1. Cricket Kings

Cricket Kings is an online gaming platform offered by Octaspin Technology Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Octaspin”, or “We” or “Us” or “Our”). Cricket Kings, through its website and related mobile applications (together referred to as “Platform”), offers a wide variety of skill-based fantasy games. These Terms of Service for Cricket Kings (“Terms”) along with Cricket Kings’s Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”), and the Fair Play Policy (“ Fair Play Policy), govern the relationship between the users (“You”) and Us. The Terms, Privacy Policy, the Fair Play Policy, and the cumulative set of Game Rules (together “Platform Policies”) form a binding legal agreement between You and Octaspin, on the basis of which You may visit, access, or use the Platform and related services offered by Us (“Services”).

Cricket Kings is the flagship brand of Octaspin Technology Private Limited (" Cricket Kings"). Cricket Kings as used herein shall be construed as a collective reference to Cricket Kings and the Cricket Kings App.

2. Legality

• Cricket Kings takes great care to comply with all central and state legislation in India to ensure that our users are fully protected. Every contest on our platform is carefully designed to comply with applicable statutes and regulations in India.
• Below are the key points from an Indian High Court’s judgement specifically regarding skill-based fantasy game. A challenge to this judgement was also dismissed by the Supreme Court of India:
  • The Court, in its ruling, stated that playing the fantasy game involves considerable skill, judgement and discretion and that success arises out of users’ exercise, superior knowledge, judgment and attention
  • The Court also held that ‘the element of skill’ had a predominant influence on the outcome of the fantasy game, which follows the following format:
    ❖ Participants have to choose a team consisting of at least the same no. of players as playing in a real-life sports team (e.g. 5 in basketball, 7 in kabaddi and 11 in cricket/football)
    ❖ All contests are run for at least the duration of one full sports match
    ❖ No team changes are allowed by participants after the start of the sports match
• On this basis, the Court adjudged that playing a fantasy game constitutes a ‘game of mere skill’, which makes the fantasy game exempt from the provisions of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 (PGA).
  • Finally, the Court held that game of skill is a legitimate business activity protected under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.
• Games of skill are legal, as they are excluded from the ambit of Indian gambling legislations including, the Public Gambling Act, 1867. The Indian Supreme Court in the cases of KR Lakshmanan v. State of Tamil Nadu (AIR 1996 SC 1153) and State of Andhra Pradesh v. K Satyanarayana (AIR 1968 SC 825) has held that a game in which success depends predominantly upon the superior knowledge, training, attention, experience and adroitness of the player shall be classified as a game of skill.
• The Contest (s) described above (across the Cricket Kings Services) are games of skill as success of Participants depends primarily on their superior knowledge of the games of cricket and/or football and/or basketball and/or hockey and/or handball and/ or volleyball and/or kabaddi and/or American football and/or baseball statistics, knowledge of players' relative form, players' performance in a particular territory, conditions and/or format (such as ODIs, test cricket and Twenty20 in the cricket fantasy game), attention and dedication towards the Contest(s) and adroitness in playing the Contest(s). The Contest(s) also requires Participants to field well-balanced sides with limited resources and make substitutions at appropriate times to gain the maximum points.
• By participating in this Contest(s), each Participant acknowledges and agrees that he/she is participating in a game of skill.
• You can find more information on the legality of Cricket Kings and Fantasy Sports in India on the website of the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS): fifs.in. FIFS is India’s first and only self-regulatory Sports Gaming industry body formed to protect consumer interest and create standardized best practices in the Sports Gaming industry.

3. Cricket Kings Usage

• Any person ("User") accessing Cricket Kings or the Cricket Kings App (' Cricket Kings platform') for participating in the different games and contests (including fantasy games), available on Cricket Kings platform ("Contest(s)") (' Cricket Kings Services') shall be bound by these Terms and Conditions, and all other rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings in relation to any Cricket Kings Services.
• Certain Cricket Kings Services being provided on Cricket Kings may be subject to additional rules and regulations set down in that respect. To the extent that these Terms and Conditions are inconsistent with the additional conditions set down, the additional conditions shall prevail.
• Cricket Kings shall be entitled to modify these Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings in relation to any Cricket Kings Services, at any time, by posting the same on Cricket Kings.
• Cricket Kings may, at its sole discretion, also notify the User of any change or modification in these Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings, by way of sending an email to the User's registered email address or posting notifications in the User accounts.
• Use of Cricket Kings constitutes the User's acceptance of such Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings in relation to any Cricket Kings Services, as may be amended from time to time.
• The User may then exercise the options provided in such an email or notification to indicate non-acceptance of the modified Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings. If such options are not exercised by the User within the time frame prescribed in the email or notification, the User will be deemed to have accepted the modified Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to herein or provided by Cricket Kings
• Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion:

  a) Restrict, suspend, or terminate any User's access to all or any part of Cricket Kings Platform Services;

  b) Change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of the Cricket Kings Platform Services;

  c) Reject, move, or remove any material that may be submitted by a User;

  d) Move or remove any content that is available on Cricket Kings Platform;

  e) Deactivate or delete a User's account and all related information and files on the account;

  f) Establish general practices and limits concerning use of Cricket Kings Platform;

  g) Offer discounts to its users in form it deems fit ("Cash Bonus"). All such discounts shall be credited in a separate account called as Cash Bonus Account

  h) Revise or make additions and/or deletions to the roster of players available for selection in a Contest on account of revisions to the roster of players involved in the relevant Sports Event;

  i) Assign its rights and liabilities to all User accounts hereunder to any entity (post such assignment intimation of such assignment shall be sent to all Users to their registered email ids)

• If Cricket Kings charges its Users a platform fee in respect of any Cricket Kings Services, Cricket Kings shall, without delay, repay such platform fee in the event of suspension or removal of the User's account or Cricket Kings Services on account of any negligence or deficiency on the part of Cricket Kings, but not if such suspension or removal is effected due to:
  • any breach or inadequate performance by the User of any of these Terms and Conditions; or
  • any circumstances beyond the reasonable control of Cricket Kings.
• In the event any User breaches, or Cricket Kings reasonably believes that such User has breached these Terms and Conditions, or has illegally or improperly used Cricket Kings or the Cricket Kings Services, Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, and without any notice to the User, restrict, suspend or terminate such User's access to all or any part of Cricket Kings Contests or the Cricket Kings Platform, deactivate or delete the User's account and all related information on the account, delete any content posted by the User on Cricket Kings and further, take technical and legal steps as it deems necessary
• Users consent to receiving communications such as announcements, administrative messages and advertisements from Cricket Kings or any of its partners, licensors or associates.

4. Right to Intellectual Property

• The intellectual property rights ("Intellectual Property Rights") in all software underlying Cricket Kings and the Cricket Kings Platform and material published on Cricket Kings, including (but not limited to) games, Contests, software, written content, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, advertisements, audio or video clippings and Flash animation, is owned by Cricket Kings, its partners, licensors and/or associates.
• Cricket Kings includes a combination of content created by Cricket Kings, its partners, affiliates, licensors, associates and/or Users. Users may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or content on Cricket Kings either in whole or in part without express written license from Cricket Kings
• Each User represents and warrants that he/she owns all Intellectual Property Rights in the User's Content and that no part of the User's Content infringes any third party rights.
• Users agree to indemnify and hold harmless Cricket Kings, its directors, employees, affiliates and assigns against all costs, damages, loss and harm including towards litigation costs and counsel fees, in respect of any third party claims that may be initiated including for infringement of Intellectual Property Rights arising out of such display or use of the names, logos, marks, labels, trademarks, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights on Cricket Kings, by such User or through the User's commissions or omissions.
• Users may request permission to use any Cricket Kings content by writing in to Cricket Kings Helpdesk.
• Users are solely responsible for all materials (whether publicly posted or privately transmitted) that they upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available on Cricket Kings ("Users' Content"). Users further confirm and undertake to not display or use of the names, logos, marks, labels, trademarks, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights of any third party on Cricket Kings.
• Users hereby grant to Cricket Kings and its affiliates, partners, licensors and associates a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, and/or publish Users' Content for any of the following purposes:
  • displaying Users' Content on Cricket Kings
  • distributing Users' Content, either electronically or via other media, to other Users seeking to download or otherwise acquire it, and/or
  • storing Users' Content in a remote database accessible by end users, for a charge.
  • This license shall apply to the distribution and the storage of Users' Content in any form, medium, or technology.
• All names, logos, marks, labels, trademarks, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights on Cricket Kings(s) belonging to any person (including User), entity or third party are recognized as proprietary to the respective owners and any claims, controversy or issues against these names, logos, marks, labels, trademarks, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights must be directly addressed to the respective parties under notice to Cricket Kings.

5. Access to Third Party Services, Products and Sites

• Cricket Kings does not exercise control over any Internet sites apart from Cricket Kings and cannot be held responsible for any content residing in any third-party Internet site.
• Cricket Kings's inclusion of third-party content or links to third-party Internet sites is not an endorsement by Cricket Kings of such third-party Internet site.
• Cricket Kings may contain links to other Internet sites owned and operated by third parties. Users' use of each of those sites is subject to the conditions, if any, posted by the sites.
• Users' correspondence, transactions and usage of the services/offers of such third party shall be subject to the terms and conditions, policies and other service terms adopted/implemented by such third party, and the User shall be solely responsible for reviewing the same prior to transacting or availing of the services/offers of such third party. Users' correspondence, transactions/offers or related activities with third parties, including payment providers and verification service providers, are solely between the User and that third party.
• User agrees that Cricket Kings will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such transactions/offers with third parties. Any questions, complaints, or claims related to any third party product or service should be directed to the appropriate vendor.
• Content displayed/contained on Cricket Kings is created by Cricket Kings as well as content provided by third parties. Cricket Kings does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality of the content provided by third parties and such content may not relied upon by the Users in utilizing the Cricket Kings Services provided on Cricket Kings including while participating in any of the contests hosted on Cricket Kings.

6. Privacy Policy

The Credit card information, registration details and all other such information as collected from Users, is subject to Cricket Kings's Privacy Policy which is available at Privacy Policy

7. Discipline and Conduct of User

• A User shall not register or operate more than one User account with Cricket Kings.
• Users agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information at the time of registration and at all other times (as required by Cricket Kings). Users further agree to update and keep updated their registration information
• Users agree and acknowledge that the address related details provided, if any, by the user shall be treated as “Address on record” of the user for the purposes of Goods and Service Tax Act. In the event of the change in such details, the user shall promptly update his/her profile on the Cricket Kings platform or write to Cricket Kings at helpdesk.
• Users agree to ensure that they can receive all communication from Cricket Kings by marking e-mails or sending SMSs from Cricket Kings as part of their "safe senders" list. Cricket Kings shall not be held liable if any e-mail/SMS remains unread by a User as a result of such e-mail getting delivered to the User's junk or spam folder.
• Any password issued by Cricket Kings to a User may not be revealed to anyone else. Users may not use anyone else's password. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their accounts and passwords. Users agree to immediately notify Cricket Kings of any unauthorized use of their passwords or accounts or any other breach of security.
• Users agree to exit/log-out of their accounts at the end of each session. Cricket Kings shall not be responsible for any loss or damage that may result if the User fails to comply with these requirements.
• Users agree to abide by these Terms and Conditions and all other rules, regulations and terms of use of the Website. In the event User does not abide by these Terms and Conditions and all other rules, regulations and terms of use, Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, take necessary remedial action, including but not limited to:
  • ❖ restricting, suspending, or terminating any User's access to all or any part of Cricket Kings Services;
  • ❖ deactivating or deleting a User's account and all related information and files on the account. Any amount remaining unused in the User's Game account or Winnings Account on the date of deactivation or deletion shall be transferred to the User's bank account on record with Cricket Kings subject to a processing fee (if any) applicable on such transfers as set out herein; or
  • ❖ refraining from awarding any prize(s) to such User.
• Users agree not to use cheats, exploits, automation, software, bots, hacks or any unauthorised third party software designed to modify or interfere with Cricket Kings Services and/or Cricket Kings experience or assist in such activity.
• Users agree not to copy, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, assign, distribute, reverse engineer, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any right to the technology or software underlying Cricket Kings or Cricket Kings’s Services.
• Users agree that without Cricket Kings's express written consent, they shall not modify or cause to be modified any files or software that are part of Cricket Kings's Services.
• Users agree not to disrupt, overburden, or aid or assist in the disruption or overburdening of (a) any computer or server used to offer or support Cricket Kings or the Cricket Kings’s Services (each a "Server"); or (2) the enjoyment of Cricket Kings Services by any other User or person.
• Users agree not to institute, assist or become involved in any type of attack, including without limitation to distribution of a virus, denial of service, or other attempts to disrupt Cricket Kings Services or any other person's use or enjoyment of Cricket Kings Services.
• Users shall not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the User accounts, Servers or networks connected to Cricket Kings Services by any means other than the User interface provided by Cricket Kings, including but not limited to, by circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person to circumvent or modify, any security, technology, device, or software that underlies or is part of Cricket Kings Services.
• User shall not to publish any content that is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person.
• Users agree not to use Cricket Kings, without limiting the foregoing, for any of the following:
  • To publish, post, upload, e-mail, distribute, or disseminate (collectively, "Transmit") any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful content;
  • To advertise, offer or sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose on Cricket Kings without the express written consent of Cricket Kings;
  • To threaten, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate any legal rights of other individuals;
  • To Transmit files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage or adversely affect the operation of another person's computer, Cricket Kings, any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment;
  • To download any file, recompile or disassemble or otherwise affect our products that you know or reasonably should know cannot be legally obtained in such manner;
  • To engage in any obscene, offensive, indecent, racial, communal, anti- national, objectionable, defamatory or abusive action or communication;
  • To falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or the source of software or other material;
  • To restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any public area within our sites;
  • To collect or store personal information about other Users;
  • To interfere with or disrupt Cricket Kings, servers, or networks;
  • To impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a representative of Cricket Kings, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent User's affiliation with a person or entity;
  • To forge headers or manipulate identifiers or other data in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through Cricket Kings or to manipulate User's presence on Cricket Kings(s);
  • To take any action that imposes an unreasonably or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
  • To engage in any illegal activities. You agree to use our bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or message or communication facilities (collectively, the "Forums") only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to that particular Forum.
  • To engage in any action that threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting other nation.
• If a User chooses a username that, in Cricket Kings's considered opinion is obscene, indecent, abusive or that might subject Cricket Kings to public disparagement or scorn, or a name which is an official team/league/franchise names and/or name of any sporting personality, as the case may be, Cricket Kings reserves the right, without prior notice to the User, to restrict usage of such names, which in Cricket Kings opinion fall within any of the said categories and/or change such username and intimate the User or delete such username and posts from Cricket Kings, deny such User access to Cricket Kings, or any combination of these options.
• Unauthorized access to Cricket Kings is a breach of these Terms and Conditions, and a violation of the law. Users agree not to access Cricket Kings by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Cricket Kings for use in accessing Cricket Kings. Users agree not to use any automated means, including, without limitation, agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access, monitor, or copy any part of our sites, except those automated means that we have approved in advance and in writing.
• Use of Cricket Kings is subject to existing laws and legal processes. Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall limit Cricket Kings's right to comply with governmental, court, and law-enforcement requests or requirements relating to Users' use of Cricket Kings.
• Users may reach out to Cricket Kings through -
  • Helpdesk if the user has any concerns with regard to a match and/or contest within 24 hours of winner declaration for the concerned contest.
• Cricket Kings may not be held responsible for any content contributed by Users on the Cricket Kings.
• Persons below the age of eighteen (18) years are not allowed to participate on any of the contests, games (by whatever name called) on the Cricket Kings Platform. The Users will have to disclose their real age at the time of getting access into the Cricket Kings Platform.
• User hereby confirms that he / she is participating in a contest in personal capacity and not in the course of business and /or profession.

8. Participation Conditions

By entering a Contest, user agrees to be bound by these Terms and the decisions of Cricket Kings. Subject to the terms and conditions stipulated herein below, the Company, at its sole discretion, may disqualify any user from a Contest, refuse to award benefits or prizes and require the return of any prizes, if the user engages in unfair conduct, which the Company deems to be improper, unfair or otherwise adverse to the operation of the Contest or is in any way detrimental to other Users which includes, but is not limited to:

• Falsifying ones’ own personal information (including, but not limited to, name, email address, bank account details and/or any other information or documentation as may be requested by Cricket Kings to enter a contest and/or claim a prize/winning.;
• Engaging in any type of financial fraud or misrepresentation including unauthorized use of credit/debit instruments, payment wallet accounts etc. to enter a Contest or claim a prize. It is expressly clarified that the onus to prove otherwise shall solely lie on the user.;
• Colluding with any other user(s) or engaging in any type of syndicate play;
• Any violation of Contest rules or the Terms of Use;
• Accumulating points or prizes through unauthorized methods such as automated bots, or other automated means;
• Using automated means (including but not limited to harvesting bots, robots, parser, spiders or screen scrapers) to obtain, collect or access any information on the Website or of any User for any purpose
• Any type of Cash Bonus misuse, misuse of the Referral program, or misuse of any other offers or promotions;
• Tampering with the administration of a Contest or trying to in any way tamper with the computer programs or any security measure associated with a Contest;
• Obtaining other users’ information without their express consent and/or knowledge and/or spamming other users (Spamming may include but shall not be limited to send unsolicited emails to users, sending bulk emails to Cricket Kings Users, sending unwarranted email content either to selected Users or in bulk); or
• Abusing the Website in any way (‘unparliamentary language, slangs or disrespectful words’ are some of the examples of Abuse)

It is clarified that in case a User is found to be in violation of this policy, Cricket Kings reserves its right to initiate appropriate Civil/Criminal remedies as it may be advised other than forfeiture and/or recovery of prize money if any.

9. Contest Registration

• In order to register for the Contest(s), Participants are required to accurately provide the following information:

  ✔ Full Name

  ✔ Team Name(s)

  ✔ E-mail address

  ✔ Password

  ✔ State of Residence

  ✔ City of Residence

  ✔ Gender

  ✔ Date of birth

  ✔ PAN card

  ✔ Aadhar card number

  ✔ Bank account details

• Participants are also required to confirm that they have read, and shall abide by, these Terms and Conditions.
• In the event a Participant indicates, while entering an address, that he/she is a resident of either Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim or Telangana or any other state that probits fantasy sports by virtue of their state laws, such Participant will not be permitted to proceed to sign up for any match in the paid version of the Contest as described below.
• Once the Participants have entered the above information, and clicked on the "register" tab, and such Participants are above the age of 18 years, they are sent an email confirming their registration and containing their login information.

10. Prize and Participation in Contest(s)

• Cricket Kings offers its platform to Participants for fantasy game Contest(s) being created relating to each Sport Event, and Participants can participate in such Contest(s) with their Teams.
• As part of its services, Cricket Kings may make available the contest(s) on the Cricket Kings platform.
• Individual users wishing to participate in the such contest ("“Participants"”) are invited to create their own fantasy teams ("“Team/s"”) consisting of real life cricketers (as applicable) involved in the real-life cricket match (as applicable), series or tournament (each a "Sport Event") to which the fantasy game relates.
• Depending upon the circumstances of each match, the participants can edit their teams till the official match start time as declared by the officials of the Sport Event or adjusted deadline.
• Cricket Kings reserves the right to abandon a specific round or adjust the deadline of a round in certain specific, uncertain scenarios, which are beyond Cricket Kings’s reasonable control, including but not limited to the ones’ mentioned herein below:

  a) Actual match start time is before the official deadline:
  ❖ For the game of Cricket, Cricket Kings reserves the right to adjust the deadline by a Maximum of 10 minutes or 3 overs bowled, whichever is less, before the official match start time.
  ❖ In cases where official match time cannot be verified by Cricket Kings through reliable and/or publicly available sources, Cricket Kings reserves the right to adjust the deadline to such a time by which a maximum of 3 overs in the given match are bowled.

  b) Actual match start time is after the official deadline:
  Cricket Kings reserves the right to extend the deadline or abandon the contest/game based on the circumstances such as delayed toss, interruption on account of weather, non-appearance of teams, technical/equipment glitches causing delays etc.

• Cricket Kings shall endeavor to send communications through emails and/or SMS communication, about any such change as is contemplated in the aforementioned paragraphs to keep the User updated.
• Teams are awarded points on the basis of the real life cricketers' (as applicable) performances at the end of a designated match, match or tournament of the Contest(s). The Participant(s) whose Team(s) have achieved the highest aggregate score(s) in the Contest(s) shall be declared winners ("Winners"). In certain pre-specified Contests, there may be more than one Winner and distribution of prizes to such Winners will be in increasing order of their Team's aggregate score at the end of the designated match(s) of the Contests.
• The Contest(s) across the Cricket Kings Services shall, in addition to the Terms and Conditions, rules and regulations mentioned herein, be governed by the "Rules" available at  Cricket Kings and the Cricket Kings App and/or Other rules and regulations (including rules and regulation in relation to any payments made to participate in the Contest(s); and all Participants agree to abide by the same.
• Currently, there are paid versions of the Contest(s) made available on Cricket Kings platform. Users may participate in the Contest(s) by paying the pre-designated amount as provided on the relevant Contest page. The ‘pre-designated amount’ means and includes pre-determined platform fee for accessing Cricket Kings services and pre-determined participant'’s contribution towards prize money pool. The Participant with the highest aggregate points at the end of the pre-determined match shall be eligible to win a pre-designated prize which is disbursed out of prize money pool, as stated on the relevant Contest(s) page.
• Different Teams for participation in Contest(s) in relation to a Sport Event across the Cricket Kings Services may be created by a participant. However, unless Cricket Kings specifies otherwise in relation to any Contest ("“Multiple Entry Contest"”), Participants acknowledge and agree that they may enter only one Team in any Contest offered in relation to a Sport Event. In case of Multiple Entry Contest(s), a Participant may enter more than one Team in a single Multiple Entry Contest. In addition, it is expressly clarified that Cricket Kings may, from time to time, restrict the maximum number of Teams that may be created by a single User account (for each format of the contest) or which a single User account may enter in a particular Multiple Entry Contest, in each case to such number as determined by Cricket Kings in its sole discretion. Participant shall pay a pre-designated amount for participating in the contest(s) being created on the Cricket Kings platform.
• In the event a Participant indicates, while entering an address, that he/she is a resident of either Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim or Telangana such Participant will not be permitted to proceed to sign up for the match or contest and may not participate in any paid version of the Contest(s).
• In two members and above public contests, where all participants have entered the contest with the exact same teams, including the captain and vice-captain in such event, contest prize money shall be equally divided amongst all participants and the amount shall be deposited in the Cricket Kings winning account of all participants and the remaining amount shall be credited in the Cash Bonus account of such participants. In the event a user is found to be violating this policy, the Company reserves the right to initiate appropriate action against such users as it deems fit, which shall also include forfeiture of the Cash Bonus Amount.
• Feature in Starting Lineup is Purpose for indicating a player's inclusion in final starting lineup is only to provide information and assist a user in selecting his/her team on Cricket Kings. While indicating a Player's inclusion in starting lineup is given by Cricket Kings on the basis of information/data received through feed providers, publicly available information. Users are advised to do a thorough research of their own from official sources and/or other available sources of information. Cricket Kings, shall not take any liability, if a player earlier indicated as 'Playing' does not play or start for any reason whatsoever.

11. Format for Contest(s)

• Currently two formats of contest(s) are made available on Cricket Kings platform

  (A) Public Contest where Users can participate in a Contest with other Users without any restriction on participation and
  (B) private contests, where Users can invite specific Users into a Contest and restrict participation to such invited Users.

• A user can enter into a maximum of 500 contest (including both Public contests and Private contests) per match. Any participation in a contest more than 500 shall be investigated by Cricket Kings. All rules applicable to Contest(s) as set out herein shall be applicable to both formats of the Contest(s). Users by participating in a Contest(s) hereby authorize Cricket Kings to appoint a third party/Trustee/Escrow Agent to manage users funds on users behalf.

(A) Public contest

• In the Public contest format of the Contest(s), Cricket Kings may make available the Contest(s) comprising of 2 -– 100 Participants or any other pre-designated number of Participants by Cricket Kings.
• Cricket Kings may create this format of the Contest(s) as a paid format and the Winner will be determinable at the end of the match as per rule of the contests.
• The number of Participants required to make the Contest(s) operational will be pre-specified and once the number of Participants in such Contest(s) equals the pre-specified number required for that Contest(s), such Contest(s) shall be operational. In case the number of Participants is less than the pre-specified number at the time of commencement of the match, such Contest(s)May will not be operational and the pre-designated amount paid by each Participant may shall be returned to the account of such User without any charge or deduction or contest prize and number of participants may be brought down proportionally in order to let the contest run smoothly.
• In certain Contests across the Cricket Kings Services, designated as “Guaranteed contests”, the Contest(s) shall become operational only when a minimum of two users join a Guaranteed Contest. The pre-specified number of winners to be declared in such Contest(s), even if all available Participant slots (as pre- specified in relation to the Contest(s)) remain unfilled. It is clarified that notwithstanding the activation of such Contest(s), Participants can continue to join such Contest(s) till either (i) all available Participant slots of such Contest(s) are filled or (ii) the match to which the Contest (s) relates commences, whichever is earlier. In the event of shortfall in the number of participants joining the Guaranteed Contest, Cricket Kings shall continue with such contests and the short fall in the prize pool shall be borne by Cricket Kings.

(B) Private contest

• In the Private contest format of the Contest(s), Cricket Kings enables Users to create a contest ("“Private contest"”) and invite other users, whether existing Users or otherwise, ("“Invited User"”) to create Teams and participate in the Contest(s). Users may create a Private contest to consist of a pre-specified number of Participants, that is, consisting of minimum 2 participants. The User creating the Private contest shall pay the pre-designated amount for such Private contest and thereby join that Private contest and shall supply a name for the Private contest and be provided with a unique identification code ("contest Code") (which will be issued to the account of such User). The User agrees and understands that once the Private contest is created no change shall be permitted in the terms or constitution of the Private contest, except for a change in the name of the contest. The User creating the Private contest shall provide Cricket Kings with the email address or Facebook account username of Invited Users to enable Cricket Kings to send a message or mail inviting such Invited User to register with Cricket Kings (if necessary) and participate in the Private contest in relation to which the invite has been issued.
• In order to participate in the Private contest, an Invited User shall input the contest Code associated with the Private contest and pay the pre-designated amount for the Private contest. Once the number of Participants in a Private contest equals the number of pre-specified Participants for that Private contest, the Private contest shall be rendered operative and no other Invited Users or Users shall be permitted to participate in the Private contest. In the event that any Private contest does not contain the pre-specified number of Participants for that Private contest within 1 hour prior to the commencement of the match/Contest, the Platform will initiate an automatic refund of the amount deposited. Such refund shall be processed after the expiry of the deadline for filling of participants for such Private Contest.
• It is clarified that the participation of Invited Users in any Private contest is subject to the pre-specified number of Participants for that Private contest, and Cricket Kings shall not be liable to any person for the inability of any Invited User to participate in any Private contest due to any cause whatsoever, including without limitation due to a hardware or technical malfunction or lack of eligibility of such Invited User to participate in the Contest(s).

12. Eligibility

• The Contest(s) are open only to persons, currently residing in India.
• The Contest(s) are open only to persons above the age of 18 years.
• Persons who wish to participate must have a valid email address.
• Cricket Kings may, in accordance with the laws prevailing in certain Indian states, bar individuals residing in those states from participating in the Contest(s). Currently, individuals residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana or any other state that probits fantasy sports by virtue of their state laws, may not participate in the paid version of the Contest as the laws of these states are unclear/ bar persons from participating in games of skill where participants are required to pay to enter.
• Cricket Kings may on receipt of information bar a person from participation and/or withdrawing winning amounts if such person is found to be one with insider knowledge of participating teams in any given contests/match, organizing boards, leagues etc.
• Only those Participants who have successfully registered on the Cricket Kings as well as registered prior to each match in accordance with the procedure outlined above shall be eligible to participate in the Contest and win prizes.

13. Payment Terms

• In respect of any transactions entered into on the Cricket Kings platform, including making a payment to participate in the paid versions of Contest(s), Users agree to be bound by the following payment terms:

  a) The payment of pre-designated amount Users make to participate in the Contest(s) is inclusive of the pre-designated platform fee for access to the Cricket Kings Services charged by Cricket Kings and pre-determined participant’s contribution towards prize money pool.
  b) Subject to these Terms and Conditions, all amounts collected from the User are held in a separate non-interest earning bank Accounts. The said accounts are operated by banks appointed by Cricket Kings. From these bank accounts, the payouts can be made to (a) Users (towards their withdrawals), (b) Cricket Kings (towards its Platform Fees) and to (c) Government (towards TDS and GST on Winnings Amount). Cricket Kings receives only its share of the platform Fees through the said Escrow Agent.
  c) The Cricket Kings reserves the right to charge a Platform Fee on Cricket Kings platform, prior to a User's joining of such Contest. The Platform Fee (inclusive of applicable tax thereon) will be debited from the User’s account balance.
  d) The User may participate in a Contest wherein the User has to contribute a pre-specified contribution towards the Prize Money Pool of such Contest, which will be passed on to the Winner(s) of the Contest after the completion of the Contest as per the terms and conditions of such Contest. It is clarified that Cricket Kings has no right or interest in this Prize Money Pool, and only acts as an intermediary engaged in collecting and distributing the Prize Money Pool in accordance with the Contest terms and conditions. The amount to be paid-in by the User towards the Prize Money Pool would also be debited from the User’s account balance maintained with the Trustee.
  e) It is clarified that in no instance the transfer of any amounts in the User's accounts to any other category of account held by the user or any third party account, including a bank account held by a third party.

• Each time a User participates in any contest on Cricket Kings platform, the pre- designated amount shall be debited in the User’s account. In debiting amounts from the User’s accounts towards the pre-designated amount of such user shall be debited from the User’s Wallet and thereafter, any remaining amount of participation fee shall be debited from the User’s Winning Account.
• In case there is any amount remaining to be paid by the User in relation to such User’s participation in any match(s) or Contest(s), the User will be taken to the designated payment gateway to give effect to such payment. In case any amount added by the User through such payment gateway exceeds the remaining amount of the pre-designated amount, the amount in excess shall be transferred to the User’s wallet and will be available for use in participation in any match(s) or Contest(s).
• Debits from the wallet for the purpose of enabling a user’s participation in a Contest shall be made in order of the date of credit of amounts in the wallet, and accordingly amounts credited into wallet earlier in time shall be debited first.
• All amounts credited into a User's wallet must be utilised within no. of days of credit as decided by Cricket Kings. In case any unutilised amount lies in the wallet after the completion of no. of days from the date of credit of such amount as decided by Cricket Kings, Cricket Kings reserves the right to forfeit such unutilised amount, without liability or obligation to pay any compensation to the User.
• Withdrawal of any amount standing to the User's credit in the Winnings Account may be made by way of a request to Cricket Kings. Cricket Kings shall effect an online transfer to the User's bank account on record with Cricket Kings within a commercially reasonable period of time. Such transfer will reflect as a debit to the User's Winnings Account. Cricket Kings shall not charge any processing fee for the online transfer of such amount from the Winnings Account to the User's bank account on record with Cricket Kings. Users are requested to note that they will be required to provide valid photo identification and address proof documents for proof of identity and address in order for Cricket Kings to process the withdrawal request. The name mentioned on the User's photo identification document should correspond with the name provided by the User at the time of registration on Cricket Kings, as well as the name and address existing in the records of the User's bank account as provided to Cricket Kings. In the event that no bank account has been registered by the User against such User's account with Cricket Kings, or the User has not verified his/her User account with Cricket Kings, to Cricket Kings's satisfaction and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and in case the User fails to register a bank account with his/her User Account and/or to verify his/her User Account, Cricket Kings shall not transfer any Winning amounts to the User.
• Further, in order to conduct promotional activities, Cricket Kings may gratuitously issue Cash Bonus to the User for the purpose of participation in any Contest(s) and no User shall be permitted to transfer or request the transfer of any amount in to the Cash Bonus. The usage of any Cash Bonus issued shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions, including without limitation, restrictions as to time within which such Cash Bonus must be used, as applied by Cricket Kings and notified to the User at the time of issue of such amount. The issue of any Cash Bonus to the user is subject to the sole discretion of Cricket Kings and cannot be demanded by any User as a matter of right. The issue of any Cash Bonus by Cricket Kings on any day shall not entitle the user to demand the issuance of such Cash Bonus at any subsequent period in time nor create an expectation of recurring issue of such Cash Bonus by Cricket Kings to such User. The Cash Bonus granted to the user may be used by such User for the purpose of setting off against the contribution to prize pool in any Contest, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The Cash Bonus shall not be withdraw-able or transferrable to any other account of the User, including the bank account of such User, or of any other User or person, other that as part of the winnings of a User in any Contest(s). In case the User terminates his/her account with Cricket Kings or such account if terminated by Cricket Kings, all Cash Bonus granted to the user shall return to Cricket Kings and the User shall not have any right or interest on such points.
• All Cash Bonus credited in the User account shall be valid for a period of 14 days from the date of credit. The unutilized Cash Bonus shall expire at the end of 14 days from the date of credit.
• Users agree that once they confirm a transaction on Cricket Kings, they shall be bound by and make payment for that transaction.
• The User acknowledges that subject to time taken for bank reconciliations and such other external dependencies that Cricket Kings has on third parties; any transactions on Cricket Kings Platform may take up to 48 24 hours to be processed. Any amount paid or transferred into the User's wallet or Winnings Account may take up to 4824 hours to reflect in the User's wallet or Winnings Account balance. Similarly, the utilization of the Cash Bonus or money debited from wallet or Winnings Account may take up to 24 hours to reflect in the User's wallet or Winnings Account balance. Users agree not to raise any complaint or claim against Cricket Kings in respect of any delay, including any lost opportunity to join any Contest or match due to delay in crediting of transaction amount into any of the User's accounts. A transaction, once confirmed, is final and no cancellation is permissible.
• Cricket Kings may, in certain exceptional circumstances and at its sole and absolute discretion, refund the amount to the User after deducting applicable cancellation charges and taxes. At the time of the transaction, Users may also be required to take note of certain additional terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions shall also govern the transaction. To the extent that the additional terms and conditions contain any clause that is conflicting with the present terms and conditions, the additional terms and conditions shall prevail.

Tabulation of fantasy points

Cricket Kings may obtain the score feed and other information required for the computation and tabulation of fantasy points from third party service provider(s) and/or official website of the match organiser. In the rare event that any error in the computation or tabulation of fantasy points, selection of winners, abandonment of a match etc., as a result of inaccuracies in or incompleteness of the feed provided by the third party service provider and/or official website of the match organiser comes to its attention, Cricket Kings shall use best efforts to rectify such error prior to the distribution of prizes. However, Cricket Kings hereby clarifies that it relies on the accuracy and completeness of such third party score/statistic feeds and does not itself warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy thereof and, in any event, shall take no responsibility for inaccuracies in computation and tabulation of fantasy points or the selection of winners as a result of any inaccurate or incomplete scores/statistics received from such third party service provider. Users and Participants agree not to make any claim or raise any complaint against Cricket Kings in this respect.

Selection and Verification of Winners and Conditions relating to the Prizes Selection of Winners

Winners will be decided on the basis of the scores of the Teams in a designated match (which may last anywhere between one day and an entire tournament) of the Contest(s). The Participant(s) owning the Team(s) with the highest aggregate score in a particular match shall be declared the Winner(s). In certain pre- specified Contests, Cricket Kings may declare more than one Winner and distribute prizes to such Winners in increasing order of their Team's aggregate score at the end of the designated match of the Contest. The contemplated number of Winners and the prize due to each Winner in such Contest shall be as specified on the Contest page prior to the commencement of the Contest.

Participants creating Teams on behalf of any other Participant or person shall be disqualified.

In the event of a tie, the winning Participants shall be declared Winners and the prize shall be equally divided among such Participants. Cricket Kings shall not be liable to pay any prize if it is discovered that the Winner(s) have not abided by these Terms and Conditions, and other rules and regulations in relation to the use of the Cricket Kings, Contest, "Fantasy Rules", etc.

Contacting Winners

Winners shall be contacted by Cricket Kings or the third party conducting the Contest on the e-mail address provided at the time of registration. The verification process and the documents required for the collection of prize shall be detailed to the Winners at this stage. As a general practice, winners will be required to provide following documents:

1. Photocopy of the User's PAN card;
2. Photocopy of a government-issued residence proof;
3. User's bank account details and proof of the same.

Cricket Kings shall not permit a Winner to withdraw his/her prize(s)/accumulated winnings unless the above-mentioned documents have been received and verified within the time-period stipulated by Cricket Kings. The User represents and warrants that the documents provided in the course of the verification process are true copies of the original documents to which they relate.

Participants are required to provide proper and complete details at the time of registration. Cricket Kings shall not be responsible for communications errors, commissions or omissions including those of the Participants due to which the results may not be communicated to the Winner.

The list of Winners shall be posted on a separate web-page on the Cricket Kings. The winners will also be intimated by e-mail.

In the event that a Participant has been declared a Winner on the abovementioned web-page but has not received any communication from Cricket Kings, such Participant may contact Cricket Kings within the time specified on the webpage.

• Verification process

  Only those Winners who successfully complete the verification process and provide the required documents within the time limit specified by Cricket Kings shall be permitted to withdraw/receive their accumulated winnings (or any part thereof). Cricket Kings shall not entertain any claims or requests for extension of time for submission of documents.

  Cricket Kings shall scrutinize all documents submitted and may, at its sole and absolute discretion, disqualify any Winner from withdrawing his accumulated winnings (or any part thereof) on the following grounds:

  1. Determination by Cricket Kings that any document or information submitted by the Participant is incorrect, misleading, false, fabricated, incomplete or illegible; or
  2. Participant does not fulfill the Eligibility Criteria specified.
  3. Any other match.

• Taxes Payable

  All prizes shall be subject to deduction of tax (“TDS”) as per the Income Tax Act 1961. The TDS rate prescribed by the Government of India with respect to any prize money amount that is in excess of Rs. 10,000/- is 30% . TDS of 30% excluding cess and surcharge shall be deducted on Net Winnings ( prize money amount - contest entry amount - cash bonus). In case of any revisions by the Government of India to the aforementioned rate in the future, TDS will be deducted by Cricket Kings in accordance with the then current prescribed TDS rate. Winners will be provided TDS certificates in respect of such tax deductions on quarterly basis. The Winners shall be responsible for payment of any other applicable taxes, including but not limited to, income tax, gift tax, etc. in respect of the prize money.

  TDS deducted by platform at the time of the payment will be displayed in form 26AS of the user. The user may avail credit of TDS while filing Income Tax.

• Miscellaneous

  The decision of Cricket Kings with respect to the awarding of prizes shall be final, binding and non-contestable.

  Participants playing the paid formats of the Contest(s) confirm that they are not residents of any of the following Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana or any other state that prohibits fantasy sports by virtue of their state laws,. If it is found that a Participant playing the paid formats of the Contest(s) is a resident of any of the abovementioned states, Cricket Kings shall disqualify such Participant and forfeit any prize won by such Participant. Further Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, suspend or terminate such Participant's account with Cricket Kings. Any amount remaining unused in the User's Game Account or Winnings Account on the date of deactivation or deletion shall be reimbursed to the User by an online transfer to the User's bank account on record with Cricket Kings, subject to the processing fee (if any) applicable on such transfers as set out herein.

  If it is found that a Participant playing the paid formats of the Contest(s) is under the age of eighteen (18), Cricket Kings shall be entitled, at its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify such Participant and forfeit his/her prize. Further, Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, suspend or terminate such Participant's account.

  To the extent permitted by law, Cricket Kings makes no representations or warranties as to the quality, suitability or merchantability of any prizes and shall not be liable in respect of the same.

  Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, vary or modify the prizes being offered to winners. Participants shall not raise any claim against Cricket Kings or question its right to modify such prizes being offered, prior to closure of the Contest.

  Cricket Kings will not bear any responsibility for the transportation or packaging of prizes to the respective winners. Cricket Kings shall not be held liable for any loss or damage caused to any prizes at the time of such transportation.

  The Winners shall bear the shipping, courier or any other delivery cost in respect of the prizes.

  The Winners shall bear all transaction charges levied for delivery of cash prizes.

  All prizes are non-transferable and non-refundable. Prizes cannot be exchanged / redeemed for cash or kind. No cash claims can be made in lieu of prizes in kind.

Publicity

Acceptance of a prize by the Winner constitutes permission for Cricket Kings, and its affiliates to use the Winner's name, likeness, voice and comments for advertising and promotional purposes in any media worldwide for purposes of advertising and trade without any further permissions or consents and / or additional compensation whatsoever.

The Winners further undertake that they will be available for promotional purposes as planned and desired by Cricket Kings without any charge. The exact dates remain the sole discretion of Cricket Kings. Promotional activities may include but not be limited to press events, internal meetings and ceremonies/functions.

General Conditions

If it comes to the notice of Cricket Kings that any governmental, statutory or regulatory compliances or approvals are required for conducting any Contest(s) or if it comes to the notice of Cricket Kings that conduct of any such Contest(s) is prohibited, then Cricket Kings shall withdraw and / or cancel such Contest(s) without prior notice to any Participants or winners of any Contest(s). Users agree not to make any claim in respect of such cancellation or withdrawal of the Contest or Contest it in any manner.

Employees are not eligible to participate in any Public Contest(s).

Dispute and Dispute Resolution

• The courts of competent jurisdiction at Gurugram, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any and all disputes arising out of, or in connection with, the Cricket Kings Services provided by Cricket Kings (including the Contest(s)), the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Terms and Conditions, or the rights and obligations of the User(s) (including Participants) or Cricket Kings, as well as the exclusive jurisdiction to grant interim or preliminary relief in case of any dispute referred to arbitration as given below. All such issues and questions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India.
• In the event of any legal dispute (which may be a legal issue or question) which may arise, the party raising the dispute shall provide a written notification ("Notification") to the other party. On receipt of Notification, the parties shall first try to resolve the dispute through discussions. In the event that the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within fifteen (15) days of receipt of Notification, the dispute shall be settled by arbitration.
• The place of arbitration shall be Gurugram, India. All arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English and in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended from time to time.
• The arbitration award will be final and binding on the Parties, and each Party will bear its own costs of arbitration and equally share the fees of the arbitrator unless the arbitral tribunal decides otherwise. The arbitrator shall be entitled to pass interim orders and awards, including the orders for specific performance and such orders would be enforceable in competent courts. The arbitrator shall give a reasoned award.
• Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall prevent Cricket Kings from seeking and obtaining interim or permanent equitable or injunctive relief, or any other relief available to safeguard Cricket Kings's 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 the part of Cricket Kings to pursue any remedy for monetary damages through the arbitration described herein.

Release and Limitations of Liability

• Users shall access the Cricket Kings Services provided on Cricket Kings voluntarily and at their own risk. Cricket Kings shall, under no circumstances be held responsible or liable on account of any loss or damage sustained (including but not limited to any accident, injury, death, loss of property) by Users or any other person or entity during the course of access to the Cricket Kings Services (including participation in the Contest(s)) or as a result of acceptance of any prize.
• By entering the contests and accessing the Cricket Kings Services provided therein, Users hereby release from and agree to indemnify Cricket Kings, and/ or any of its directors, employees, partners, associates and licensors, from and against all liability, cost, loss or expense arising out their access to the Cricket Kings Services including (but not limited to) personal injury and damage to property and whether direct, indirect, consequential, foreseeable, due to some negligent act or omission on their part, or otherwise.
• Cricket Kings accepts no liability, whether jointly or severally, for any errors or omissions, whether on behalf of itself or third parties in relation to the prizes.
• Users shall be solely responsible for any consequences which may arise due to their access of Cricket Kings Services by conducting an illegal act or due to non-conformity with these Terms and Conditions and other rules and regulations in relation to Cricket Kings Services, including provision of incorrect address or other personal details. Users also undertake to indemnify Cricket Kings and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents on the happening of such an event (including without limitation cost of attorney, legal charges etc.) on full indemnity basis for any loss/damage suffered by Cricket Kings on account of such act on the part of the Users.
• Users shall indemnify, defend, and hold Cricket Kings harmless from any third party/entity/organization claims arising from or related to such User's engagement with the Cricket Kings or participation in any Contest. In no event shall Cricket Kings be liable to any User for acts or omissions arising out of or related to User's engagement with the Cricket Kings or his/her participation in any Contest(s).
• In consideration of Cricket Kings allowing Users to access the Cricket Kings Services, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Users waive and release each and every right or claim, all actions, causes of actions (present or future) each of them has or may have against Cricket Kings, its respective agents, directors, officers, business associates, group companies, sponsors, employees, or representatives for all and any injuries, accidents, or mishaps (whether known or unknown) or (whether anticipated or unanticipated) arising out of the provision of Cricket Kings Services or related to the Contests or the prizes of the Contests.
• The Cricket Kings user is aware and acknowledges that use of the internet or Technology involves many uncertain factors and complex hardware, software, systems, communication lines, peripherals, etc., which are susceptible to interruptions and dislocations; and the said Technology may at any time be unavailable without further notice. Cricket Kings does not make any representation or warranty that the said Technology will be available to the users at all times without any interruption. The Cricket Kings user agrees and represents that they shall not have any claim against the Company on account of any suspension, interruption, non- availability or malfunctioning of the System or Service of the Cricket Kings’ service or systems for any reason whatsoever.

Disclaimers

• To the extent permitted under law, neither Cricket Kings nor its parent/holding company, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, professional advisors, employees shall be responsible for the deletion, the failure to store, the mis-delivery, or the untimely delivery of any information or material.
• To the extent permitted under law, Cricket Kings shall not be responsible for any harm resulting from downloading or accessing any information or material, the quality of servers, games, products, Cricket Kings services or sites, cancellation of competition and prizes. Cricket Kings disclaims any responsibility for, and if a User pays for access to one of Cricket Kings' Services the User will not be entitled to a refund as a result of, any inaccessibility that is caused by Cricket Kings's maintenance on the servers or the technology that underlies our sites, failures of Cricket Kings's service providers (including telecommunications, hosting, and power providers), computer viruses, natural disasters or other destruction or damage of our facilities, acts of nature, war, civil disturbance, or any other cause beyond our reasonable control. In addition, Cricket Kings does not provide any warranty as to the content on the Cricket Kings(s). Cricket Kings(s) content is distributed on an "as is, as available" basis.
• Any material accessed, downloaded or otherwise obtained through Cricket Kings is done at the User's discretion, competence, acceptance and risk, and the User will be solely responsible for any potential damage to User's computer system or loss of data that results from a User's download of any such material.
• Cricket Kings shall make best endeavours to ensure that the Cricket Kings(s) is error-free and secure, however, neither Cricket Kings nor any of its partners, licensors or associates makes any warranty that:

  1. Cricket Kings(s) will meet Users' requirements,

  2. Cricket Kings(s) will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free

  3. Results that may be obtained from the use of Cricket Kings(s) will be accurate or reliable; and

  4. Quality of any products, Cricket Kings Services, information, or other material that Users purchase or obtain through https://cricketkings.net will meet Users' expectations.

• In case Cricket Kings discovers any error, including any error in the determination of Winners or in the transfer of amounts to a User's account, Cricket Kings reserves the right (exercisable at its discretion) to rectify the error in such manner as it deems fit, including through a set- off of the erroneous payment from amounts due to the User or deduction from the User's account of the amount of erroneous payment. In case of exercise of remedies in accordance with this clause, Cricket Kings agrees to notify the User of the error and of the exercise of the remedy(ies) to rectify the same.
• To the extent permitted under law, neither Cricket Kings nor its partners, licensors or associates shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use our sites, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
• Any Cricket Kings Services, events or Contest(s) being hosted or provided, or intended to be hosted on Cricket Kings platform and requiring specific permission or authority from any statutory authority or any state or the central government, or the board of directors shall be deemed cancelled or terminated, if such permission or authority is either not obtained or denied either before or after the availability of the relevant Cricket Kings Services, events or Contest(s) are hosted or provided.
• To the extent permitted under law, in the event of suspension or closure of any Services, events or Contests, Users (including Participants) shall not be entitled to make any demands, claims, on any nature whatsoever.

Miscellaneous

• Cricket Kings may be required under certain legislations, to notify User(s) of certain events. User(s) hereby acknowledge and consent that such notices will be effective upon Cricket Kings posting them on the Cricket Kings or delivering them to the User through the email address provided by the User at the time of registration. User(s) may update their email address by logging into their account on the Cricket Kings. If they do not provide Cricket Kings with accurate information, Cricket Kings cannot be held liable for failure to notify the User.
• Cricket Kings shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to any failure to perform due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Cricket Kings's control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials or any cancellation of any cricket match to which a Contest relates. In such circumstances, Cricket Kings shall also be entitled to cancel any related Contest(s) and to process an appropriate refund for all Participants.
• Cricket Kings's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
• Users agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Cricket Kings or these Terms must be filed within thirty (30) days of such claim or cause of action arising or be forever barred.
• These Terms and Conditions, including all terms, conditions, and policies that are incorporated herein by reference, constitute the entire agreement between the User(s) and Octaspin Technology Private Limited and govern your use of the Cricket Kings, superseding any prior agreements that any User may have with Octaspin Technology Private Limited.
• If any part of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be indefinite, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, the rest of these Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force.
• Cricket Kings reserves the right to moderate, restrict or ban the use of the Cricket Kings, specifically to any User, or generally, in accordance with Cricket Kings's policy/policies from time to time, at its sole and absolute discretion and without any notice.
• Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, permanently close or temporarily suspend any Cricket Kings Services (including any Contest(s)).
• Cricket Kings may from time to time conduct/organize, promotions/offers on the platform. Any two or more promotions cannot be clubbed together with any other promotions that are running simultaneously on the Cricket Kings platform. Also, promotions/offers cannot be clubbed with Cash Bonus available with any user.
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Grievance Redressal Mechanism

• In case you have any complaints or grievance pertaining to (i) any User Content that you believe violates these Terms (other than an infringement of Intellectual Property Rights) for the reporting mechanism for such claims), (ii) your access to the Platform or (iii) any User Content which you believe is, prima facie, in the nature of any material which is obscene, defamatory towards the complainant or any person on whose behalf you are making the complaint, or is in the nature of impersonation in an electronic form, including artificially morphed images of such individual, please share the same with us by writing to: [email protected]
• In your complaint or grievance, please include the following information:
  1. Your name and contact details: name, address, contact number and email address;
  2. Your relation to the subject matter of the complaint, i.e. complainant or person acting on behalf of an affected person;
  3. The name and age of the person aggrieved or affected by the subject matter of the complaint, in case your are acting on behalf of such person and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorised to act on behalf of such person and to provide such person's personal information to us in relation to the complaint/grievance;
  4. Description of the complaint or grievance with clear identification of the User Content in relation to which such complaint or grievance is made;
  5. A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the User Content violates these Terms
  6. A statement that the information provided in the complaint or grievance is accurate.
• The Company respects the Intellectual Property Rights of others. All names, logos, marks, labels, trademarks, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights on the Platform belonging to any person (including User), entity or third party are recognized as proprietary to the respective owners. You are requested to send us a written notice/ intimation if you notice any act of infringement on the Platform, which must include the following information:
  1. A clear identification of the copyrighted work allegedly infringed;
  2. A clear identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Platform;
  3. Your contact details: name, address, e-mail address and phone number;
  4. A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the copyrighted material allegedly infringed on the Platform is not authorized by your agent or the law;
  5. A statement that the information provided in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the signatory is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright right that is allegedly infringed;
  6. Your signature or a signature of your authorized agent.

The aforesaid notices can be sent to the Company by email at [email protected].

• On receiving such complaint, grievance or notice, the Company reserves the right to investigate and/or take such action as the Company may deem appropriate. The Company may reach out to you to seek further clarification or assistance with the investigation, or verify the statements made in your complaint, grievance or notice, and you acknowledge that your timely assistance with the investigation would facilitate the redressal of the same.
• The name and title of the Grievance Redressal Officer is as follows:

Email: [email protected]

Address: OCTASPIN TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD DDA Building , Nehru Place market Road, Nehru Place, New Delhi, South East Delhi, Delhi, 110019

The Grievance Officer identified above pursuant to the provisions of applicable laws including but not limited to the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, and the Rules enacted under those laws. The Company reserves the right to replace the Grievance Redressal Officer at its discretion through publication of the name and title of such replacement on the website, which replacement shall come into effect immediately upon publication.

Standard Terms and Conditions of Referral program.

The Cricket Kings Referral Program lets you Referral to join Cricket Kings ("Program"). In the event that you and your referred friend meet the criteria and complete all the steps specified in these terms, you can earn a Cash Bonus from Cricket Kings will be redeemable to join cash contests and contests through the Cricket Kings’s mobile application for the iOS and/or Android mobile devices (" Cricket Kings Application") and your friend will receive discount coupons To participate in the Program, please note our terms and conditions ("Terms") in this respect, as they govern your participation in the Program:

• Eligibility – All users who: (i) have an account registered with Cricket Kings's fantasy gaming platform ("Platform"); and (ii) are eligible to participate in the pay-to play game (as per the Cricket Kings's terms and conditions, accessible at www.cricketkings.net and (iii) have downloaded and installed the Cricket Kings Application on their respective mobile devices, will be eligible to participate in the Program. Participation in the Program by proxy is not permitted.
• Participation in the Program is voluntary. A user shall not register or operate more than one user account with Cricket Kings and shall not participate in the Program with more than one user account with Cricket Kings.
• By participating in the Program, you agree to and accept these Terms.
• For the purpose of participation in the Program, you are required to have the Cricket Kings Application downloaded and installed on your mobile device. Through the Cricket Kings Application, you will be provided with a unique link or code, which can be shared by you with friends for the purpose of inviting such friends to create and register an account with Cricket Kings and download the Cricket Kings Application. On receiving the link or code your friend may either: (i) Click on the link, consequent to which such Your referral friend will be directed to a registration page and will be provided the option to register an account with Cricket Kings and download and install the Cricket Kings Application on his/her device; or (ii) download and install the Cricket Kings Application on his/her device independently, register for a Cricket Kings account through the Cricket Kings Application and enter the unique code shared by you where prompted in the Cricket Kings Application.
• You and your friend will be eligible to earn the Bonus Amount subject to (amongst other terms specified in these Terms): (i) your referral friend not being an existing user of Cricket Kings; and (ii) the You and Your referral friend being eligible to participate in the pay-to play Cricket Kings fantasy cricket, fantasy basketball, fantasy hockey, fantasy volleyball, fantasy kabaddi, fantasy baseball, fantasy handball, fantasy American football or fantasy football game; and (iii) the Your referral friend successfully registering for an account with Cricket Kings through the unique link or by using the unique code shared by the You; and (iv) the You and Your referral friend agreeing to the license agreement for the Cricket Kings Application and downloading and installing the Cricket Kings Application as available for the You and Your referral friend’s respective mobile devices. For the purposes of these Terms, an 'existing user of Cricket Kings' shall mean a user who presently operates an account with the Platform or operated an account with the Platform at any point of time.
• An Your referral friend who is an existing user of Cricket Kings is not permitted to register a new account with the Platform for the purpose of availing of the Bonus Amount. Cricket Kings will determine in its sole discretion whether an Your referral friend is an existing user of Cricket Kings or not and take appropriate action.
• If the Your referral friend opts to register for a Cricket Kings account through the Cricket Kings Application, the Your referral friend can verify his/her contact information at the time of registration.
• The verification process may require an You/Your referral friend to submit personal information about the user (You/Your referral friend) and documents identifying the You/Your referral friend. You agree to receive communication from Cricket Kings and to allow Cricket Kings to communicate with Your referral friends referred by you about the Your participation in the Program. Any information collected in respect of the You/Your referral friend as part of the Program or otherwise during such person's use of the Website shall be subject to Cricket Kings's Privacy Policy (available here: https://cricketkings.net for Indian users)
• The verification of an Your referral friend shall be completed at the time of first withdrawal by the Your referral friend from the Your referral friend's 'Winnings' Account with the Platform. Your referral friend may voluntarily seek verification by clicking on the 'Verify Now' tab on the Winnings tab on the My Balance Page of the You/Your referral friend's account with the Platform.
• The Your referral friend will be eligible to receive a maximum discount as decided by Cricket Kings at the time of joining (“Your referral friend Discount”) utilization of which will be at the discretion of Cricket Kings.
• Below table is for illustration purpose only, actual numbers may vary: -

• The Bonus Amounts credited to the your account be used by the You to join cash contests and contests offered by Cricket Kings through the Platform. No part of the Bonus Amount may be used to join private contests or be withdrawn or transferred to any other cash balance account held by the You/Your referral friend with Cricket Kings or to any third party account or to any bank/payment instrument account.
• The deposit of the Bonus Amount shall be at the sole discretion of Cricket Kings and shall be subject to compliance with these Terms. Cricket Kings may substitute or change the Bonus Amount offered under the Program at any time without notice. Also you are not allowed substitute the amount of Bonus Amount or substitute offering for other items or exchange for cash.
• Cricket Kings reserves the right to:

withhold the deposit of the Bonus Amount; and/or

a. forfeit any deposited Bonus Amount to an You/Your referral friend or any prizes/winnings earned by the participant by using such Bonus Amount; and/or

b. deactivate the accounts of the You/Your referral friend, in the event that it determines or reasonably believes that such You/Your referral friend has violated these Terms or the terms and conditions of the Cricket Kings fantasy games.

Mere participation in the Program does not entitle the You to receive any Bonus Amount.

Cricket Kings may, at its sole and absolute discretion, disqualify any You/Your referral friend if such You/Your referral friend engages in or it is found that such You/Your referral friend has engaged in any illegal, unlawful or improper conduct (with regard to the Program or otherwise).

The decision of Cricket Kings will be final and binding with regard to the Program, and the deposit of the Bonus Amount and the Your referral friend Discount and no correspondence, objection, complaints, etc. will be entertained in this regard.

This Program cannot be clubbed with any other contests/promotions/programs that are running simultaneously and organised or conducted by Cricket Kings.

Cricket Kings reserves the right to change/modify/or withdraw the Program and/or change these terms and conditions without any prior notice of the same at its sole discretion.

The Terms and Conditions, as applicable to the Cricket Kings's fantasy games and services, will apply to and govern the Program.

Cricket Kings does not make any commitment, express or implied, to respond to any feedback, suggestion and, or, queries of the participants (You/Your referral friend) of the Program.