Terms and Conditions
In compliance with the applicable laws as at the date of publishing of these Terms, the Company does not offer online games for entry fees and prizes in the State of Telangana and State of Andhra Pradesh. We also do not offer our services in the states of Assam, Nagaland and Sikkim which together with the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are referred as "Restricted States". Free practice games without any real money are, however, accessible from all states in India. If you access the Service or play Game(s) from a jurisdiction where Games are not permitted, you shall be entirely liable for any legal or penal consequences under applicable laws and as per these Terms of Service. and reserve the right to take appropriate action including forfeiture of part or complete balance in your account.
Introduction
Your use of the Services through the Portal, are all subject to and governed by these Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, (hereinafter referred as "Terms"). You understand that the Terms will be binding on you. You agree that Services offered on the Portal can be accessed and availed of only in accordance with the Terms and you shall be responsible to comply with the Terms at all times. You are responsible to be aware of and agree to abide by the Terms as published and periodically amended or modified by rummydeck.in If any of the Terms are determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or unenforceable for any reason by any judicial or quasi - judicial body in India, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining Terms. Our failure or delay to act or exercise any right or remedy with respect to a breach of any of the Terms by you shall not be construed as a waiver of our right(s) to act with respect to the said breach or any prior, concurrent, subsequent or similar breaches. If a promotion, game, event, competition or tournament is organized by us, it shall be governed by these Terms, Privacy Policy, Offer Terms and any supplementary terms and conditions which may be specifically applied for that promotion, game, event, competition or tournament.
APPLICABILITY
PRIOR TO REGISTERING WITH US, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ AND REVIEW THESE TERMS WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL SERVICES ON THE PORTAL AND ALSO THE WEBSITE OR APP-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND RULES APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC WEBSITE OR APP. BY REGISTERING ON THE PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ALL TIMES.
1. Legality
You may only use the Services to play Cash Games (as defined below) provided you are 18 years of age or over. Access to our Services or any part thereof may be restricted by us from time to time in our sole decision. You confirm that you are not directly or indirectly accessing the Services to play Cash Games from any Restricted State or outside India. Games offered by us on our Platform are games of skill and protected business in accordance with Article 21 of the Constitution of India as held by various courts in India under multiple judgments. The said games are not related to gambling and/or wagering on an outcome.
2. Game Services
All tournaments, promotional games, practice games and Cash Games organized on the Portal are collectively referred as "Game" or "Games". The rules applicable to each type of Game are provided under the Help section on the respective Website and App. "Cash Game(s)" is/are Game(s) that require the participant to have a certain minimum cash balance in their user account to participate. All other Games offered on the Portal are defined as Non-Cash Game(s). We charge service charges for Cash Games, which may vary depending on the nature of the Cash Game and are subject to change from time to time. Non-Cash Games are offered free on the Portal but may be subject to entry restrictions in some cases. We reserve the right to undertake appropriate measures while providing the Platform for game play which includes but is not limited to matching players on the basis of their skill level.
3. User representations
Any information provided by you to us, whether at the stage of registration or during anytime subsequently, should be true, correct and complete. Prior to adding cash to your user account or participating in Cash Game(s), you shall be responsible to satisfy yourself about the legality of playing Cash Games in the jurisdiction from where you are accessing Cash Games. If you are not legally competent to individually enter into Indian Rupee transactions through banking channels in India and/or are not accessing the Portal from a permitted jurisdiction, you are prohibited from participating in Cash Games on the Portal. In the event of any violation of the terms and conditions, your participation in Cash Games will be deemed to be in breach of the Terms and you will not be entitled to receive any prize in such Cash Games. You represent that you are 18 years of age or older to participate in any Cash Games and are also otherwise competent to enter into a contract/transactions with other users and us. You are aware that participation in the Games organized by us ("Activity") is based in usage of and dependent on your skills and may result in financial loss to you. You represent that you have the experience and the requisite skills required to participate in the Activity and that you are not aware of any physical or mental condition that would impair your capability to fully participate in the Activity. With full knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding this Activity, you are voluntarily participating in the Activity and assume all responsibility for and risk resulting from your participation, including all risk of financial loss. You further acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any consequence resulting from you participating in this Activity or being associated with this Activity or around this Activity. You agree to indemnify and hold us, our employees, directors, officers, and agents harmless and indemnified against and with respect to any and all claims and costs associated with your participation in the Activity. Any false information provided by you in respect if your information including the KYC details and also the age, etc. shall result in your violation of the Terms and shall be dealt with in accordance hereof. You understand that we assume no liability or responsibility for any financial loss that you may sustain as a result of participation in the Activity. You understand and accept that your participation in a Game available on the Portal is purely voluntary and does not create any obligation on us to give you a prize. To be eligible to win a prize, you must be a resident of India and accessing the Services of rummydeck.in from India. Your winning of a prize is entirely dependent on your skill as a player vis-a-vis other players in the Game and is subject to the Terms and the rules of the Game. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for all content posted, transmitted, uploaded or otherwise made available on the Portal by you. All content posted by you must be legally owned by or licensed to you. By publishing any content on the Website, you agree to grant us a royalty-free, world-wide, non- exclusive, perpetual and assignable right to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, edit, translate, create derivative works from, transmit, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your content and to use such content in any related marketing materials produced by us or our affiliates. Such content may include, without limitation, your name, username, location, messages, gender or pictures. You also understand that you do not obtain any rights, legal or equitable, in any material incorporating your content. You further agree and acknowledge that we have the right to use all communication or feedback provided by you in any manner, whatsoever. You understand and accept that we reserve the right to record any and all user content produced by way of, including but not limited to, chat messages on the Portal through our feature, through the in-game chat facility or other interactive features, if any. You understand that the funds in your user account with us is held in trust by the trustee bank and does not carry any interest or return. You shall not hold us or the trustee bank responsible for not being able to play any Game for which you may be eligible to participate. This includes but is not limited to situations where you are unable to log into your user account or make some or all transactions as your user account may be pending validation or you may be suspected or are in established violation of any of the Terms. You understand and accept that by viewing or using the Portal or availing of any Services, or using communication features on the Portal, you may be exposed to content posted by other users which you may find offensive, objectionable or indecent. You may bring such content posted by other users to our notice that you may find offensive, objectionable or indecent and we reserve the right to act upon it as we may deem fit. The decision taken by us in this regard shall be final and binding on you. We are and act in compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines and the said guidelines are applicable to you and therefore you are also required to comply with the FATF guidelines. By using our Portal, you undertake to comply with the FATF guidelines. You represent that you are not a politically exposed person. You represent that you have not been convicted for any crime. You represent that you are not on the UN Sanctions List or work for a company/entity that is on the UN Sanctions list.
4. User Account Creation & Operation
To use our Services, you will need to register with us on the Portal. By completing the online registration process on the Portal, you confirm your acceptance of the Terms. By registering on our Portal, you agree to receive all communication from us including promotional messages relating to Tournaments & Bonus through SMS, voice call, Email and Push Notifications. You may withdraw your consent by sending an email to support@rummydeck.in. During the registration process, you will be required to choose a login name and a password in addition to providing certain information which may not be mandatory. Additionally, you may be required to give further personal information for your user account verification and/or for adding cash to your user account. You must complete your KYC and give us the correct details in all fields requiring your personal information, including, without limitation, your name, postal address, email address, telephone number(s). PAN Number, Identification Number, etc. You undertake that you will update this information and keep it current. You acknowledge that we may, at any time, require to verify the correctness of this information and in order to do so may require additional documentary proof from you, failing which we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your registration on the Website. Any information provided by you to us should be complete, true and correct. We are not obliged to cross check or verify information provided by you and we will not take any responsibility for any outcome or consequence as a result of you providing incorrect information or concealing any relevant information from us. You understand that it is your responsibility to protect the information provided by you on the Portal including but not limited to your Username, Password, Email address, Contact Details and Mobile number. We will not ask for your user account login password which is only to be entered at the time of login. At no other time should you provide your user account information to any third party including any user logged in on the Portal or elsewhere. You undertake that you will not allow/login and then allow, any other person to play from your user account using your username. You specifically understand and agree that we will not incur any liability for information provided by you to anyone which may result in your user account on the Websites and Apps being exposed or misused by any other person. You agree to use your user account with us, solely for the purpose of playing Games on the Portal and for transactions which you may have to carry out in connection with availing the Services thereon. Use or attempted use of your user account for any reason other than what is stated in the Terms may result in immediate termination/blockage of your user account and forfeiture of any prize, bonus or balance in the user account. You also understand and agree that deposits in your user account maintained with us are purely for the purpose of participation in Cash Games made available on the Portal. You understand and agree that you cannot transfer any sum from your user account with us to the account of another registered user on the Portal except as may be permitted in accordance with the Terms, which may be subject to restrictions and conditions.
5. User Account validation and personal information verification
rummydeck.in may from time to time attempt to validate its players user accounts. These attempts may be made via a phone call or via email or such other permissible method under law. In the event we are not able to establish contact with you in the first time, we will make additional attempts to establish contact with you. If the phone number and email provided by you is not correct, we bear no responsibility for the Services being interrupted due to we being unable to establish contact with you. If we are unable to contact you or if the validation is unsuccessful, we reserve the right to block/disallow you from logging into the Portal or modify your play limits and/or add cash limits until we are able to satisfactorily validate your user account. We will in such events email you to notify of the next steps regarding user account validation. We may also ask you for KYC documents including proof of identification and proof of address from time to time. Upon receipt of suitable documents, we will try our best to enable your user account at the earliest. However, it may take a few business days to reinstate your user account. In the event that we have made several attempts to contact you but have been unable to do so, we also reserve the right to permanently suspend your user account and refund the amount as per Clause 8 (Withdrawals and Refunds), in your user account to the financial instrument through which the payment was made to your user account. The Privacy Policy of our Portal(s) form a part of the Terms. All personal information which is of such nature that requires protection from unauthorized dissemination shall be dealt with in the manner provided in the Privacy Policy of the Portal.
6. User restrictions
Anti-Cheating and Anti-Collusion: You undertake that you yourself will play in all Games in which you have registered/joined and will not use any form of external assistance to play. You shall not add unauthorized components, create or use cheats, exploits, bots, hacks or any other third-party software designed to modify the Portal or the game play, use any third-party software that intercepts, mines or otherwise collects information from or through the Portal or through any Services. Any attempt to employ any such external assistance is strictly prohibited and shall be treated as a cyber crime under applicable laws. Formation of teams for the purpose of collusion between you and any other user(s) for participating in Games organized on the Portal or any other form of cheating is strictly prohibited. When collusion or cheating is detected on the Portal, we shall settle the Game as per its "Game Cancellation Settlement Policy" and reserve the right to take further appropriate action against offending users in terms hereof or otherwise as per the applicable law, including but not limited to blocking the user(s), banning access to the Portal and any or all Services and forfeiting any or all amounts available in the wallets of such users. Further, we reserve the right to follow an alternative reasonable mechanism as may not be covered in the respective policy and you agree that you shall be undisputedly abide to such decision of All decisions of the Company as regards cheating and rummydeck.in collusion shall be final and binding on the users.
Money Laundering: You are prohibited from doing any activity on the Portal that may be construed as money laundering, including, without limitation, attempting to withdraw cash from unutilized cash added through credit cards or deliberately losing money to a certain player(s).
Anti-SPAMMING: Sending SPAM emails or any other form of unsolicited communication for obtaining registrations on the Portal to benefit from any of our promotional program or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited.
Multiple IDs:
Your registration on the Portal is restricted to a single user account which will be used by you to avail the Services provided on the Portal. You are prohibited from creating or using multiple user IDs for registering on the Portal including using false IDs/information for registering on the Portal. You may not create a login name or password or upload, distribute, transmit, publish or post content through or on the Portal or through any service or facility including any messaging facility provided by the Portal which:
· is libelous, defamatory, obscene, intimidating, invasive of privacy, abusive, illegal, harassing;
· contains expressions of hatred, hurting religious sentiments, racial discrimination or pornography;
· is otherwise objectionable or undesirable (whether or not unlawful);
· would constitute incitement to commit a criminal offence;
· violates the rights of any person;
· is aimed at soliciting donations or other form of help;
· violates the intellectual property of any person;
· disparage in any manner rummydeck.in or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, associates, partners, sponsors, products, services, or websites; and
· promotes a competing service or product; or violates any laws.
You shall not use a login name that is indecent, objectionable, offensive or otherwise undesirable In the event we determine that the login name created by you is indecent, objectionable, offensive or otherwise undesirable or receive any complaints from other players/third parties in relation to the same, we shall notify you of the said issue and you shall promptly provide us with an alternate login name which will replace your current login name. If you fail to provide an alternate login name, we reserve the right to either permanently suspend your user account or restore your user account only after a different acceptable login name has been provided by you. You shall not host, intercept, emulate or redirect proprietary communication protocols, used by the Portal, if any, regardless of the method used, including protocol emulation, reverse engineering or modification of the Portal or any files that are part of the Portal. You shall not accuse or hold us or the Portal accountable for any false claims or illegal actions/inactions that are not solely attributable to us. You may not impose editorial comments, commercial material or any information on the Websites, alter or modify Content on the Portal, or remove, obliterate or obstruct any proprietary notices or labels. You shall not use Services on the Portal for commercial purposes including but not limited to use in a cyber cafe as a computer gaming centre network play over the Internet or through gaming networks or connection to an unauthorized server that copies the gaming experience on the Portal. You shall not upload, distribute or publish through the Portal, any content which may contain viruses or computer contaminants (as defined in the Information Technology Act 2000 or such other laws in force in India at the relevant time) which may interrupt, destroy, limit the functionality or disrupt any software, hardware or other equipment belonging to us or that aids in providing the services offered by us. You shall not disseminate or upload viruses, programs, or software whether it is harmful to the Websites or not. Additionally, you shall not impersonate another person or user, attempt to get a password, other user account information, or other private information from a user, or harvest email addresses or other information. You shall not purchase, sell, trade, rent, lease, license, grant a security interest in, or transfer your user account, Content, currency, points, standings, rankings, ratings, or any other attributes appearing in, originating from or associated with the Portal. Any form of fraudulent activity including, attempting to use or using any other person's UPI, credit card(s), debit cards, net-banking usernames, passwords, authorization codes, prepaid cash cards, mobile phones for adding cash to your user account is strictly prohibited. Accessing or attempting to access the Services through someone else's user account is strictly prohibited. Winnings, bonuses and prizes are unique to the player and are non-transferable. In the event you attempt to transfer any winnings, bonuses or prizes, these will be forfeited. If you are an officer, director, employee, consultant or agent of rummydeck.in or a relative of such persons ("Associated Person"), you are not permitted to play either directly or indirectly, any Games which entitle you to any prize on the Portal, other than in the course of your engagement with us. For these purposes, the term 'relative' shall include spouse and financially dependent parents and children. You shall not post any material or comment, on any media available for public access, which in our sole discretion, is defamatory or detrimental to our business interests, notwithstanding the fact that such media is not owned or controlled by us. In addition to any other action that we may take pursuant to the provision hereof, we reserve the right to contact you for interpreting the appropriate reason for uploading such material or comments and to also remove any and all material or comments posted by you and restrict your access to any media available for public access that is either controlled or moderately controlled by us; when in our sole opinion, any such material or comments posted by you is defamatory or detrimental to our business interests. We don't encourage accessing Cash Games using your ID on more than one mobile devices simultaneously. In such an event, we reserve the right to disallow continuation of Cash Games from the earlier logged in device(s).
7. Payments and Player Funds
All transactions on the Portal shall only be in Indian Rupees. Once you register on our Portal, we maintain a user account for you to keep a record of all your transactions with us. Payments connected with participation in Cash Games have to be made through your rummydeck.in user account. All cash prizes won by you are credited by us into this user account. When making a payment, please ensure that the instrument used to make the payment is your own and/or you are legally authorized to use such instrument which is used to add cash into your user account only.
Your updated balance, including eligible discounts from time to time, shall be duly reflected in Player Funds. Subject to the add cash limits specified by us from time to time, you are permitted to deposit amounts in your user account for the purpose of participating in Cash Games on the Portal. Effective 01.10.2023, in view of insertion of Rule 31B of the CGST Rules, 2017, rummydeck.in shall be levying applicable GST on the amount deposited by you and shall be depositing the collected GST with the Government treasury. We shall issue an invoice for such deposit made by you and GST collected thereon. rummydeck.in wants you to play responsibly on the Portal. The ability to add cash in your user account shall be subject to monthly add cash limits which can be set by us with undertakings, indemnity, waiver and verification conditions as we deem appropriate in our sole discretion. Credit card, debit card, prepaid cash cards and internet banking payments are processed through third party payment gateways. Similarly, other payment modes also require an authorization by the intermediary which processes payments. We are not responsible for delays or denials at their end and processing of payments will be solely in terms of their policies and procedures without any responsibility, liability or risk at our end. If there are any issues in connection with adding cash, a complaint may be sent to us following the complaints procedure provided in "Complaints and disputes" section below. You agree that in such an event of your credit being delayed or eventually declined for reasons beyond our control, we will not be held liable in any manner whatsoever.
Once a payment/transaction is authorized, the funds are credited to your user account and are available for you to play Cash Games.
We have the right to cancel a transaction at any point of time solely according to our discretion in which case if the payment is successful, then the transaction will be reversed, and the money is credited back to your payment instrument net of GST or any other taxes applicable from time to time.
You acknowledge that:
· You hold the right, title and/or interest in the amount deposited by You.
· the amount deposited by You will be used only for participation in the Cash Games on the Platform.
· the bank account added by you for the credit of the amounts is yours and that the Company can require you to allow the same to be verified, failing which the Company has the right to block all the funds in your wallet till such time the bank account validation is not completed.
Users participating in any Cash Games on the Platform hereby authorize rummydeck.in to appoint a Trustee/Escrow Agent to act behalf of yourself and such Trustee/Escrow Agent shall be holding the amount(s) deposited by You in a fiduciary capacity. Subject to other Terms of Service, all amounts collected from the User are held in separate non-interest earning Escrow Bank accounts. The said accounts are operated by the Escrow Agent, and from these Escrow bank accounts, the payouts are to be made to:
· Users, towards their withdrawals and prizes,
· rummydeck.in , towards its platform fees and any other charges and deductions as per these Terms; and
· rummydeck.in , towards Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on winnings of Users, which is then discharged by rummydeck.in to the government authorities as per applicable laws.
rummydeck.in is authorised to enter into separate agreements with the Trustee/Escrow Agent and Escrow Banks(s) for regulating their contractual obligations related to the escrow arrangement as it considers appropriate and necessary in its sole discretion. The Users are not and shall not be regarded as beneficiaries of such agreements. For the sake of clarity, the Users are not privy to any of the contractual arrangements between the Trustee, Escrow Bank and rummydeck.in
9. Service Disruptions
You may face Service disruptions, including, but not limited to disconnection or communication interferences due to external factors like issues in the internet infrastructure used for providing or accessing the Services or due to issues with the hardware and software used by you. You understand that rummydeck.in has no control over these factors. rummydeck.in shall not be responsible for any interruption in Services and you take full responsibility for any risk of loss due to Service interruptions for any such reason. You understand, acknowledge and agree to the fact that if you are unable to play/participate in any Game/contest/competition due to any error or omission whether or not attributable to rummydeck.in , including technical or other glitches, the settlement in respect of such Game/contest/competition will be in accordance with the "Game Cancellation" Settlement Policy. The Company shall, where applicable, attempt to start the game immediately once minimum number of players join the game. However, the Company doesn't commit the same and there may be delay(s) in commencement of the game due to any reason whatsoever. In certain cases while playing any Games on our Platform wherein (i) there arises any kind of service disruptions or internet disconnections which results in an incorrect prize or error message being displayed to you or (ii) cases wherein we have erroneously communicated to you that you have won a particular prize through various mediums (including but not limited to) SMS, WhatsApp, email, phone call etc., in such scenarios, we will communicate to you the correct prize, if any, as soon as possible along with a brief description of the errors due to which such miscommunications or errors have occurred. You will only be entitled to the prize that has been communicated to you correctly and not pursuant to any technical glitch or any other errors The decision of rummydeck.in regarding the same shall be final and binding. It is clarified that, notwithstanding any limitation of liability as specified herein, rummydeck.in specifically disclaims any liability in the case of our Games, Platform or Services.
10. Content
All content and material on the Portal including but not limited to information, scores, ranking, winnings, images, marks, logos, designs, pictures, graphics, text content, hyperlinks, multimedia clips, animation, games and software (collectively referred to as "Content"), whether or not belonging to rummydeck.in , are protected by law including applicable intellectual property laws. Additionally, all chat content, messages, images, recommendations, emails, images sent by any user can be logged/recorded by us and shall form part of Content and rummydeck.in is free to use this material in any manner whatsoever subject to our Privacy Policy. In addition, you consent that we are entitled to display your User ID, ranking and/or winnings in one or more contests as part of any product/advertisement creatives independently or as a part of list of scores/rankings. The Portal may contain information about or hyperlinks to third parties. In such case(s), we are not responsible in any manner and do not extend any express or implied warranty to the accuracy, integrity or quality of the content belonging to such third party websites or apps. If you rely on any third-party Content posted on any website or app which does not belong to rummydeck.in , you may do so solely at your own risk and liability. If you visit any third-party website or app through a third-party content posted on the Portal, you will be subject to terms and conditions applicable to such third-party website or app. We neither control nor are responsible for content on such third-party websites or apps. The fact of a link existing on our Portal to a third-party website or app is not an endorsement of that website or app by us.
11. License Agreement & Intellectual Property
All Content on the Portal shall be utilized only for the purpose of availing Services in conformity with the Terms. You acknowledge that all ownership rights and all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Content are owned by rummydeck.in or our licensors and that you have no right title or other interest in any such items except as expressly stated in the Terms. You are granted a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use the Content solely for the purposes of accessing and using the Services and for no other purpose whatsoever. You shall not sublicense, assign or transfer the license granted to you, or rent or lease or part with the whole or any part of such license or of the Content included in such license. You may not transfer, copy, reproduce, distribute, exploit, reverse engineer, disassemble, translate, decode, alter, make derivations from or make any other use of Content on the Websites in any manner other than as permitted for obtaining the Services provided on the Portal. You may not hyperlink the Portal to any other website without permission from us.. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you by downloading and you are expressly prohibited from using such materials for any commercial purpose unless agreed with us in writing.
12. Voluntary termination
You are free to discontinue use of the Services on any Website/App at any time by intimating us of your desire to do so by sending an email to us at support@rummydeck.in. If at such time, there is a positive withdrawable cash balance in your user account, we will, subject to satisfactory verification including bank account and KYC verification, disburse the same to you by online transfer within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of such request.
13. User Account suspension
We reserve the right to conduct an investigation and impose restrictions on your access to the Portal Services, including but not limited to temporarily disabling your user account during our investigation for any of the following reasons:
· Suspected violation of Terms or misuse of your user account;
· Suspected breach of your account's security;
· Suspected use of jailbroken or rooted devices to log in or register accounts, or use of VPN services to conceal your details;
· Possible exploitation of system vulnerabilities for personal gain without reporting them to our customer support team, or if we receive legal notices concerning your account from law enforcement agencies or government authorities;
· Charge-backs on your user account; and
· Any other violation under the applicable law, including cheating etc.
If our investigation concludes that you are guilty of any of the above, we may suspend your account, permanently block your account and access to the platform, and subject to the outcome and on a case-by-case basis, forfeit the balance (in part or full) in your user account. Our decision to suspend or restrict Services, block the account and forfeit the full or part amount thereof from your account, as deemed appropriate, shall be final and binding on you and the Company reserves the right to not entertain any queries.
In all cases where we forfeit your account balance and block your user account for the scenarios stipulated under these Terms, we reserve the right to forfeit all funds in your wallet and refunds of the remaining balance may be processed on case-to-case basis as per our sole discretion
14. Breach and consequences
In the event of breach of any of the Terms being evidenced from our investigation or if there is reasonable belief, in our sole discretion, that your continued access to the Portal or any Website is detrimental to the interests of rummydeck.in , or our other users or the general public or there is a violation of the law; we may in our sole discretion and without recourse take any or all of the following actions:
· Restrict games between users suspected of colluding or cheating;
· Suspend your user account on the Portal either temporarily or permanently;
· Forfeit the part/full cash balance in your user account;
· Demand damages for breach and take appropriate civil action to recover such damages; and/or
· Initiate prosecution for violations that amount to offences under applicable law.
In the event you are found to be in violation of these Terms or breach of applicable laws or involved in any fraudulent acts while using our Platform and/or after winning a tournament on our Platform, we reserve the right to reclaim the entire winnings and there shall be no refunds issued of any remaining balances
Additionally, we reserve the right to bar you from future registration on the Portal. The decision of rummydeck.in on the action to be taken as a consequence of breach shall be final and binding on you. Any action taken by rummydeck.in shall be without prejudice to our other rights and remedies available in law or equity.
15. Complaints and Grievances
If you have a complaint or concern, you should in the first instance contact the customer support team at support@rummydeck.in or write to us following the procedure given in the Contact Us section on the respective Portal. All complaints must be made as soon as possible after circumstances arise that cause you to make a complaint. You agree to raise all complaints/grievances within thirty (30) days of the issue arising post which we shall not be obligated to consider and/or resolve any complaints/grievances. We shall not be liable for any losses caused to you due to your delay in raising the issue as per the timeline suggested herein. You accept that any complaints and disputes are and remain confidential both whilst a resolution is sought and afterwards. You agree that you shall not disclose the existence, nature or any detail of any complaint or dispute to any third party. rummydeck.in shall make efforts to resolve complaints within reasonable time. Our decision on complaints shall be final and binding on you. For any grievances, you can reach out to Grievance Officer at support@rummydeck.in
16. Modifications and alterations of the Terms
We may alter or modify the Terms at any time with or without giving prior notice to you. We may choose to notify changes in the Terms either by email or by displaying a message on the Portal; however, our notification of any change shall not waive your obligation to keep yourself updated about the changes in the Terms. Your continued use of any Portal and/or any Services offered constitutes your unconditional acceptance of the modified or amended Terms, immediately upon the modification or amendment of such terms. We may also post supplementary conditions for any Services that may be offered. In such an event, your use of those Services will be governed by the Terms as well as any such supplementary terms that those Services may be subject to.
17. Limitation of liability
In addition to specific references to limitation of liability of rummydeck.in elsewhere in the Terms, under no circumstances (including, without limitation, in contract, negligence or other tort), rummydeck.in , our partners, affiliates, licensors or associates, directors, employees shall be liable for any injury, loss, claim, loss of data, loss of income, loss of profit or loss of opportunity, loss of or damage to property, general damages or any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with your access to, or use of, or inability to access or use, the Services on any Portal. You further agree to indemnify us, our employees, directors, associates, affiliates, partners, service providers and licensors against any claims in respect of any such matter and against all liability, cost, loss, claims or expense arising out of your access to our Platform, arising due to your negligence and/or any illegal/fraudulent acts on our Platform and/or breach of these Terms.
to your negligence and/or any illegal/fraudulent acts on our Platform and/or breach of these Terms.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you specifically acknowledge, agree and accept that we, our partners, affiliates, licensors or associates, directors, employees are not liable to you for:
· the defamatory, undesirable or illegal conduct of any other user of the Services;
· any loss whatsoever arising from the use, abuse or misuse of your user account or any feature of our Services on the Websites;
· any loss incurred in transmitting information from or to us or from or to our Portal by the internet or by other connecting media;
· any technical failures, breakdowns, defects, delays, interruptions, improper or manipulated data transmission, data loss or corruption or communications infrastructure failure, viruses or any other adverse technological occurrences arising in connection with your access to or use of our Services;
· the accuracy, completeness or currency of any information services provided on the Portal;
· any delay or failure on our part to intimate you where we may have concerns about your activities; and
· your activities/transactions on third party websites or apps or portal accessed through links or advertisements posted in the Portal.
You, waive each and every right you may have against us and/or our employees, directors, associates, affiliates, partners for any injuries, accidents, or other events that may arise as a result of your access to our Platform, participating in our contests/Offers, or receiving prizes/cash rewards. This waiver also includes any known/unknown, anticipated/unanticipated event(s).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Terms or elsewhere, you agree that we will not be liable to you in any circumstance and in relation to any claims under these Terms, except in exceptional circumstances or as stipulated under these Terms and subject to our sole discretion.
18. Disclaimer and Indemnity
Disclaimer: The Services on the Portal and the Content present on it are provided strictly on "as is" basis with all faults or failings. Any representations, warranties, conditions or guarantee whatsoever, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of accuracy, completeness, uninterrupted provision, quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement) are specifically excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. rummydeck.in does not ensure or guarantee continuous, error-free, secure or virus- free operation of the Portal or its Content including software, Games, your user account, the transactions in your user account or continued operation or availability of any facility on the website. You may access our Platform at your own volition, risk and consequences. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage (including injuries, death, or loss of property) that you or any third parties may suffer while accessing our Platform. Additionally, rummydeck.in does not promise or ensure that you will be able to access your user account or obtain Services whenever you want. It is entirely possible that you may not be able to access your user account or the Services provided by rummydeck.in at times or for extended periods of time due to, but not limited to, system maintenance and updates. rummydeck.in disclaims responsibility and liability for any harm resulting from cancellation of any Game organized by it. If you are a cash player on the Portal, you acknowledge and agree that you will not be entitled to any refund in case of any service outages that may be caused by failures of our service providers, computer viruses or contaminants, natural disasters, war, civil disturbance, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of rummydeck.in specifically disclaims any liability in connection with Games or events made available or organized on the Portal which may require specific statutory permissions, in the event such permissions are denied or cancelled whether prior to or during such Game or event. rummydeck.in specifically disclaims any liability in connection with your transactions with third parties which may have advertisements or are hyperlinked on the Portal.
rummydeck.in disclaims any liability in connection with violation of intellectual property rights of any party with respect to third party Content or user content posted on our Website/App. Intellectual property rights in any Content not belonging to us belong to the respective owners and any claims related to such content must be directly addressed to the respective owners. rummydeck.in specifically disclaims any liability arising out of the acts or omissions of the infrastructure providers or otherwise failure of internet services used for providing and accessing the Services. rummydeck.in disclaims liability for any risk or loss resulting to you from your participation in Cash Games, including all risk of financial loss. rummydeck.in will not be liable or responsible for (i) any issues relating to storage, delivery, deletion or accessibility of information or materials to the extent permitted under law, (ii) errors or inaccuracies in the Game provided on our Platform, (iii) inaccuracies in calculating Game points or the selection of winners and even due to inaccurate or incomplete information received from any third-party service provider, (iv) any errors relating to communication, or omissions in communication, including any errors you make, which may prevent/hamper the results from being communicated to you, (v) for any consequences relating to your sharing any confidential information including but not limited to one time passwords (OTP) with any other person or third parties. The Terms shall be subject to this Disclaimer.
Indemnity: To the extent permitted by law, and in consideration for being allowed to participate in the Activity, you hereby agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless and defend us, our directors, employees, partners, affiliates, associates and licensors (to the extent of all benefits and awards, cost of litigation, disbursements and reasonable attorney's fees that we may incur in connection therewith including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, any loss of profit and loss of reputation) from any claims, actions, suits, taxes, damages, injuries, causes of action, penalties, interest, demands, expenses and/or awards asserted or brought against us by any person in connection with:
Indemnity:
To the extent permitted by law, and in consideration for being allowed to participate in the Activity, you hereby agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless and defend us, our directors, employees, partners, affiliates, associates and licensors (to the extent of all benefits and awards, cost of litigation, disbursements and reasonable attorney's fees that we may incur in connection therewith including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, any loss of profit and loss of reputation) from any claims, actions, suits, taxes, damages, injuries, causes of action, penalties, interest, demands, expenses and/or awards asserted or brought against us by any person in connection with:
infringement of their intellectual property rights by your publication of any content on our Portal;
· defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any other player or for anything that turns out to be misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, threatening, obscene or otherwise illegal whether originating from another player or otherwise;
· use, abuse or misuse of your user account on our Portal in any manner whatsoever;
· any disconnections, technical failures, system breakdowns, defects, delays, interruptions, manipulated or improper data transmission, loss or corruption of data or communication lines failure, distributed denial of service attacks, viruses or any other adverse technological occurrences arising in connection with your access to or use of our Website;
· access of your user account by any other person accessing the Services using your username or password, whether or not with your authorization;
· your access to our Platform, arising due to any negligence on your part and/or any illegal or fraudulent acts on our Platform and/or breach of these Terms; and
· Your non-compliance of applicable laws and any personal injury, accidents or death resulting from you accessing our Platform.
19. Dispute Resolution, Jurisdiction and Governing Law
The Terms stipulated herein shall govern the relationship between you and rummydeck.in Any disputes that may arise between you and rummydeck.in under these Terms, shall be settled in the manner as stipulated under the sub-section "Dispute Resolution" mentioned herein below Dispute Resolution:
Dispute/complaint resolution by customer relationship management (CRM) team: Any complaints that you may have or any disputes, controversies, or claims arising out of or relating to these Terms will first be addressed by rummydeck.in's internal customer relationship management (CRM) team. If such complaints or disputes are not resolved by the CRM team within a reasonable time period, the parties shall resort to the process of negotiation as mentioned below.
Negotiation Any disputes, controversies, or claims arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service, Privacy Policy or Offer Terms including the validity, interpretation, breach, or termination thereof, shall first be attempted to be settled through amicable negotiations between the parties.
Arbitration
If the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation within 60 days, it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The arbitration shall be conducted as follows:
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o Arbitrator: The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator jointly appointed by the parties.
o Seat and Venue: The seat of arbitration shall be Chennai, India, and the venue of the arbitration shall be Chennai, India.
o Language: The language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English.
o Decision: The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding on the parties and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction: Subject to the arbitration clause above, the courts of Chennai, India, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising from or related to these Terms of Service.
Governing Law: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Nothing contained in these Terms shall restrict us from seeking and obtaining interim or permanent equitable or injunctive relief or any other relief available to safeguard our interest prior to, during or following the filing of arbitration proceedings or pending the execution of a decision or award in connection with any arbitration proceedings from any court having jurisdiction to grant the same. The pursuit of equitable or injunctive relief shall not constitute a waiver on our part to pursue any remedy for monetary damages through the arbitration described herein.
20. Responsible Game Play
We encourage all players to play games in a responsible manner. We are committed to helping players who wish to stop playing or who wish to limit the amount that they play. Further details on the subject of responsible play/gaming are available rummydeck.in is also a member of The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), an independent not-for-profit organization, that aims to protect consumer interests by formulating voluntary regulatory standards for regulating the online gaming industry in India. By being a platinum member of AIGF, rummydeck.in is obligated to comply with a code of conduct formulated by AIGF and comprising of certain stringent audited standards for the online gaming industry which comprises of (including but not limited to) verification of players age, KYC compliances, protection of players funds etc. The AIGF certification awarded to rummydeck.in is located within the link stipulated in Clause 23 (Certifications) below.
21. Certifications:
rummydeck.in has earned certain certifications (as mentioned below), in relation to the technicalities of Games and responsible gameplay,
· No BOT certificate: This certificate provides an assurance that rummydeck.in does not support any form of bot-usage in the game play.
· Random Number Generator (RNG) Certificate: This certifies that RNG utilized by us complies with relevant standards and that our RNG uses a well-known algorithm to generate random numbers.
· AIGF compliance certificate: This certifies that we have successfully completed the rigorous code of conduct (CoC) audit, which in turn confirms that we have met and exceeded the standards of responsible gaming practices.
22. Miscellaneous Terms
1. These Terms (which include the Offer Terms, Discount Terms and Privacy Policy) shall govern your use of our Platform, services Offers, Discounts etc. and shall supersede any prior agreements that you may have with us.
2. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
3. In the event any of the provisions of these Terms are held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any competent authority for any reason, the remaining portions of these Terms, if capable of substantial performance, will remain in full force and effect.
4. You acknowledge that you may be subject to additional terms that govern your transactions on our Platform. You agree that if there is any conflict between these Terms and those additional terms, these terms will prevail, unless otherwise stipulated by us.
5. We may assign our rights and liabilities under these Terms to any entity as we may deem fit in course of our business activity.
23. Service Fee
Service Fee ranges between 9 to 16% for different game formats and some specific detail out of these is provided below. This service fee may be revised by the Platform at its own discretion.