TERMS OF SERVICE

1. INTRODUCTION

All products and services relating to the games (collectively "Services") provided to you and offered by octropoker.in and/or its affiliates, subsidiaries, associates, and partners (hereinafter referred to as "We" or "Us" or "octropoker.in" or "Our" or "Company") through the website https://www.octropoker.in or mobile app (hereinafter referred to as the "Website") is subject to these Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms"). YOU SHOULD READ ALL THE TERMS PRIOR TO THE USE OF OUR SERVICES. Here "You" refers to entities like you, your, user or player.

You may note that if any term mentioned in our Terms of Service is found out to be unlawful, unenforceable, is determined to be invalid or voidable or void for any ground by either judicial or quasi-judicial body in India, it shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. Any failure or delay on our part to act or exercise any right or remedy with respect to a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement by you shall not be construed as a waiver of our right to act with respect to the said breach or any prior, concurrent, subsequent, or similar breaches.

If you do not wish to adhere to our Terms of Service including any of our future changes or modifications in our terms, you may opt to cease the use of any feature of our website along with any services that we offer.

Octro Coins/Reward Points have no monetary value, except in respect of the value assigned by us and can only be redeemed as per the value set by us. There will be no refunds for Octro Coins/Reward Points that are redeemed. Octro Coins/Reward Points may not be transferred or sold. Our computation of Octro Coins/Reward Points shall be final, conclusive and binding on you and will not be liable to be disputed or questioned. You must accumulate at least the minimum number of Octro Coins/Reward Points as stipulated by us to be eligible to make a claim for redemption of Octro Coins/; Reward Points. We reserve the right to change the minimum number of Octro Coins/Reward Points without notice and without assigning reasons.

2. AGREEMENT

You should ensure that you read, understand, and agree with all the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement before you create an account with us or use the Services. You should use the Services only after you have read and understood the Agreement and agree to abide by the Terms of Service. If you have any question regarding the Agreement, please contact us at [email protected].

We reserve the right to amend, modify or change any of the terms of this Agreement at any time without giving any prior notice. We shall notify you of such changes ("Notice") either by notification in a manner we may deem fit or by posting the amended Agreement on the website. Such modifications include the changes to any of our Game Rules. If you do not agree with the terms of the amended or modified Agreement, you must stop using the Services and must notify us that you wish to terminate your Account. Your continued use of the Services will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of the changes to the Agreement

3. GAME SERVICES

We provide the registered Users the opportunity to access and play online games of skill. We provide software and services to enable you to play games of skill with other individuals over the internet. All tournaments, promotional games, practice games, and cash games (as defined in Part 8 of these Terms of Service) organized on the Website are collectively referred to as "Games".
From the date and time you create your account on our platform, you get the service continuously for an unlimited period till you send us a request to discontinue the service and your services are disabled by us.
"Cash Game(s)" are Games that require the participant to have a certain minimum cash balance in their user account to participate. All other Games, if any, offered on the Website are defined as Non-Cash Game(s).
octropoker.in charges a service charge for Cash Games. The charges may vary depending on the nature of the Cash Game and are subject to change from time to time. The company follows its predetermined valuation mechanism. The value of our services is inclusive of GST and is computed based on our monthly invoicing system. The monthly service charge is the net amount debited from your account and credited to the Company’s account. The value of our services is computed after deducting any service credits given to you from the predefined percentage of your winnings.

4. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY

Any information provided by you to us at the stage of registration and during any time subsequently, should be complete and truthful.
Prior to adding cash to your user account or participating in Cash Games, you shall be responsible to satisfy yourself with the legality of playing Cash Games in the jurisdiction from where you are accessing the Cash Games. If it is not legal to remit or receive cash in Indian Rupee transactions through banking channels in India or are not accessing the Website from a permitted jurisdiction, you are prohibited from participating in Cash Games on the website. In the event of such violation, 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 that you might win in such Cash Games.
You must be 18 years of age or older to participate in any of our Cash Games, and competent to enter financial transactions with other users and octropoker.in. You are aware that participation in the Games organized by us ("Activity") may result in financial loss to you. 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 risks of financial loss. You agree to indemnify and hold octropoker.in its employees, directors, officers, and agents harmless with respect to any claims, loss, and costs associated with your participation in the Activity.
You must not allow anyone under the age of 18 years to use or access your account. You must not allow or assist anyone under 18 years to access our website or services on your computer or device or by any other means. You will solely be responsible and accept complete liability for any outcome due to any activity by a person under 18. octropoker.in, any other third-party provider of content, and their related agents will not be responsible and liable for any direct or indirect, incidental or special or consequential injuries or damages that may arise as a result of the usage of the Services by any user under 18, regardless of instances when such party or agent has been warned or advised of the possibility of similar injuries or damages.
We own and reserve the right to ask you for proof of age at any time to verify that no one under 18 is using our Services. Even when we ask for your age proof or do not ask for your age proof, we are not at all liable in any case for any loss or legal problem resulting due to the use of our services by any person under 18. We are not liable if a user is providing false proof of age or is under suspicion of being underage.
You represent that you have the experience and the requisite skills required to participate in the Activity and that you do not have any physical or mental condition that would impair your capability to fully participate in the Activity. You further acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any consequence resulting from your participating in this Activity or being associated with this Activity or around this Activity. You understand that octropoker.in assumes 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 Website does not create any obligation on us to give you a prize. Your winning a prize is entirely dependent on your skill as a player vis-a-vis other players in the Game and subject to the rules of the Game.
You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for all content posted, transmitted, uploaded, or otherwise made available by you on our Website. 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, worldwide, 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 octropoker.in has the right to use in any manner whatsoever, all communication or feedback provided by you.
You understand and accept that octropoker.in reserves the right to record the user content produced by way of chat messages on the Website through the octropoker.in feature, through the in-game chat facility, or other interactive features, if any, offered as part of the Services.
You understand that the funds in your user account held by octropoker.in do not carry any interest or return.
You shall not hold octropoker.in responsible for not being able to play any Game in 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, your account is pending validation, it is suspended or blocked by us for any suspected or established violation of any of the Terms.
You understand and accept that by viewing or using the Website, availing any of our Services, or using communication features on the Website, 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. You fully understand that we are not responsible for any loss or mental agony suffered by you due to the contents of other users.
FATF recommends countries criminalise money laundering. We are in compliance with FATF guidelines and therefore you are also required to comply with the FATF guidelines. By using our Portal, you undertake to comply with the FATF guidelines.
This authorises Octro Pokerto freeze or seize and confiscate the services provided, without prejudicing the rights of bona fide third parties, in case found associated with any measures of money laundering or financing of terrorism, terrorist acts, or terrorist organisations / illegitimate organizations by any means or associated to any non-profit organisations that may remotely be associated / vulnerable to be linked in the financing of terrorism, terrorist acts or terrorist organisations.
You represent that you are not a politically exposed person.
You represent that you have not been convicted of any crime.
You represent that you are not on the UN Sanctions List or work for a company that is on the UN Sanctions list.
You hereby confirm and give an undertaking that you are not engaged in the business or profession of playing online games.

5. USER ACCOUNT

To use our Services, you will register with us on the Website by completing the online registration process.
Your Accounts are to be used solely by you.
You undertake that all the information provided by you at the time of opening the Accounts or provided by you subsequently upon request by the Company is true, complete, and correct. You further undertake to provide proof relating to any such information, including copies of documents such as your PAN card, or address and identity proof, upon request by the Company. You understand that the Company may take steps to verify any such information provided by you. Your continued use of the Services, including but not limited to your ability to make Cash Credits and Cash Withdrawals in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is subject to the Company’s continued satisfaction that all such details provided by you are true, complete, and correct.
You confirm your acceptance of the Terms. If you access any of our Services, it is implied that you have accepted the Terms.
During the registration process, you will be required to provide a valid email and a password in addition to providing some other information. 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 give us the correct details in all fields requiring your personal information, including, without limitation, your name, postal address, email address, telephone number(s), etc. You undertake that you will update this information and keep it current. For registration/log in using social media platforms, you are expected to adhere to the password policies provided by the social media platform.
You acknowledge that we may, at any time, require additional documentary from you to verify the information provided by you or if required by other legal and controlling agencies failing which we have the right to suspend or terminate your registration on the Website.
You are agreeing to get your information/profile/documents verified by a third-party service.
Any information provided by you to us should be complete and truthful to the best of your knowledge. We are not obliged to cross-check or verify the 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 you provide on the Website including but not limited to your Username, Password, Email address, Contact Details, and Mobile number. octropoker.in 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 user logged in on the Website or elsewhere. You undertake that you will not 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 Website being exposed or misused by any other person.
You agree to use your octropoker.in user account solely for playing on the Website and for transactions that you may have to carry out for availing of the Services on the Website. Use or attempted use of your user account for any reason other than what is stated in the Terms may result in immediate termination 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 participation in Cash Games made available on the Website.
You understand and agree that you cannot transfer any money or prizes from your account with us to the account of another user on the Website except as may be permitted by octropoker.in and subject to restrictions and conditions as may be prescribed.
We are legally obliged to deduct tax at source (TDS) in a financial year. Please refer to the TDS policy in the link below: https://www.octropoker.in/privacy_policy . The limit of deduction of TDS and rate of TDS deduction is subject to change subject to prevailing rules and regulations. Withdrawal of winnings and prizes will only be permitted after you provide your correct PAN details. Our obligation in this regard is limited to deducting TDS as required by law and providing you with an appropriate certificate of tax deduction. We neither advise you nor shall in any manner be responsible for your individual tax matters.
You are prohibited from using the Services by means of Accounts registered in the name of any other individual.

6. USER ACCOUNT VALIDATION AND PERSONAL INFORMATION VERIFICATION

We may from time to time attempt to validate its players' user accounts. Such attempts may be via a phone call or via email or through courier. In the event that we are not able to get in touch with you the first time around, we will make additional attempts to establish contact with you. If the phone number and email provided by you are not correct, we bear no responsibility for the Services being interrupted due to our being unable to establish contact with you.
If we are unable to reach you or if the validation is unsuccessful, we reserve the right to disallow you from logging into the Website or reduce your play limits and/or Add Cash limits until we satisfactorily validate your account. We will in such events, notify you via email about the next steps regarding your account validation. We may also ask you for proof of identification and proof of address from time to time.
When we have made several attempts to reach out to you but have been unable to do so, we also reserve the right to permanently suspend your account and refund your deposit balance, if any, after deducting our charges, by cheque to the address provided by you. In the event the address provided by you is incorrect, we will not make any additional attempts for delivery of the cheque unless a correct address is provided by you and charges for redelivery as prescribed by us are paid by you.
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.
The Privacy Policy on our Website forms a part of the Terms. All personal information that is of such nature that requires protection from unauthorized dissemination shall be dealt with in the manner provided in the Privacy Policy.

7. FAIR PLAY POLICY

We take the fair play of Online Poker on octropoker.in very seriously. To prevent any fraud or unfair play in our games or on our website - all user actions including - deposits/identity verification/Poker games / individual hands are monitored to ensure a safe, legal, and fair environment for all our users. Poker must be played as a social game, not a team effort. Every single game must be a fair individual effort. Hence, as part of the Fair Play Policy and to prevent any fraud and in-game collusion, all user actions are monitored and recorded as mentioned above. We use Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence extensively to monitor gameplays that check around 40 variables in any game and identify unusual patterns of winning/losing. Such patterns are then manually checked by our teams to identify any illegal activity/cheating/fraud/money laundering. Any detection of a breach of our Fair Play policy, such as and not limited to, fraudulent deposits under a stolen identity or collusion in gameplay, shall result in swift and serious action as strict as blocking the user from the platform, taken by octropoker.in against the suspected user, as detailed in the section below entitled Breach and Consequences.
Anti-Cheating and Anti-Collusion:
1. You undertake that you yourself will play all the Games that you have registered/joined and you 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 Website or use any third-party software that intercepts, mines, or otherwise collects information from or through the Website or through any Services. Any attempt to employ any such external assistance is strictly prohibited and may result in terminating your account and forfeiting your balance with us.
2. Formation of teams and collusion between you and any other user(s) for participating in Games or any other form of cheating is strictly prohibited. When collusion or cheating is detected, octropoker.in shall settle the Game as per its "Game Cancellation Settlement Policy" and may take further appropriate action against offending users. This may result in terminating your account and forfeiting your balance with us.
Money Laundering: You are prohibited from doing any activity on the Website 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 on the Website or other services to benefit from any promotional program of the octropoker.in or for any other purpose is strictly prohibited.
Multiple IDs: Your registration on the Website is restricted to a single user account which will be used by you to avail of our Services. You are prohibited from creating or using multiple user IDs for registering on the Website.
Offers: Any kind of Free money / Bonus / Special Offer / Referral benefit / Promotional Money will be offered at management’s discretion and will be given only if a user does not indulge in any kind of malpractice or fraud whatsoever. Also, it can be stopped without giving any prior notice. These may be offered to you as service credit.
You may not upload, distribute, transmit, publish, or post content through or on the Website or through any service or facility including any messaging facility provided by the Website which
1. is libelous, defamatory, obscene, intimidating, invasive of privacy, abusive, illegal, harassing;
2. contains expressions of hatred, hurting religious sentiments, racial discrimination, or pornography;
3. is otherwise objectionable or undesirable (whether or not unlawful);
4. iv. would constitute an incitement to commit a criminal offense;
5. violates the rights of any person;
6. is aimed at soliciting donations or another form of help;
7. violates the intellectual property of any person;
8. disparage in any manner octropoker.in or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, associates, partners, sponsors, products, services, or websites;
9. ix. promotes a competing service or product; or
10. violates any law.
In the event we determine that the profile name created by you is indecent, objectionable, offensive, or otherwise undesirable, we shall notify you of the same and you shall promptly provide us with an alternate screen name so that we can change your existing screen name to the new name provided by you. If you fail to provide an alternate name, we reserve the right to either permanently suspend your user account or restore your user account only after you have provided a different acceptable screen name.
You shall not host, intercept, emulate, or redirect proprietary communication protocols, used by the Website regardless of the method used, including protocol emulation, reverse engineering, or modification of the Website or any files that are part of the Website.
You shall not frame the Website. You may not impose editorial comments, commercial material, or any information on the Website, alter or modify Content on the Website, or remove, obliterate, or obstruct any proprietary notices or labels.
You shall not use Services on the Website for commercial purposes including but not limited to use in a cyber cafe as a computer gaming center, game network over the Internet, or through gaming networks or connection to an unauthorized server that copies the gaming experience on the Website.
You shall not upload, distribute or publish through the Website, 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 octropoker.in. You shall not disseminate or upload viruses, programs, or software whether it is harmful to the Website 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 Website.
Any form of fraudulent activity including, attempting to use or using any other person's credit card(s), debit cards, net-banking usernames, passwords, authorization codes, pre-paid cash cards, and 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 case you attempt to transfer any winnings, bonuses, or prizes, these will be forfeited.
If you are an officer, director, employee, consultant, or agent of octropoker.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 Website, other than your engagement with octropoker.in. 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 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 moderate by us; when in our sole opinion, any such material or comments posted by you is defamatory or detrimental to our business interests.

8. DEPOSITS

Once you have an account with us, we maintain a record of all your transactions with us. Payments connected with participation in Cash Games have to be made through your octropoker.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 is used to Add Cash to your user account only.
Subject to the Add Cash limits specified by us from time to time, you are free to deposit as much money as you want in your user account for participating in Cash Games on the Website.
We want you to play the Cash Games responsibly. The ability to Add Cash to your user account shall be subject to daily and monthly Add Cash limits which we can set by us with undertakings, indemnity, waiver, and verification conditions as we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.
Credit cards, Debit cards, pre-paid cash cards, and Internet banking payments are processed through third-party payment gateways. Similarly, other payment modes also require authorisation by the intermediary that processes the payments. We are not responsible for delays or denials at their end. The processing of payments will be solely in terms of their policies and procedures without any responsibility or risk at our end. If there are any issues in connection with adding cash, a complaint may be sent to us as described in the “Contact Us” section below. You agree that in 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 in time solely at our discretion, in which case, if the payment is successful, then the transaction will be reversed and the money credited back to your payment instrument.
Player funds are held in trust by us in specified bank accounts. octropoker.in keeps all players' funds unencumbered which will be remitted to you in due course subject to the terms and conditions applicable to the withdrawal of funds. Funds held in your user account are held separately from our corporate funds. You agree that your account balance/funds held with octropoker.in are interest-free. You will not get or claim any interest or cash benefit in any form, on your account balance in any circumstance. In the highly unlikely event of an insolvency proceeding, your claims on the deposits will be given preference over all other claims to the extent permissible by law.

9. WITHDRAWALS

You may withdraw your winnings using a payee cheque or an electronic bank transfer for the number of winnings. You cannot withdraw an amount less than ₹100 in a single request
You agree that all withdrawals you make are governed by the following conditions:
1. Octro Poker can ask you for KYC documents to verify your address and identity at any stage. Withdrawals will be permitted only from accounts for which such KYC process is complete
2. A list of documents that can be considered valid is the following:
  1. Aadhar Card
  2. Passport
  3. Driving License
  4. Voter ID card
  5. PAN card
  6. Bank Account Statement
  7. Bank Passbook
3. You can choose to withdraw money from your user account at any time, subject to bonus/prize money withdrawal restrictions, by notifying us of your withdrawal request.
4. Bonuses and promotional winnings are subject to withdrawal restrictions subject to additional terms and conditions.
5. Once notified, post verification of the withdrawal request, we may disburse the specified amount by cheque or electronic transfer based on the mode of withdrawal selected by you. We shall make our best efforts to honor your choice of mode of withdrawal but reserve the right to always disburse the specified amount to you by cheque. We also reserve the right to disburse the amount on the financial instrument used to Add Cash to your user account.
6. Withdrawals attract processing charges as per the prevalent policy. You may be eligible to make one or more free withdrawals in a month depending on various factors including the amount of withdrawal or the mode of withdrawal. If you do not have an adequate amount in your user account to pay the processing charge, your withdrawal will not be processed at that time. You may request a free withdrawal subsequently if you become eligible for the same at such time.
7. If a cheque is not cashed within 90 days of dispatch, we will deem the cheque to have been lost and reserve the right to cancel the cheque with necessary instructions to our bank to stop payment of that cheque. This may result in dishonor of that cheque in which case we shall not be liable for the cheque amount to you. Any request for reissuing the cheque will result in the deduction of applicable processing charges from the amount of the cheque on re-issuance.
8. We will attempt our best to process your withdrawals promptly, but there could be delays due to the time required for verification and completing the withdrawal transaction. We shall not be liable to pay you any form of compensation for the reason of delays in remitting payments to you from your user account.
9. To be eligible to win a prize, you must be a resident of India and accessing the Services of octropoker.in on the Website from India, but not from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Orissa, Nagaland, Sikkim, Gujrat, Meghalaya and any other state or city in India where it is not legal to play Cash Games.
10. If you have any withdrawable balance greater than the minimum limit at any point in time and want to discontinue playing on our platform after 30 days of inactivity, you can either create a withdrawal request provided your account is KYC verified, or write to us at [email protected]. Be assured, your money will be transferred back to you after successful verification in the minimum possible timeframe.

10. SERVICE DISRUPTIONS

It is possible that you may face disruptions, including, but not limited to errors, disconnection, or inferences in the Internet services, software, or hardware that you have used to avail of our services. Therefore, it should be clear that octropoker.in is not responsible for such factors in the disruption of the services and you take full responsibility with complete knowledge for any risk of loss or damages caused due to the interruption of services for any such reasons. You understand, acknowledge, and agree to the fact that if you are unable to play in any Game due to any error or omission attributable to octropoker.in, including technical or other glitches at our end, the settlement of such Games will be as per the "Games Cancellation Settlement Policy":

It is clarified that octropoker.in disclaims any liability in the case of Games where there is no money paid by you.
You agree that under no circumstances shall you compel octropoker.in or hold octropoker.in liable to pay you any amount over and above the service charges for any of the errors, omissions, or service disruption of octropoker.in.

11. CONTENT COPYRIGHT

All content and material on the Website including but not limited to information, images, marks, logos, designs, pictures, graphics, text content, hyperlinks, multimedia clips, animation, games, and software (collectively referred to as "Content") whether belonging to octropoker.in or not, are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. In addition, we are free to record and use, in any manner whatsoever, all chat content, images, emails, and recommendations sent by any member or user while playing Poker, as they form a part of the Content of octropoker.in . The Website may contain information about or hyperlinks to third parties. In such cases, 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. If you rely on any third-party Content posted on the Website which does not belong to octropoker.in, you may do so solely at your own risk and liability. If you visit any third-party website through third-party Content posted on the website, you will be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to it. We neither control nor are responsible for content on such third-party websites. The fact of a third-party link exists on our Website is not an endorsement of that website by us.

12. PROMOTIONS

When you create an account with us, you have allowed us and opt-in to receive notifications regarding special offers, updates, contests, account activity details, and others through modes like SMS, email, or direct mail. All the details of various promotions are available in the Promotions section on the website. Each promotion has its terms and conditions, which are explained on their respective pages. All the cash or deposit bonuses have additional terms and conditions, which may differ from each other by the applicable bonus plans. The Bonus offer may not be claimed in conjunction with any other bonus offers currently offered by octropoker.in. All the games, contests, bonuses, and cashback offers mentioned under the Promotions section may be canceled or discontinued by octropoker.in at any time without notice without any liability on octropoker.in whatsoever, except refund of the entry fee, if applicable

13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All rights, tangible and intangible, including copyright and other intellectual property rights, regarding the Services, the Site, and the Software, and any content or information displayed or contained therein, belong exclusively to octropoker.in unless expressly provided otherwise. octropoker.in is merely permitting the User to play Games online and not use the same for any other commercial gain, and no right of any nature whatsoever is being passed on to the user by permitting him/her to play the Game. Using the Services, the Site, and the Software does not, expressly or impliedly, give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in the Services, Site, or Software or the content or information you access.

14. GAMES CANCELLATION SETTLEMENT POLICY

In the event, a Cash Game is canceled by octropoker.in due to any reason including but not limited to any glitches technical or otherwise at our end or due to some player(s) indulging in any form of unfair gameplay; the following settlement policy shall be followed:

Poker Cash Games: In the event of cancellation of a Poker Cash Game, the table balance of each player is restored to the amount at the beginning of the canceled Cash hand and credited back to each player’s account. The same process is applied in Poker Cash Games where collusion or cheating is detected in addition to any further action that octropoker.in decides to take against players engaging in such activities as per the Terms.
Tournaments: In the event of cancellation of a Cash Tournament Game, the sum of all entry fees paid by players, shall be credited back to each player’s account. In Cash Tournament Games where collusion or cheating is detected, the entry fee paid by other players is refunded to them and the entry fee paid by players indulging in collusion or cheating is dealt with as per the Terms in addition to such further action as may be necessary for the opinion of octropoker.in

15. BREACH AND CONSEQUENCES

In the event of a breach of any of the Terms being evidenced from our investigation or if there is a reasonable belief, in our sole discretion, that your continued access to the Website is detrimental to the interests of octropoker.in or our other users or the general public, we may in our sole discretion take any or all of the following actions:

Permanently suspend your user account on the Website,
Restrict games for users suspected of colluding or cheating,
Forfeit the cash balance in your user account,
Demand damages for breach of octropoker.in Terms of Service and take appropriate civil action to recover such damages,
Report any suspicious or potentially illegal activity to legal or governmental authorities, and entities including banks, payment gateways, processors, or other financial institutions or intermediaries, and/or
Initiate prosecution for violations that amount to offenses in law Additionally, in the event of committing material breach hereof, we reserve the right to bar you from future registration on the Website. The decision of octropoker.in on the action to be taken as a consequence of the breach shall be final and binding on you. Any action taken by octropoker.in shall be without prejudice to our other rights and remedies available in law or equity.

16. COMPLAINTS, GRIEVANCES & DISPUTES

In case of any complaints or queries, you should contact us at [email protected]. Our Operational Address is A-20, Sector 3, Noida 201301. Complaints should be made as soon as possible after circumstances arise that cause you to have a complaint. Our customer support team is always eager to help you or solve the problem.
You accept that any complaints and disputes are and remain confidential both whilst a resolution is sought and afterward. You agree that you shall not disclose the existence, nature, or any detail of any complaint or dispute to any third party.
Octro Poker shall make efforts to resolve complaints within a reasonable time.
Our decision on complaints shall be final and binding on you.
For any grievances, you can reach out to Grievance Officer at [email protected]

17. DISCLAIMER

The Services on the Website and the Content present on it are provided strictly on an "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. octropoker.in does not ensure or guarantee the continuous, error-free, secure, or virus-free operation of the website 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.
octropoker.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 octropoker.in at times or for extended periods due to, but not limited to, system maintenance and updates.
octropoker.in disclaims responsibility and liability for any harm resulting from the cancellation of any Game organized by it. If you are a cash player on the website, 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 octropoker.in.
octropoker.in specifically disclaims any liability for the Games or events made available or organized on the website which may require specific statutory permissions, in the event such permissions are denied or canceled whether before or during such Game or event.
octropoker.in specifically disclaims any liability for your transactions with third parties which may have advertisements or are hyperlinked on the Website.
octropoker.in disclaims any liability for the violation of intellectual property rights of any party concerning third-party Content or user content posted on our Website. 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.
octropoker.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
Octro Pokershall make efforts to resolve complaints within 2 working days.
Complaints that are not resolved within 2 working days are escalated to the next level and an attempt is made to resolve it within 1 additional working day provided it does not involve external dependencies like banks, payment gateways, etc.
In case there are external dependencies, the customer is informed of the dependencies and the estimated time to resolve them.
octropoker.in disclaims liability for any risk or loss resulting to you from your participation in Cash Games, including but not limited to all financial losses.
Random Number Generator Software: iTech Labs Australia has evaluated the Random Number Generator ("RNG") used by www.octropoker.in and has certified that the software of Octro Poker complies with the relevant statistical standards of randomness. You understand that Octro Poker maintains the said certification it considers appropriate in the best of its belief, however, it is not possible to test all possible scenarios in any testing environment and Octro Poker specifically disclaims any liability in connection with the RNG used by Octro Poker’s software.

18. INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITYv

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 (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 website
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 Website in any manner whatsoever,
access of your user account by any other person accessing the Services using your username or password, whether or not with your authorization
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 Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Terms or elsewhere, you agree that our maximum aggregate liability for all your claims under this agreement, in all circumstances, other than for the payment of any withdrawable balance in your user account, shall be limited to Indian Rupees One Thousand only (INR. 1,000/-)

19. REFUNDS

The Company can its sole discretion process refunds to you under the following circumstances:

Accidental transactions – transaction amount unutilized: In case of an accidental deposit or another similar event, you may request for a refund of such Cash Credit transaction ("Refund") within 4 days of initiating such transaction. The Company, after determining in its sole discretion whether such a Refund request is genuine and that you have the requisite corresponding Cash Balance in your Accounts, will process the Refund request within 10 working days. Any Refund will be carried out only to the instrument which was used to carry out the corresponding Cash Credit transaction, and no requests for an alternate mode of Refund will be entertained under any circumstances.

Fraudulent transactions – transaction amount unutilized: In case of a fraudulent cash credit that was not authorized by yourself and has been credited to another user’s account who has not yet utilized the funds of such a transaction, the Company shall process the Refund request within 15 working days after determining whether such Refund request is genuine and ascertaining that another user has the requisite corresponding Cash Balance about the fraudulent transaction.

Fraudulent transactions – transaction amount utilized: In case of a fraudulent cash credit that was not authorized by yourself and has been credited to either your account or another user’s account and the funds of such a transaction are utilized, the Company shall extend its complete cooperation to the banks and other investigating authorities and provide all required details of the user who has utilized the proceeds of the fraudulent transaction. The Company shall not process any refunds in this scenario and your sole recourse shall lie with the issuing authority of the credit instrument.

20. GOVERNING LAW, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & JURISDICTION

The Terms and Privacy Policy shall be interpreted by the laws of India. Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of the Terms or Privacy Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the civil courts in Delhi, India.

21. VOLUNTARY TERMINATION

You are free to discontinue the use of the Services on our Website at any time by intimating to us of your desire to do so by sending an email to us at [email protected]. While requesting, please make sure to tell us the time range for which you want to keep yourself blocked from the platform. Don’t forget to mention your registered phone number. If at such a time, there is a positive withdrawable cash balance after deducting any promotional money from your user account, we will disburse the same to you by online transfer or by cheque promptly, subject to satisfactory verification. The blocking will come into effect within 24 working hours of the request and cannot be reversed till the time range requested for blockage. The unblock will also come into effect within 24 working hours of the blocking period. To unblock, you can write to us at [email protected].

22. INACTIVE ACCOUNTS & UNUSED FUNDS

If your account has been inactive for 330 days, Octro Poker will deduct the available balance from your account. Blocked Accounts due to malpractices shall receive no reminders, and the unused funds in such accounts shall be subject to the terms of our Fair Play policy.

23. PRODUCT TESTING POLICY

Employees, directors, consultants, and agents of the Company, and any of their immediate relatives, are prohibited from participating in Cash Games in any manner, except such pre-designated employees for whom limited any participation which may be required in the course of their employment for testing under monitored environment.

24. PRODUCT TESTING POLICY

24. SWEEPSTAKES POLICY

The winners will be determined based on their gameplay results.
Octro Poker reserves the right to verify the eligibility of the winner(s) and disqualify any participant who fails to meet the eligibility criteria.
The winner(s) will be notified through the contact information provided during the entry process within a reasonable time after the sweepstakes period ends.
The prize(s) for the sweepstakes will be clearly stated in the promotional materials.
Prizes are non-transferable, and no other alternatives will be offered.
The prizes are sponsored by Octro Poker, and no other parties such as Apple or Google are involved in any way with the contest or sweepstakes.
By participating in the sweepstakes, the winner(s) grant Octro Poker the right to use their name, likeness, and entry for promotional and marketing purposes without additional compensation.
Winners are responsible for taxes and fees associated with the prizes, and Octro Poker is not liable for any disputes related to the sweepstakes or awarded prizes. Octro Poker reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the sweepstakes at any time without prior notice.
Octro Poker's decisions regarding any aspect of the sweepstakes, including the selection of the winner(s), are final and binding.
Participants agree to release and hold harmless Octro Poker and its affiliates from any claims, damages, or liabilities arising from their participation in the sweepstakes.

25. Privacy Policy

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