Terms & Conditions
The applicable laws in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and Telangana restricts player from using the services offered on our website. There may be penalties imposed on such players by the State Government or Central Government of India as the case maybe. Our company and SportBlasters does not accept registration request residents of Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and Telangana. If a player staying in Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and Telangana creates an account of the site by giving any false information (incorrect state, IP etc.) the liability will be solely of the player. Company reserves the right to terminate such player(s) account without any prior notice and also reserves right to confiscate such player(s) deposit and/or winnings as the case might be.
The word ‘Services’ referred hereinafter would relate to all the products/services offered to ‘You’ or ‘Player’ by Ability and/or its affiliates, subsidiaries, associates and partners hereafter referred as ‘We’ or ‘Us’ or ‘Our’ through the skill gaming website http://www.SportBlasters.com which would be referred hereafter as ‘Website. ‘The usage of the Website by You will be governed by these Terms of Service which will hereafter refer as ‘Term’.
IT IS MANDATORY AND BINDING ON ‘YOU’ THAT THESE TERMS SHOULD BE READ BY ‘YOU’ IN THEIR ENTIRETY PRIOR TO YOUR USE OF THE ‘SERVICES’. It should be noted that any Term/s herein found to be unlawful, invalid, void, voidable, or unenforceable for any reason by any judicial or quasi-judicial body in India, in no way would affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining Terms. Such Terms will be replaced with another valid and enforceable. Any unlawful, invalid, void, voidable, or unenforceable Term will be replaced with another Term which is valid and enforceable and is close to the content and original intent of the one that has been adjudged as invalid.
By Your registration on the Website, it is assumed by ‘Us’ that you have understood all the terms herein and have accepted the same. Printing of all transaction records, rules of play, cancellation policies and pay-out policies is what we recommend that you do. Delay on our part in taking action or exercising our rights or taking remedial approach with respect to breach of any Terms by You does not waive our rights to act on a later date, nor does it amount to any lapse and neither does that result invalidity of those Terms for any breach of similar kind in the future.
The following Terms or any future alterations or modifications to these Terms are not acceptable by you; we recommend that ‘You’ may discontinue the use of website and any Services offered by it.
Usage of SportBlasters or SportBlasters
Any player visiting SportBlasters website i.e. http://SportBlasters.com/ for the use of online information and database recovery services, including, participating in the various contests and games (including fantasy games), gaming services, being conducted on SportBlasters (“Contests”) shall be bound by these Terms and Conditions, and all other rules, regulations and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters in relation to any SportBlasters Services. SportBlasters has liberty to modify Terms and Conditions, regulations and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters in relation to any SportBlasters Services, at any time, by posting same on SportBlasters. Use of SportBlasters has Player’s acceptance of such Terms and Conditions, rules and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters in relation to any SportBlasters Services, as may be amended from time to time. SportBlasters may also notify Player of any change or modification in these Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters, by way of sending an email to Player’s registered email address or posting notifications in Player accounts. Player might then exercise options offered in such an email or notification to indicate non-acceptance of modified Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters or SportBlasters If such options are not exercised by Player within time frame prescribed in email or notification, Player will be deemed to have accepted modified Terms and Conditions, rules, regulations and terms of use referred to or offered by SportBlasters. Certain SportBlasters Services being offered on SportBlasters or SportBlasters may be subject to additional rules and regulations set down in that respect. To the extent that these Terms and Conditions are inconsistent with additional conditions set down, additional conditions shall prevail.
SportBlasters may, at its sole and absolute discretion:
Restrict, suspend, or terminate any Player’s access to all or any part of SportBlasters or SportBlasters Services; Change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of SportBlasters Services; Reject, move, or remove any material that may be submitted by a Player; Move or remove any content that is available on SportBlasters; Deactivate or delete a Player’s account and all related information and files on account; Establish general practices and limits concerning use of SportBlasters; Revise or make additions to the roster of players available for opting in a Contest on account of revisions to the roster of players involved in the relevant Sports Event; Assign its rights and liabilities to all Player accounts hereunder to any entity (post intimation of such assignment shall be sent to all Players to their registered email ids) If any Player breaches, or SportBlasters reasonably believes that such Player has breached these Terms and Conditions, or has illegally or inappropriately used SportBlasters or the SportBlasters Services, SportBlasters may, at its sole and absolute discretion, and without any notice to the Player, restrict, suspend or terminate such Player’s access to all or any part of SportBlasters or the SportBlasters Services, deactivate or delete the Player’s account and all related information on the account, delete any content posted by the Player on SportBlasters and further, take technical and legal steps as it deems necessary.
If SportBlasters charges its Players a platform fee in respect of any SportBlasters Services, SportBlasters shall, without delay, repay such platform fee in the event of suspension or removal or the Player’s account or SportBlasters Services on account of any negligence or deficiency on the part of SportBlasters, but not if such suspension or removal is effected due to: any breach or inadequate performance by the Player of any of these Terms and Conditions; or all situations beyond the reasonable control of SportBlasters. Players consent to receiving communications such as announcements, administrative messages and advertisements from SportBlasters or any of its partners, licensors or associates.
Intellectual Property
SportBlasters includes a combination of content created by SportBlasters, its partners, licensors, associates and/or Players. The intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) in all software underlying SportBlasters and the SportBlasters Services and material published on SportBlasters, including (but not limited to) games, Contests, advertisements, software, photographs, written content, images, graphics, marks, illustrations, audio, logos or video clippings and Flash animation, is owned by SportBlasters, its partners, licensors and/or associates. Players may not transmit, publish, 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 SportBlasters either in whole or in part without express written license from SportBlasters. Players may request permission to use any SportBlasters content by writing in to SportBlasters Support.
Players confirm and undertake to not display or use of the names, marks, logos, trademarks, labels, copyrights or intellectual and proprietary rights of any third party on SportBlasters. Players agree to cover and hold harmless SportBlasters, its directors, affiliates, employees and assigns against all costs, loss and harm including towards litigation costs and counsel fees, damages, 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, marks, logos, trademarks, labels, copyrights or intellectual rights on SportBlasters, by such Player or through the Player’s commissions or omissions. Players hereby grant to SportBlasters and its affiliates, partners, licensors and associate 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 Players’ Content for any of the following purposes: displaying Players’ Content on SportBlasters
distributing Players’ Content, either by machine or via other media, to other Players looking for downloading or else get it, and/or storing Players’ Content in a remote database accessible by end players, for a charge. This license shall apply to the distribution and the storage of Players’ Content in any form, medium, or technology.
All names, marks, logos, trademarks, labels, proprietary rights and copyrights or intellectual rights on SportBlasters belonging to any person (including Player), 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 SportBlasters.
Third Party Sites, Services and Products
SportBlasters may contain links to other Internet sites owned and operated by third parties. Players’ use of each of those sites is subject to the conditions, if any, posted by the sites. SportBlasters does not exercise control over any Internet sites apart from SportBlasters, and cannot be held responsible for any content residing in any third party Internet site. SportBlasters’s inclusion of third-party content or links to third-party Internet sites is not an endorsement by SportBlasters of such third-party Internet site. Players’ correspondence, transactions or related activities with third parties, including payment providers and verification service providers, are solely between the Player and that third party. Players’ correspondence, transactions and usage of the services 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 Player shall be solely responsible for reviewing the same prior to transacting or availing of the services of such third party. Player agrees that SportBlasters will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such transactions with third parties. Any questions, complaints, or claims related to any third party product or service should be directed to the appropriate vendor.
SportBlasters contains content that is created by SportBlasters as well as content offered by third parties. SportBlasters does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality of the content offered by third parties and such content may not relied upon by the Players in utilizing the SportBlasters Services offered on SportBlasters including while participating in any of the contests hosted on SportBlasters. SportBlasters Players Conduct
Players agree to abide by these Terms and Conditions and all other rules, regulations and terms of use of the Website. If Player does not abide by these Terms and Conditions and all other rules, regulations and terms of use, SportBlasters may, at its sole and absolute discretion, take necessary remedial action, including but not limited to: restricting, suspending, or terminating any Player’s access to all or any part of SportBlasters Services; deactivating or deleting a Player’s account and all related information and files on the account. Any amount remaining unused in the Player’s Game account or Winnings Account on the date of deactivation or deletion shall be transferred to the Player’s bank account on record with SportBlasters subject to a processing fee (if any) applicable on such transfers as set out herein; or refraining from awarding any prize to such Player.
Players agree to offer true, accurate, current and complete information at the time of registration and at all other times (as needed by SportBlasters). Players further agree to update and keep updated their registration information.
A Player shall not register or operate more than one Player account with SportBlasters. Players agree to ensure that they can receive all communication from SportBlasters by marking e-mails from SportBlasters as part of their “safe senders” list. SportBlasters shall not be held liable if any e-mail remains unread by a Player as a result of such e-mail getting delivered to the Player’s junk or spam folder.
Any password issued by SportBlasters to a Player may not be revealed to anyone else. Players may not use anyone else’s password. Players are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their accounts and passwords. Players agree to immediately notify SportBlasters of any unauthorized use of their passwords or accounts or any other breach of security.
Players agree to exit/log-out of their accounts at the end of each session. SportBlasters shall not be responsible for any loss or damage that may result if the Player fails to comply with these needs.
Players agree not to use cheats, exploits, automation, software, bots, hacks or any unauthorised third party software designed to modify or interfere with SportBlasters Services and/or SportBlasters experience or assist in such activity.
Players 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 SportBlasters or SportBlasters Services.
Players agree that without SportBlasters’s express written consent, they shall not modify or cause to be modified any files or software that is part of SportBlasters’s Services. Players 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 SportBlasters or the SportBlasters Services (each a “Server”); or (2) the enjoyment of SportBlasters Services by any other Player or person.
Players 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 SportBlasters Services or any other person’s use or enjoyment of SportBlasters Services. Players shall not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Player accounts, Servers or networks connected to SportBlasters Services by any means other than the Player interface offered by SportBlasters, 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 SportBlasters Services.
Without limiting the foregoing, Players agree not to use SportBlasters for any of the following:
To engage in any obscene, offensive, indecent, racial, communal, anti-national, objectionable, defamatory or abusive action or communication;
To harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate any legal rights of other individuals;
To publish, post, upload, e-mail, distribute, or disseminate (collectively, “Transmit”) any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful content;
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, SportBlasters, any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment;
To advertise, offer or sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose on SportBlasters without the express written consent of SportBlasters;
To Transmit content regarding services, products, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, spam, unsolicited advertising or promotional materials, or chain letters;
To advertise, offer or sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose on SportBlasters without the express written consent of SportBlasters; To Transmit content regarding services, products, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, spam, unsolicited advertising or promotional materials, or chain letters;
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 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 player from using and enjoying any public area within our sites;
To collect or store personal information about other Players;
To interfere with or disrupt SportBlasters, servers, or networks;
To impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a representative of SportBlasters, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent Player’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 SportBlasters or to manipulate Player’s presence on SportBlasters;
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.
If a Player chooses a username that, in SportBlasters’s considered opinion is obscene, indecent, abusive or that might subject SportBlasters to public disparagement or scorn, SportBlasters reserves the right, without prior notice to the Player, to change such username and intimate the Player or delete such username and posts from SportBlasters, deny such Player access to SportBlasters, or any combination of these options.
Unauthorized access to SportBlasters is a breach of these Terms and Conditions, and a violation of the law. Players agree not to access SportBlasters by any means other than through the interface that is offered by SportBlasters for use in accessing SportBlasters. Players 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 SportBlasters is subject to existing laws and legal processes. Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall limit SportBlasters’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law-enforcement requests or needs relating to Players’ use of SportBlasters. Players may reach out to SportBlasters through Support Team.
Persons below the age of eighteen (18) years are needed to seek permission or consent from their parents or legal guardians before furnishing data, participating or entering on SportBlasters or the SportBlasters Services or inter alia, in the contest, uploading pictures, playing games or being part, directly or indirectly, of any activity on SportBlasters. Entry to SportBlasters without consent from parent/s or legal guardian and consequent participation in any activity on SportBlasters Website is not permitted and such person is subject to disqualification at the sole and absolute discretion of SportBlasters, whenever it comes to the knowledge of SportBlasters.
SportBlasters believes that parents should supervise their children’s online activities and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers that help offer a child-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent children from disclosing online their name, address and other personal information without parental permission. Although persons below the age of 18 years are allowed to use certain SportBlasters Services on the SportBlasters with the consent of their parent/s or legal guardians, they may not (where expressly stated in the rules of the Contest) participate in Contests hosted by SportBlasters. SportBlasters may not be alleged responsible for any content contributed by Players on the SportBlasters.
Contests, Participation and Prizes
Currently, there are paid versions of the Contests made available by SportBlasters Players may participate in the Contests by paying the pre-designated amount as provided on the relevant Contest page. The Participant with the highest aggregate points at the end of the pre-determined round shall be eligible to win a pre-designated prize, as stated on the relevant Contests page. A Participant may create different Teams for participation in Contests offered in relation to a Fantasy Sport Event across the SportBlasters Services. However, unless SportBlasters 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 Fantasy Sport Event. In the case of a Multiple Entry Contest, a Participant may enter more than one Team in a single Multiple Entry Contest, however on submitting more than one Team for participation in a single Multiple Entry Contest, the Participant will not be permitted to edit or revise the Teams so submitted for participation in such Multiple Entry Contest. In addition, it is expressly clarified that SportBlasters may, from time to time, restrict the maximum number of Teams that may be created by a single Player account (for each format of the SportBlasters Services) or which a single Player account may enter in a particular Multiple Entry Contest, in each case to such number as determined by SportBlasters in its sole discretion.
SportBlasters shall collect a pre-designated fee for access to the SportBlasters Services from each Participant in relation to the Contests. In the event a Participant indicates, while entering an address, that he/she is a resident of either Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim or Telangana, such Participant will not be permitted to proceed to sign up for the round or contest and may not participate in any paid version of the Contests. Contest Formats
SportBlasters offers Contests. in two separate formats of SportBlasters Services, (1) as a public contest where Players can participate in a Contest with other Players without any restriction on participation and (2) private contests, where Players can invite specific Players into a Contest and restrict participation to such invited Players. All rules applicable to Contests as set out herein shall be applicable to both formats of the Contests.
Public contest
In the Public contest format of the Contests, SportBlasters may offer the Contests in contests comprising of 2, 3, 5, 10, 100 Participants or any other pre-designated number of Participants.
SportBlasters may offer this format of the Contests as a paid format and the Winner will be determinable at the end of the round.
The number of Participants required to make the Contests operational will be pre-specified and once the number of Participants in such Contests equals the pre-specified number required for that Contests, such Contests shall be operational. In case the number of Participants is less than the pre-specified number at the time of commencement of the round, such Contests will not be operational and the participation fee paid by each Participant shall be returned to the account of such Player without any charge or deduction.
In certain Contests across the SportBlasters Services, designated as “Confirmed contests”, the Contests shall become operational once the number of Participants in such Contest s equals the pre-specified number of winners to be declared in such Contests, even if all available Participant slots (as pre-specified in relation to the Contests) remain unfilled. It is clarified that notwithstanding the activation of such Contests, Participants can continue to join such Contests till either (i) all available Participant slots of such Contests are filled or (ii) the round to which the Contest s relates commences, whichever is earlier. In case such Contests is not operational by the time of the commencement of the round, the participation fee paid by each Users shall be returned to the account of such Player without any charge or deduction.
Private contest
In the Private contest format of the Contests, SportBlasters enables Players to create a contest (“Private contest”) and invite other players, whether existing Players or otherwise, (“Invited Player”) to create Teams and participate in the Contests. Players may create a Private contest to consist of a pre-specified number of Participants, that is, consisting of either 2 Participants, 3 Participants, 5 Participants or 10 Participants. The Player creating the Private contest shall submit the participation fee for such Private contest and thereby join that Private contest, shall supply a name for the Private contest and be offered with a unique identification code (“contest Code”) (which will be issued to the account of such Player). The Player 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 Player creating the Private contest shall offer SportBlasters with the email address or Facebook account username of Invited Players to enable SportBlasters to send a message or mail inviting such Invited Player to register with SportBlasters (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 Player shall input the contest Code associated with the Private contest and submit the participation fee 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 Players or Players 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 round/Contest, the Participants of such Private contest will be offered with the option to convert the Private contest into a Public contest format, and permit the participation of Players without the contest Code. It is clarified that SportBlasters undertakes such conversion in a serialised manner and cannot and does not warrant that any Private contest will be converted into a Public contest format prior to the commencement of the round/Contests or that any Players will join such Contest (s to make it operational. In case the number of Participants in any Private contest (or converted Contests) is less than the pre-specified number at the time of commencement of the round, such Contests will not be operational and the participation fee paid by each Player shall be returned to the account of such Player without any charge or deduction. It is clarified that the participation of Invited Players in any Private contest is subject to the pre-specified number of Participants for that Private contest, and SportBlasters shall not be liable to any person for the inability of any Invited Player 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 Player to participate in the Contests.
Eligibility
The Contests are open only to persons above the age of 18 years. The Contests are open only to persons, currently residing in India. SportBlasters may, in accordance with the laws prevailing in certain Indian states, bar individuals residing in those states from participating in the Contests. Currently, individuals residing in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim or Telangana may not participate in the paid version of the Contest as the laws of these states bar persons from participating in games of skill where participants are required to pay to enter. Persons who wish to participate must have a valid email address. Only those Participants who have successfully registered on the SportBlasters as well as registered prior to each round in accordance with the procedure outlined above shall be eligible to participate in the Contest and win prizes.
Payment Terms and Players Fund
In respect of any transactions at SportBlasters, including making a payment to participate in the paid versions of Contests, Players agree to be bound by the following payment terms:
All transactions on SportBlasters shall be in Indian Rupees. Once users register on our Portal, we maintain a user account for players to keep a record of all their transactions with us. Payments connected with participation in Cash Games have to be made through their SportBlasters user account. All cash prizes won by players are credited by us into this user account. When making a payment, please ensure that the gadget used to make the payment is your own and is used to “Deposit” into user account only. Subject to the Deposit limits specified by us from time to time, you are free to deposit as much money as you want in your user account for the purpose of participating in Cash Games at SportBlasters. SportBlasters wants you to play responsibly here. The ability to Deposit in your user account shall be subject to monthly Deposit limits which we can be set by us with undertakings, indemnity, waiver and verification conditions as we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.
Credit card, Debit card, prepaid cash cards and internet banking payments are processed through third party payment gateways. Similarly, other payment modes also require an authorization by the intermediary which processes payments. We are not responsible for delays or denials at their end and processing of payments will be solely in terms of their policies and procedures without any responsibility or risk at our end. If there are any issues in connection with depositing, a complaint may be sent to us following the complaints procedure provided in “Complaints and disputes” section below. You agree that in such an event of your credit being delayed or eventually declined for reasons beyond our control, we will not be held liable in any manner whatsoever. Once a payment/transaction is authorized, the funds are credited to your user account and are available for you to play Cash Games.
We have the right to cancel a transaction at any point of time solely according to our discretion in which case if the payment is successful, then the transaction will be reversed and the money credited back to your payment instrument. Player funds are held in trust by us in specified bank accounts. Funds held in your user account are held separately from our corporate funds. Even in the highly unlikely event of an insolvency proceeding, you claims on the deposits will be given preference over all other claims to the extent permissible by law.
Withdrawals
You may withdraw your winnings by means of either an account payee cheque or an electronic bank to bank transfer for the amount of winnings.
You agree that all withdrawals you make are governed by the following conditions:
SportBlasters 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. 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. Withdrawal of cash immediately after cash deposit to SportBlasters user account is barred. Playing fantasy sports is essential before withdrawing your winnings. 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 on the 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 Deposit to your user account. We will attempt our best to process your withdrawals in a timely manner, 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. To be eligible to win a prize, you must be a resident of India and accessing the Services of com from India.
Tabulation of fantasy points
SportBlasters may obtain the score feed and other information required for the computation and tabulation of fantasy points from third party service providers. In the rare event that any error in the computation or tabulation of fantasy points, selection of winners, etc., as a result of inaccuracies in or incompleteness of the feed provided by the third party service provider comes to its attention, SportBlasters shall use best efforts to rectify such error prior to the distribution of prizes. However, SportBlasters 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. Players and Participants agree not to make any claim or raise any complaint against SportBlasters 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 round (which may last anywhere between one day and an entire tournament) of the Contests. The Participants owning the Teams with the highest aggregate score in a particular round shall be declared the Winners. In certain pre-specified Contests, SportBlasters 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 round 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.
SportBlasters shall not be liable to pay any prize if it is discovered that the Winners have not abided by these Terms and Conditions, and other rules and regulations in relation to the use of the SportBlasters, Contest, “Fantasy Rules”, etc.
Contacting Winners
Winners shall be contacted by SportBlasters 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:Player’s PAN card;
A government-issued residence proof; Player’s bank account details and proof of the same SportBlasters shall not permit a Winner to withdraw his/her prizes/accumulated winnings unless the above-mentioned documents have been received and verified within the time-period stipulated by SportBlasters. The Player 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. SportBlasters 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 SportBlasters. 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 SportBlasters, such Participant may contact SportBlasters 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 SportBlasters shall be permitted to withdraw/receive their accumulated winnings (or any part thereof). SportBlasters shall not entertain any claims or requests for extension of time for submission of documents.
SportBlasters shall scrutinise 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:
Determination by SportBlasters that any document or information submitted by the Participant is incorrect, misleading, false, fabricated, incomplete or illegible; or Participant does not fulfil the Eligibility Criteria specified in Clause 10 above; or Any other ground.
If it is found that a Participant playing the paid formats of the Contests is under the age of eighteen (18), SportBlasters shall be entitled, at its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify such Participant and forfeit his/her prize. Further, SportBlasters may, at its sole and absolute discretion, suspend or terminate such Participant’s account.
To the extent permitted by law, SportBlasters 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.
SportBlasters may, at its sole and absolute discretion, vary or modify the prizes being offered to winners. Participants shall not raise any claim against SportBlasters or question its right to modify such prizes being offered, prior to closure of the Contest.
SportBlasters will not bear any responsibility for the transportation or packaging of prizes to the respective winners. SportBlasters 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.