/game/Game.svelte

@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@
       view = st;
       // Anchor the vs_ai idle-hint countdown to the freshly fetched seconds-left (0 = open / non-vs_ai).
       armHintGate(st.game.vsAi ? (st.hintUnlockLeftSeconds ?? 0) : 0);
-      syncWallet(st.walletBalance);
+      // The game state no longer carries the hint wallet (it lives on the profile); do not touch
+      // app.profile.hintBalance here — that would clobber the authoritative payments balance.
       // Seed the unread flag from the authoritative state (the live stream only raises it).
       seedChatUnread(id, st.game.unreadChat, st.game.unreadMessages);
       moves = hist.moves;
@@ -833,10 +834,9 @@
       seat: r.move.player,
       rack: r.rack,
       bagLen: r.bagLen,
-      // A move is not a hint, so the per-game allowance and the wallet are unchanged: carry both
+      // A move is not a hint, so the per-game allowance is unchanged: carry it forward. The badge
-      // forward (their difference is the stable allowance; the badge adds the live wallet).
+      // adds the live wallet from the profile.
       hintsRemaining: view?.hintsRemaining ?? 0,
-      walletBalance: view?.walletBalance ?? 0,
     };
     // The move result is an authoritative per-viewer view: a nudge the actor just answered by
     // moving is already cleared server-side, so reconcile the unread flag from it.
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
           recenter++;
         }
         if (isCoarse() && !landscape) zoomed = true;
-        view = { ...view, hintsRemaining: h.hintsRemaining, walletBalance: h.walletBalance };
+        view = { ...view, hintsRemaining: h.hintsRemaining };
         syncWallet(h.walletBalance);
         // The hint is the engine's own top-ranked, fully scored legal move: reuse it as the
         // preview instead of a redundant evaluate (same engine call, same placement). Cancel any

ui/src/gen/fbs/scrabblefb/state-view.ts

@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ alphabetLength():number {
   return offset ? this.bb!.__vector_len(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
 }
 
-walletBalance():number {
-  const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 16);
-  return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
-}
-
 hintUnlockLeftSeconds():number {
   const offset = this.bb!.__offset(this.bb_pos, 18);
   return offset ? this.bb!.readInt32(this.bb_pos + offset) : 0;
@@ -131,10 +126,6 @@ static startAlphabetVector(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, numElems:number) {
   builder.startVector(4, numElems, 4);
 }
 
-static addWalletBalance(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, walletBalance:number) {
-  builder.addFieldInt32(6, walletBalance, 0);
-}
-
 static addHintUnlockLeftSeconds(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, hintUnlockLeftSeconds:number) {
   builder.addFieldInt32(7, hintUnlockLeftSeconds, 0);
 }
@@ -144,7 +135,7 @@ static endStateView(builder:flatbuffers.Builder):flatbuffers.Offset {
   return offset;
 }
 
-static createStateView(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, gameOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, seat:number, rackOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, bagLen:number, hintsRemaining:number, alphabetOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, walletBalance:number, hintUnlockLeftSeconds:number):flatbuffers.Offset {
+static createStateView(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, gameOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, seat:number, rackOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, bagLen:number, hintsRemaining:number, alphabetOffset:flatbuffers.Offset, hintUnlockLeftSeconds:number):flatbuffers.Offset {
   StateView.startStateView(builder);
   StateView.addGame(builder, gameOffset);
   StateView.addSeat(builder, seat);
@@ -152,7 +143,6 @@ static createStateView(builder:flatbuffers.Builder, gameOffset:flatbuffers.Offse
   StateView.addBagLen(builder, bagLen);
   StateView.addHintsRemaining(builder, hintsRemaining);
   StateView.addAlphabet(builder, alphabetOffset);
-  StateView.addWalletBalance(builder, walletBalance);
   StateView.addHintUnlockLeftSeconds(builder, hintUnlockLeftSeconds);
   return StateView.endStateView(builder);
 }

ui/src/lib/codec.ts

@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ function decodeStateViewTable(v: fb.StateView): StateView {
     rack,
     bagLen: v.bagLen(),
     hintsRemaining: v.hintsRemaining(),
-    walletBalance: v.walletBalance(),
     hintUnlockLeftSeconds: v.hintUnlockLeftSeconds(),
   };
 }

ui/src/lib/gamecache.test.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function gameView(id: string): GameView {
 }
 
 function view(id: string, rack: string[] = ['A', 'B']): StateView {
-  return { game: gameView(id), seat: 0, rack, bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1, walletBalance: 0 };
+  return { game: gameView(id), seat: 0, rack, bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1 };
 }
 
 function move(player: number): MoveRecord {

ui/src/lib/gamedelta.test.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function move(player: number): MoveRecord {
 }
 
 function cache(moveCount: number, seat = 0, over = false): CachedGame {
-  const view: StateView = { game: gameView(moveCount, over), seat, rack: ['a', 'b'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1, walletBalance: 0 };
+  const view: StateView = { game: gameView(moveCount, over), seat, rack: ['a', 'b'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1 };
   return { view, moves: [] };
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function delta(moveCount: number, player: number, bagLen = 47): MoveDelta {
 
 describe('seedInitialState', () => {
   it('wraps an initial view with an empty journal', () => {
-    const view: StateView = { game: gameView(0), seat: 1, rack: ['x'], bagLen: 80, hintsRemaining: 2, walletBalance: 0 };
+    const view: StateView = { game: gameView(0), seat: 1, rack: ['x'], bagLen: 80, hintsRemaining: 2 };
     expect(seedInitialState(view)).toEqual({ view, moves: [] });
   });
 });
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ describe('applyOpponentJoined', () => {
       { seat: 0, accountId: 'me', displayName: 'Me', score: 0, hintsUsed: 0, isWinner: false },
       { seat: 1, accountId: 'opp', displayName: 'Opp', score: 0, hintsUsed: 0, isWinner: false },
     ] };
-    return { game, seat: 0, rack: ['x'], bagLen: 90, hintsRemaining: 0, walletBalance: 0 };
+    return { game, seat: 0, rack: ['x'], bagLen: 90, hintsRemaining: 0 };
   }
 
   it("adopts the joined seats and status while preserving the cached rack and moves", () => {
     // The cached open game is still "searching": empty seats, status open, the starter's own rack.
-    const cached: CachedGame = { view: { game: { ...gameView(2), status: 'open', seats: [] }, seat: 0, rack: ['a', 'b'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1, walletBalance: 0 }, moves: [move(0)] };
+    const cached: CachedGame = { view: { game: { ...gameView(2), status: 'open', seats: [] }, seat: 0, rack: ['a', 'b'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1 }, moves: [move(0)] };
     const res = applyOpponentJoined(cached, joinedState());
     expect(res?.view.game.status).toBe('active');
     expect(res?.view.game.seats).toHaveLength(2);

ui/src/lib/hints.test.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { hintsLeft, hintGateRemainingMs, hintLockMinutes } from './hints';
 
-// view carries only the two fields hintsLeft reads.
+// view carries only the field hintsLeft reads (the per-game allowance).
-const view = (hintsRemaining: number, walletBalance: number) => ({ hintsRemaining, walletBalance });
+const view = (hintsRemaining: number) => ({ hintsRemaining });
 
 describe('hintsLeft', () => {
   it('is zero without a view', () => {
     expect(hintsLeft(null, 5)).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  it('adds the per-game allowance to the live wallet (fresh view)', () => {
+  it('adds the per-game allowance to the live wallet', () => {
-    // hints_remaining 4 = allowance 1 + wallet 3; live wallet matches the snapshot → 1 + 3.
+    expect(hintsLeft(view(1), 3)).toBe(4); // allowance 1 + wallet 3
-    expect(hintsLeft(view(4, 3), 3)).toBe(4);
   });
 
-  it('reflects the LIVE wallet, not the per-game snapshot (the staleness fix)', () => {
+  it('reflects the LIVE wallet, not the view (the staleness fix)', () => {
-    // The view was fetched when the wallet was 3 (allowance 1), but a wallet hint was since spent
+    // A wallet hint spent in another game since this view was fetched → the live wallet is 2, so the
-    // in another game, so the live wallet is 2: the count must drop to 1 + 2 = 3, not stay at 4.
+    // count is 1 + 2 = 3. The wallet is always passed live (from the profile), never read off the view.
-    expect(hintsLeft(view(4, 3), 2)).toBe(3);
+    expect(hintsLeft(view(1), 2)).toBe(3);
   });
 
   it('shows just the wallet when the per-game allowance is used up', () => {
-    // allowance 0 (hints_remaining 3 == snapshot wallet 3); live wallet 3 → 0 + 3.
+    expect(hintsLeft(view(0), 3)).toBe(3); // allowance 0 + wallet 3
-    expect(hintsLeft(view(3, 3), 3)).toBe(3);
   });
 
-  it('clamps a non-negative allowance and wallet', () => {
+  it('clamps negatives', () => {
-    expect(hintsLeft(view(2, 3), 0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(hintsLeft(view(1), -5)).toBe(1); // a negative wallet clamps to 0
-    expect(hintsLeft(view(1, 0), -5)).toBe(1);
+    expect(hintsLeft(view(-2), 3)).toBe(3); // a negative allowance clamps to 0
   });
 });
 

ui/src/lib/hints.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 // Hint-count derivation, kept out of the .svelte component so it is unit-testable.
 //
-// The badge shows the per-game hint allowance remaining plus the player's global hint
+// The badge shows the per-game hint allowance remaining plus the player's global hint wallet. The
-// wallet. The server's hints_remaining folds the two together, but the wallet is global —
+// view's hints_remaining is the per-game allowance alone; the wallet is global (shared across every
-// shared across every game — so caching the combined number per game makes it go stale the
+// game) and read live from the profile (payments), never the per-game snapshot — so a wallet hint
-// moment a wallet hint is spent in another game. We therefore split it: the per-game
+// spent in another game stays reflected here.
-// allowance is hints_remaining - wallet_balance (both from the same fetch, so it is stable
-// and cacheable), and the wallet is read live from the global profile, never the per-game
-// snapshot.
 
 import type { StateView } from './model';
 
 /**
- * hintsLeft is the hint count for the badge: the per-game allowance remaining (the view's
+ * hintsLeft is the hint count for the badge: the per-game allowance remaining (view.hintsRemaining)
- * hints_remaining minus the wallet snapshot baked into that same view) plus the live global
+ * plus the live global wallet balance (passed in from the profile, so it stays correct when a wallet
- * wallet balance. Passing the live wallet (not view.walletBalance) is what keeps the count
+ * hint was spent in another game since this view was fetched).
- * correct when a wallet hint was spent in another game since this view was fetched.
  */
 export function hintsLeft(
-  view: Pick<StateView, 'hintsRemaining' | 'walletBalance'> | null,
+  view: Pick<StateView, 'hintsRemaining'> | null,
   walletBalance: number,
 ): number {
   if (!view) return 0;
-  const allowance = Math.max(0, view.hintsRemaining - view.walletBalance);
+  return Math.max(0, view.hintsRemaining) + Math.max(0, walletBalance);
-  return allowance + Math.max(0, walletBalance);
 }
 
 /** HINT_GATE_MS is the idle time a vs_ai player must be stuck on a turn before a hint unlocks. */

ui/src/lib/localgame/source.ts

@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ export class LocalSource implements GameLoopSource {
       rack,
       bagLen: entry.game.bagLength,
       hintsRemaining: 1,
-      walletBalance: 0,
       hintUnlockLeftSeconds: this.hintUnlockLeft(entry),
       locked,
     };

ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts

@@ -408,10 +408,9 @@ export class MockGateway implements GatewayClient {
       seat: this.mySeat(g),
       rack: [...g.rack],
       bagLen: g.bagLen,
-      // g.hintsRemaining is the per-game allowance; the wallet is the shared profile balance.
+      // hintsRemaining is the per-game allowance alone; the wallet lives on the profile and the
-      // hints_remaining folds the two together (as the backend does), walletBalance is the wallet.
+      // client adds it (lib/hints).
-      hintsRemaining: g.hintsRemaining + this.profile.hintBalance,
+      hintsRemaining: g.hintsRemaining,
-      walletBalance: this.profile.hintBalance,
     };
   }
 
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ export class MockGateway implements GatewayClient {
         score: valueForLetter(g.view.variant, letter),
         total: 0,
       },
-      hintsRemaining: g.hintsRemaining + this.profile.hintBalance,
+      hintsRemaining: g.hintsRemaining,
       walletBalance: this.profile.hintBalance,
     };
   }

ui/src/lib/model.ts

@@ -78,17 +78,14 @@ export interface MoveRecord {
   total: number;
 }
 
-/** A seated player's private view of a game. hintsRemaining folds the per-game allowance
+/** A seated player's private view of a game. hintsRemaining is the per-game allowance alone; the
- *  together with the global wallet; walletBalance is the wallet alone, so the client can
+ *  purchasable hint wallet lives on the profile (payments), and the client adds it (see lib/hints). */
- *  derive the per-game allowance (hintsRemaining - walletBalance) and keep the wallet live
- *  across games (see lib/hints). */
 export interface StateView {
   game: GameView;
   seat: number;
   rack: string[];
   bagLen: number;
   hintsRemaining: number;
-  walletBalance: number;
   /** For a vs_ai game, the seconds until the idle hint unlocks (computed by the source: the SERVER
    *  clock online, the device clock offline) — 0/undefined while open (the human's first move, or a
    *  non-vs_ai game). The client anchors a MONOTONIC countdown (performance.now()) to it on receipt,

ui/src/lib/preload.test.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function gameView(id: string, status: GameView['status'] = 'active'): GameView {
 }
 
 function stateView(id: string): StateView {
-  return { game: gameView(id), seat: 0, rack: ['A', 'B'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1, walletBalance: 0 };
+  return { game: gameView(id), seat: 0, rack: ['A', 'B'], bagLen: 50, hintsRemaining: 1 };
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {