TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CONTEST “VODAFONE PLAY CASH BONANZA”
- INTRODUCTION
THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ELECTRONIC RECORD IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND RULES THERE
UNDER AS
APPLICABLE. THIS ELECTRONIC RECORD IS GENERATED BY A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL OR
DIGITAL SIGNATURES. THE CONTEST IS AN OPTIONAL CONTEST CONCEPTUALIZED, ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY ONE97
COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 AND HAVING ITS REGISTERED
OFFICE
AT, 1st FLOOR, DEVIKA TOWER, NEHRU PLACE, NEW DELHI – 110019 AND ITS CORPORATE OFFICE
AT
SkymarkOne ( One Skymark), Plot No H – 10, Tower D, Sector -98, Noida, Dist – Gautam Budh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "One97” OR “ORGANIZER”) FOR THE ELIGIBLE
RIGHTFUL SUBSCRIBERS OF VODAFONE QATAR LIMITED, (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “VODAFONE.
THE FOLLOWING TERMS & CONDITIONS SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL VODAFONE POSTPAID & PREPAID SUBSCRIBERS
PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST KNOWN AS “VODAFONE PLAY CASH BONANZA COMPETITION (“COMPETITION /
CONTEST”) DURING THE CONTEST PERIOD AS MENTIONED HEREIN.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONTEST KNOWN AS
“PLAY CASH BONANZA COMPETITION”. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND
BY
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS AND CONDITIONS”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHEREVER THE CONTEXT SO REQUIRES “YOU” OR
“YOUR” SHALL MEAN ANY NATURAL PERSON WHO BEING AN ELIGIBLE SUBSCRIBER HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE
CONTEST.
-
DEFINITIONS
- “Subscriber” shall mean the rightful user of the Vodafone mobile connection who is either on
a prepaid or post-paid subscription, in whose name the mobile phone number (MSISDN) is registered with
Vodafone. In the event the user number / connection is registered in the name of a company/ firm, the
employee who is authorized to use the MSISDN shall submit a No Objection Certificate (NoC) and
authorization letter of the employer duly permitting the employee to use the number for subscribing for
this Contest and accept the terms applicable herein. This shall not be applicable on Recharge prize.
- “Active Subscriber” shall mean a Subscriber who uses the Vodafone brand Subscriber Identity
Module (“SIM”) of Vodafone on a regular basis for purposes other than to participate in any
offer or contest offered by Vodafone.
- “Circle(s)” shall mean Vodafone Qatar Telecom Service Areas.
- “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Party, any entity directly or indirectly
Controlling or Controlled by, or under direct or indirect common Control with such Party. For the purposes
of this definition, ‘Control’, ‘Controlled’ or ‘Controlling’ shall
mean, with respect to any entity, any circumstance in which such entity is controlled by another entity by
virtue of the latter entity controlling the composition of the Board of Directors or owning the largest or
controlling percentage of the voting securities/rights of such entity or by virtue of any contractual
arrangements or otherwise.
- “Competition Pack Member(s)” or “Participants” means (i) Active Subscribers who
meet the eligibility criteria specified in these Terms and Conditions, (ii) who belong to Vodafone Qatar
and have successfully activated, and (iii) who are subscribed to the Competition Pack as described in the
subscription process hereunder.
- “Eligible Subscriber” shall mean an Active Subscriber of Vodafone satisfying the
following criteria at the time of participation and during continuation of Contest: -
- He/she must be of at least 18 years of age.
- He/she must be a residents of Qatar.
- He/she must be an Active Subscriber of Vodafone.
- He/she must be responsible to activate and subscribe to the Contest Pack and thereby become a
Contest Pack
Member.
- He/she must belong to Vodafone telecom service.
- For Prepaid Subscribers – Subscribers must have the minimum requisite balance of QAR 1 per day
and
maximum of QAR 5, for each day of the Contest Period, to be eligible to participate in this
Competition on
that day.
- He/she must not be of an unsound mind.
- He/she must not be under any legal disability e.g., insolvency, restraint by court orders etc. and /
or is
prohibited from entering any contractual relationship or not barred under the applicable laws to play
the
Contest.
- He/she must not have been subject of any criminal proceeding.
- Subscribers who are roaming outside the Qatar can play the Contest only on Wap mode, however the
subscribers
cannot play the contest on SMS mode.
- The Contest will be known by and be made available in the below mentioned languages:
- English, and (b) Arabic language.
- Further, the Play Cash Bonanza Pack Members who participate in the Contest and are chosen as winners of
each category of prizes in accordance with the winner selection process under the Terms and Conditions of
the Contest shall be required to be the registered Vodafone Subscribers of the winning mobile phone number
and not merely the players using such mobile number (“Winner(s)”). If the Winner is not able
to provide sufficient evidence to show that he/she is the Subscriber of the winning mobile number, the
Organizers reserves the right to award the prize to the next eligible Winner or to forfeit the prize, at
its sole discretion.
- The employees of the Organizers and/or Vodafone and or their group companies, affiliate or associate
companies and their relatives/ dependents (First blood/Spouse of immediate member) shall not be eligible
to participate in this Contest. If found otherwise, then the Organizers reserves the right to forfeit the
prize. If an employee of the Organizers or Vodafone leaves the organization when the Contest is launched
or leave during Contest Period/ before Winner list announcement / after Winner’s list is announced,
the employee will not be eligible to participate in the Contest.
- The Organizers and/or Vodafone reserve the right, at any time, to unconditionally
disqualify any Participant who tampers with or who in any way abuses the process or these Terms and
Conditions. Failure by the Organizer or Vodafone to enforce any of the Terms and Conditions in any
instance shall not be deemed to be a waiver of that Term and Condition and shall not give rise to any
claim by any person. The decision of One97 or Vodafone shall at all times be binding and final.
- CONTEST PERIOD / COMPETITION PERIOD
- This is a limited period contest for Eligible Subscribers of Vodafone, available from
2nd September 2022, 00:00:01 hours to 28th February 2023, 23:59:59 hours,
both
days inclusive (“Contest Period/Competition Period”).
- Vodafone reserves the right to extend or shorten the Contest Period, as it deems fit.
- CONTEST/COMPETITION AREA
Kindly refer to Exhibit A of these Terms and Conditions.
- CONTEST DETAILS – ACTIVATION, STEPS AND RESTRICTIONS
Refer Exhibit B of these Terms and Conditions.
The charges paid by the subscribers are towards the service and no additional charge is collected from the
subscriber for participating in the Contest.
- PRIZES AND WINNER SELECTION PROCESS
- Please refer to Exhibit B of these Terms and Conditions for details of prizes.
- In case of increase in the value of any prize, the incremental difference shall be borne by the Winner.
In an event where the Participant is unable to bear such incremental difference of the prize, then the
prize shall be considered to be surrendered and as per the terms set out herein and the Organizers
reserves the right to award the prize to the next eligible Winner.
- Prize/rewards contained herein are applicable only for the Participants who are scoring points by
playing the Competition.
- The selection criteria, of the Winner of the Contest, shall take place after completion of the Contest
and prize/rewards shall be distributed `thereafter. Winner selection will be done based on the following
criteria in the order as mentioned below:
- Highest Score – The Participant with highest score. In case of a tie on the score, the next
criteria
will apply.
- Minimum attempts – In case of tie on the points scored, the Participant who has taken minimum
attempts
to reach the score would be the Winner. In case there is a tie on minimum attempts, the next criteria
will
apply.
- First to score - In case of a tie on minimum attempts taken by the Participant to reach the score,
first
Participant to reach such score will be the Winner.
- Subject to compliance with the selection criteria above, all prize categories except Daily Recharge
Prize, if any – In case of a tie between Participants on above mentioned criteria, then the
participants who have tied will be asked to answer a set of 5 tie breaker questions. The participants who
answer the maximum questions correctly in the given time or in case all the tied participants correctly
answer equal number of questions the participants who answers the maximum questions correctly in the least
time, will be selected as the winner. This shall continue till a clear winner selection can be done.
- Subject to compliance with Clause 4 above, for Recharge Prize – In case of a tie between
Participants, all the participants who have tied will be gratified. There will be no tie breaker for these
recharge prize categories.
- All the Winners shall be chosen in accordance with the Winner selection process duly certified by an
Independent Internal Auditor appointed by the Organizer and decision of Independent Internal Auditor shall
be final and binding on the Participants.
- Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Participant shall not hold the Organizer, the Independent
Internal Auditor or Vodafone liable for the Winner selection process under this Competition.
- The Organizer/Vodafone shall also make five (5) consecutive attempts to contact Winners over
call/SMS/email (“Communication”) to inform about the prizes and further process of claiming
the prizes. The Organizer/Vodafone shall maintain requisite record w.r.t. such Communication. The Winner
will have to submit the documents (required documents mentioned below) within 30 days post the Organizer
contacts the winner through Call or SMS or email. It is the responsibility of the Participant to check the
result link provided on daily basis post completion of Competition to know the Winners. And further it is
the responsibility of Winners to claim their prize. The details required for claiming the prize shall be
mentioned along with Competition Winner list. Post selection of the Winners, the results will be uploaded
on http://one97.com/contest/qatar/premium/winnerZone.html
- The prize will be rolled over to next eligible Participant or forfeited, at the sole discretion of the
Organizer and Winner agrees to surrender the prize if:
- The Winner does not claim the prize or fails to submit all necessary documents
within 30 days post the Organizer contacts the winner through Call or SMS or Email.
- Post completing the documentation process, the Winner will be informed (through tele-calling)
regarding the modalities of the prize and distribution thereof. Delivery of prize will be subject to
the Winners giving the correct address and his/her availability there. In the event, the prize
cannot be delivered due to reasons beyond the control of the Organizer, the Winner(s) shall
collect them from the nearest place, specified by the Organizer, at their own cost. The Organizer will not
be liable to reimburse the cost so incurred by Winner - whether travel, accommodation or any other
cost.
- Note: If there is any delay in the verification of or probable winners due to certain reasons such as
verification documents pending etc. then this will delay the declaration of final Winners. The
Organizer/Vodafone will not be responsible for this delay. For avoidance of any doubts, the final Winner
list shall be published only after successful verification of documents submitted by the Winners.
- Winners (including spouse of Winners and immediate/first blood relatives of Winners) of previous
competitions and/offers organized by the Organizer for Vodafone who have won a Bumper or any equivalent
prize shall not be eligible for the Bumper in this Contest. This restriction shall also apply to
other
Participants who share the same address with Winners of previous competitions organized by the Organizer
for
Vodafone who have won a Bumper or equivalent prize.
- Winners also agree to provide an undertaking to the effect that his/ her spouse or immediate/first blood
relatives of Winners are not the winners of Bumper or any equivalent prize of previous competitions offer
organized by the Organizer for Vodafone.
- Winner, who is found to have made a false claim under sub clause (15), does hereby agree to:
- Allow the Organizer to recover the Prize (referred to in sub-clause (15); and
- Completely indemnify the Organizer, including any cost thereof, if declaration made in sub clause
(15) is
found false or incorrect.
- If the same person having different MSISDN has been selected more than once, in such event he/she will
be awarded prize only for one MSISDN. A participant will be entitled to win more than one prize during the
entire Challenge Period. If a participant is declared as Winner in more than once during the contest
period or month, in such event he/she shall be entitled to win only one prize/reward from same category in
the entire Challenge Period (I.e., If a participant has been selected as a winner of monthly prize, then
he/she is eligible to win Bumper prize).
- All prizes will be given after deducting various taxes, license fees and charges as applicable except as
otherwise stated in writing.
- All decisions of the Organizer in respect of all transactions under this Competition, including without
limitation the selection of Winners as certified by the Independent Internal Auditor and other related
transactions shall be final and binding and no complaints, claims, correspondence or communication shall
be entertained in this regard. Organizer will share the list of winners with and Vodafone will further
shortlist the winners.
- The list of the Winners of the prizes will be announced and published on after the end of the
Competition and completion of Winner selection processes.
- All prizes offered in this Contest will be sponsored and distributed by the Organizer or a designated
third party.
- All prizes offered in this Competition are subject to availability. The Organizer reserves the right to
provide alternate models or brands or colour of the same value or any lesser value nearest to the original
value, for any of the prize/s under different categories mentioned in the Terms and Conditions. Also, no
request for any upgradation in the prize offered shall be entertained by the Organizer or Vodafone. Model
or brand or colour for alternate prize will be decided by the Organizer at its sole discretion, any choice
of Winner in respect to model or brand or colour will not be considered in any case.
- Any failure on the part of the Winner under this Contest to comply with directions issued by the
Organizer shall entitle the Organizer, at its discretion, to cancel and forfeit the prize for the said
Winner and the same prize will be given to the next eligible Winner. The prizes shall be distributed only
after and subject to confirmation submission of necessary documents and compliance of any such condition
as expressly mentioned herein. All costs and expenses for collecting the prize unless otherwise specified
shall be borne solely by the Winners under this Contest and the prize shall not be transferable and no
request shall be entertained by the Organizer for such transfer under any circumstances.
- Mere participation in the Contest shall not entitle a Participant to the prize. No other person or agent
can claim the prize on behalf of the Participant. Except in cases where the Organizer approves the
representative to claim/collect the prize and the representative furnishes the documents as may be
required by the Organizer. Further, only registered Vodafone Contest Pack Members of the winning mobile
phone number can be Winners and not merely the players using such mobile numbers.
- Without prejudice to the foregoing, under no circumstance shall the Winners of the Contest be entitled
to redeem any category of prize for cash. The Organizer, at its sole discretion, shall not provide a cash
alternative to any of the prize being offered in this Competition.
- All prizes must be claimed by the Winners, along with the documents specified herein below within the
specified timelines intimated by the Organizer. The documents required to be submitted along with the
claim by the Winners include the following (the document list is only inclusive and not exhaustive and can
change as per the requirements of law or by Organizer):
- Address proof (QID / Passport not older than 3 months /Telephone bill not older than 3 months
etc).
- Photo Id proof (QID/ Passport etc).
- One passport size photo.
- Affidavit declaration for acceptance of Prize (format will be communicated/shared with Winner).
- Post paid bill (for post paid user) (additional document).
- Submission of acknowledgement letter (as per the format that shall be provided by the Organizer) on
receipt
of the Prize(s)
- Copy of the Identity Proof approved by the Qatar Government self-attached
- In the event the number is registered in the name of a company or firm, the employee who is
authorized to
use the MSISDN shall submit:
- No Objection Certificate from the employer and
- Authorization letter of the employer.
- Letter of compliance with rules and regulations and declarations in the format as may be required by
the
Organizer or applicable laws.
- Every Winner has to provide his/her photograph and detailed interview while receiving prize.
- In the event, it is found or comes to the knowledge of the Organizer that Participant and/or Winner
submitted inaccurate/ misleading details/ or information as requested by the Organizer as stated herein or
in future course of action, the Organizer reserves the right to forfeit the prize handed over to the
Winner(s) and/or to be handed over to Winner(s) and take the required legal action against them.
- Neither Vodafone nor the Organizer is responsible for guarantees or warranties of the quality of the
goods or services being offered as prizes nor is it liable for any defect or deficiency of such goods or
services so awarded to the Winners under this Contest. Participant further understands that the goods
provided as prize may carry manufacturer’s guarantee and in case of any deficiency in the goods,
Winners will contact the manufacturer only. Any and all claims regarding the quality or service of the
prize shall be made by the Winner to the Organizer.
- All gratification will be given in cash/cheque/bank draft shall be subject to deduction of applicable
taxes, license fees, cess and duties, statutory permit charges, or such other fees (by whatsoever name
referred) and shall be effective as per the prevailing laws & regulations of Qatar, either on
prospective or retrospective effect (as the case may be). All incidental costs (i.e. costs for collecting
gratification including insurances, costs for including any update or for modification fees, transfer
fees, registration fees, all the expenses over ex-showroom price etc., in case of vehicle/car offered as
gratification) /charges/taxes/levies which may include and not be limited to withholding taxes, Gift tax,
road tax, property tax, environment tax and cess, any other taxes levied by the federal / state or
municipal bodies, Insurance charges as may be applicable and any other fees (by whatever means
prospective or retrospective) related to the gratification(s), if any, shall be exclusively borne by the
Highest Scorers including.
- The Participant shall not have the right to claim any damages, loss or costs from the Organizer and/or
Vodafone for delay in delivery of the prize(s) on any grounds whatsoever. The Organizer and / or Vodafone
are not liable for any loss or damage of any nature whatsoever if incurred by the Participant in
connection with the Contest.
- The prizes shall be handed over by the Organizer on receipt of all the documents, from the Winners,
required to process the distribution of the prize, and satisfactory verification thereof by the Organizer.
- Questions and their answers are designed/ sourced by the Organizer, as per their best knowledge and
information available in public at large and have been collected and framed with reasonable prudence. The
answers are based on largely known facts and any exceptions are not considered. In the event of any
discrepancy / dispute regarding the questions or answers, neither the Organizer nor Vodafone nor any third
party involved shall be liable towards any Participant in any manner.
- All incidental costs, expenses, taxes or levies related to the Prize(s), if any, shall be exclusively
borne by the Winner, including but not limited to gift tax (if any), Insurance, registration fees and any
other taxes applicable by the Central, State or Municipal government. To avail and/or use the prize,
Winner shall be solely liable for all applicable regulatory and statutory compliances including but not
limited to any costs involved.
- Any Participant providing any incorrect information, concealing or withholding any information from the
Organizer with intent to participate and/or win the Competition will automatically be disqualified from
participating in it and winning the different categories of prizes. Such act of providing incorrect
information, concealing or withholding any information, including without limitation incorrect declaration
of information relating to name, age, identity, address, mobile connection of the Vodafone number,
domicile, payment of outstanding amount to Vodafone or any other information provided by the Participant,
shall entitle the Organizer to disqualify him/her without any further intimation.
- Apart from the entitlement to the prizes mentioned herein, the Winners or their legal heirs, successors
or representative will have no other rights or claims against Vodafone and/or the Organizer, unless
otherwise expressly provided hereunder.
- The Winner’s name will be announced by the Organizer along with Independent Internal Auditor, as
registered in the system of Vodafone.
- The Winners shall not be entitled to their respective prize, in case he/ she fails to clear all
outstanding dues payable to Vodafone and / or is not an Active Subscriber of Vodafone during Contest
Period and on the date of claiming the prize/s.
- In event of the death of the Winner, the prize if any may be awarded by the Organizer to the legal
heirs/successors of the deceased Winner at sole discretion of the Organizer. The Organizer shall have the
rights to call for such documentary evidence before handing over the prize to the legal heirs/successors
as it deems fit and in case of no documentary proof or evidence of Successors legal right the prize shall
be transferred to next eligible winner.
- The Organizer reserves the right to forfeit the prizes under the following circumstances:
- If documents as mentioned herein are not submitted within 30 days
- If documents provided are found to be inaccurate/misleading.
- If Winner is unwilling to claim/accept the prize.
- If the Winner says that he/she has not participated in the contest.
- If the Winner is not reachable over phone/SMS/email after trying 5 times.
If the Winner is not able to provide sufficient evidence to show that he/she is the Subscriber of the
mobile
number. Any failure on the part of the Winner to comply with directions issued by the Organizer for
claim of
prize shall entitle the Organizer to forfeit the prize(s) or roll the prize over to the next eligible
Winner, at
their sole discretion
- To be eligible to claim the prizes of the Contest, the winning MSISDNs have to be Active Subscriber of
Vodafone during Contest Period and at the time of the Winner announcement.
- Prizes will be delivered against production of valid documents evidencing identity of Winners;
- Winner will be decided basis above mentioned method by the Organizer. By participating in the Contest
the
Participant agrees to be bound by the Winner selection process adopted by Vodafone and the Organizer &
shall not raise any dispute in this regard in any manner whatsoever.
- MODIFICATION OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The Organizer and/or Vodafone reserves the right to extend, cancel, discontinue, prematurely
withdraw, change, alter or modify these Terms & Conditions of the Contest or any part thereof at any
time
during the Contest Period and without prior notice to You, including the eligibility criteria, the Terms
and
Conditions and prizes at its sole discretion as may be required including in view of business exigencies,
authorities, changes by regulatory authority and/or statutory changes and for other reasons beyond its
control.
- If Vodafone and / or Organizer modifies these Terms, the latest revised version of the Terms and
Conditions
shall be effective and binding on the Participants from the time of its posting on the Website
www.vodafone.qa/en/help/faqs You are therefore advised to check this Website regularly for any update(s)
or
amendment(s) made to these Terms and Conditions and in the event the modified or amended Terms and
Conditions
are not acceptable to You, You should discontinue participating in the Contest. Your continued
participation
in the Contest will constitute Your acceptance of the latest revised Terms and Conditions.
- WITHDRAWAL OF CONTEST
- Vodafone and the Organizer reserves the right to extend, cancel, discontinue, suspend, disable or
prematurely withdraw the Contest at any time during its validity as may be required in view of business
exigencies and/or changes by any regulatory authority and/or statutory changes without any notice to You
and the same shall be binding on the Participants.
- DISCLAIMERS
- You agree that this Contest is being made purely on a “best endeavour” basis and subject to
acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Your participation in the Contest is voluntary and You expressly
agree to participate at your sole risk. Vodafone and the Organizer shall not be responsible for any loss,
injury or any other liability to any Participant arising due to participation in the Contest.
- To the extent you choose to participate in this Contest, you do so at your own initiative and You shall
remain responsible for compliance with the Terms and Conditions herein, any applicable laws, including but
not
limited to applicable local laws. You agree not to hold Vodafone and the Organizer, its officers,
directors,
employees, affiliates, and agents or representatives liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special,
punitive or consequential damages, including loss of profits, incurred by the Winner or any participant or
third party, in connection with the Contest or arising otherwise.
- Subject to any applicable law (a) All warranties of any kind whatsoever, whether express or implied, are
hereby expressly disclaimed by the Organizer and Vodafone including, but not limited to,
meeting of
the Participant’s requirements or aspirations, timeliness, security, any delay or failure in time
recorded or taken for answering a question through voice mode including during the tie-breaker process due
to
technical snags including network problems or system error, the results or reliability of the Contest, the
delivery, quality, quantity, merchantability, fitness for use or non-infringement in respect of any goods,
services, benefits or awards acquired or obtained through the Contest or any transactions
effected
through the Contest ; (b) The Participant expressly agrees that his/her participation in the
Contest offered by the Organizer is at the Participant’s sole risk and is governed by the
Terms and Conditions herein; and (c) No advice or information whether by representations, oral, written or
pictorial derived from the Website or through the Contest shall be construed to mean the giving of any
warranty of any kind by the Organizer or Vodafone.
- Neither Vodafone nor the Organizer shall be responsible for any claims arising out of
technical
failures before, during or after the completion of the Contest including but not limited to any technical
failures in the telephone lines, delay or failure in time recorded or taken for answering a question
through
voice mode including during the tie-breaker process, any action that has been initiated, actioned or
completed
through the Subscriber mobile phone, failure of servers or the failure to provide the correct
Contest score updates or any mistakes arising out of technical snags or resultant inability of
the
listener for participation. Further, Vodafone and /or the Organizer shall not be responsible for any
claims
arising out of any failure(s) which is beyond the reasonable control of the Organizer or Vodafone. In case
if
there is a technical failure in the system and participants are able to play the questions more than what
they
are eligible to play for each day and crosses the per day limit then the Organizer has the sole discretion
to
disqualify the winner and forfeit/recover the prize money, forfeit the contest or declare the runner up as
winner.
- The Participant shall indemnify and keep indemnified Vodafone and the Organizer and their
officers, directors, employees, and affiliates harmless from and against any and all claims,
losses, suits, proceedings, action, liabilities, damages, expenses and costs (including attorney’s
fees
and court costs) which the Organizer or Vodafone may incur, pay or become responsible for as a
result of breach or alleged breach of the representations or obligations of the Participant under the
Terms
and Conditions, any failure by the Participant participating in the Contest to comply with
applicable law, any infringement of intellectual property rights of the Organizer and/or
Vodafone and any third party claim in respect of misuse of any information of a third party.
Vodafone and the Organizer shall have the right to defend themselves, pursuant to this Clause, at the cost
of
the Participant.
- The Organizer, Vodafone nor any of their group entities or affiliates, their respective
directors, officers, employees, vendors, representatives , shall not be liable for any action, claim,
demands,
losses, cost, charges, expenses or damage whatsoever that may be suffered, or for any personal loss or
injury
that may be suffered (including loss of life) or incurred or claim to suffer, by a Subscriber and/or any
third
party, directly or indirectly, by use or non-use of the prizes offered or on account of their
participation in
this Contest
- Any attempt by a Participant to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a
violation of laws and should such an attempt be made, the Organizer and/or Vodafone reserve the right to
seek
damages from any such Participant to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- The Organizer and Vodafone do not make any commitment, express or implied to respond to any feedback,
suggestion and/or queries of the Participants.
- The Organizer Vodafone and their officials including their directors, officers, partners, employees,
consultants and representatives are under no obligation to render any advice of service to any participant
in
respect of the competition.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- You, the Participant, acknowledge and agree that all copyright and trademarks and all other intellectual
property rights in the SMS content, WAP Link, Website and all material or content related to the Contest
shall
remain, at all times, owned by the Organizer, Vodafone or its respective owners. All material and content
contained in this Website is made available for your personal and non-commercial use only. Any other use
of
the material/ content on this Website, WAP Link or any information disseminated by SMS or any other means
of
communication is strictly prohibited.
- Nothing in the Contest shall affect any intellectual property rights of the Organizer or Vodafone or any
of
their affiliates in any product or service made available on the Website.
- By participating in the Contest, You confirm to abide by all intellectual and industrial property
rights,
including copyrights or trademarks belonging to Vodafone and the Organizer and to any third party content
licensor to Vodafone that is made available through the Contest.
- GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- By participating in this Contest, You confirm that you have read understood and agreed to confirm to
these
Terms and Conditions; You also warrant the accuracy, truthfulness and currency of all information that you
have submitted while participating in the Contest;
- The awards under this Contest cannot be used in conjunction with any alternative award or promotion of a
similar nature;
- The provisions of this service, the Contest and any other promotional endeavour may not be used for any
commercial purpose by any Subscriber.
- Rule Violation: Based on all the above mentioned rules in these Terms and Conditions if any rule is
violated
due to any technical reason then no extra benefit will be granted to the Participant.
- Points obtained in this Contest will be valid for this Contest only & will not be carried forwarded
to
new or any other competition.
- The Participant may contact the Organizer for any queries/complaints by sending an email to
games@paytm.com
which will be answered between 9:30 am to 6:30 pm on working days, between Monday to Friday. All disputes
must
be addressed by the Participant in writing to One97 directly and Vodafone shall not entertain any
communication in this regard. Further, any information that the Participant may request in connection with
the
Contest, may be provided by the Organizer to the Participant, at the sole and absolute discretion of the
Organizer, depending on the nature of the information requested, and any such information may be provided
only
during a period of 60 days from the end of the Contest No such request shall be entertained thereafter.
The
Organizer further clarify that any information requested by any Subscriber shall only concern that
Subscriber
and under no circumstances will the Organizer provide confidential information or information pertaining
to
other Subscriber (s).
- Upon participating in the Contest, the Subscriber confirm and waive the applicability of rules and
regulations of the Qatar laws to the extent of receiving messages/calls in relation to this Contest and
shall
imply their willingness to receive all promotional messages including without limitation daily updates on
the
score under the current Contest and engagement calls / SMS, promoting the new competition. The Participant
will be informed about the next competition to be launched after the end of the
Contest. Participant can at any given point of time deactivate from the Contest.
- Also, by participating in this Contest, You:
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions mentioned below and give Your consent for the same;
- Agree that You are entering into this Contest as an independent party and nothing herein establishes
an employer-employee relationship between You and Vodafone or between You and the Organizer and You
are acting voluntarily, using Your own time and resources to participate in this Contest, solely at
Your own risk;
- Warrant that You have read, understood and agreed to conform to these Terms and Conditions;
- Warrant the accuracy, truthfulness and currency of all information that You have submitted; and
- Warrant that prior to subscribing to the Contest, it shall be deemed that You have read and have
agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions herein. Confirm and undertake that You will make an
informed choice regarding the option to play through WAP or Short Message Service (“SMS”)
after understanding the implications of the same.
- Force Majeure – This Contest is subject to force majeure circumstances including without
limitation,
floods, natural disasters, war, act of terror, political unrests, technical snags, act of God or any
circumstance beyond the reasonable control of Vodafone or the Organizer (“Force Majeure
Event”).
Vodafone and the Organizer shall not be liable for any delay or adverse effect caused to Participants as a
result of a Force Majeure Event. Vodafone shall intimate the suspension of the Contest caused as a result
of
such Force Majeure Event to the Participants.
- Vodafone and the Organizer may assign any or all of their rights under these Terms and Conditions to
their
affiliates or to any third parties without consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld by any party)
of
the Participants.
- The Organizer and Vodafone shall be entitled to use, the details of the Participant such as name,
photograph, the prizes awarded to them etc. for their marketing purposes, if any. The Participant also
hereby
agree to the same. The Organizer may, at its discretion, choose not to disclose the identity of the
Participant to other Participant unless expressly mentioned herein. The Participant also consent to the
information stored in the servers of the Organizer or its service providers, inside or outside India.
Participants’ personal information will be stored and processed in accordance with Vodafone’s
Privacy Policy which is available at http://www.vodafone.qa
- The Terms and Conditions stated herein shall not override the terms and conditions of the Subscriber
Enrolment Form i.e., Enrolment Form filled at time of SIM Activation of Contest Pack member. This Contest
is
subject to guidelines/directions issued by statutory authority in Qatar from time to time.
- You agree that Vodafone or Organizer has no responsibility and liability with regard to the privacy,
safety
and security of any information (including personal information) that You may have to share independently
with
third parties.
- By participating in the Contest, You confirm that you are entering into this Contest as an independent
party
and nothing herein establishes an employer-employee relationship between you and Vodafone and/ or
Organizer
and you are acting voluntarily, using your own time and resources to participate in this Contest, solely
at
your own risk.
- This Contest may contain factual references to the names of certain companies, products and individuals.
The
Organizer and Vodafone make no representation of having a business relationship or tie up with any such
companies, products or individuals. All trade names shall continue to remain owned by their respective
owners.
- These Terms and Conditions are subject to laws of Qatar. Any disputes or any matter arising here from
will
be referred to a Sole Arbitrator to be mutually appointed by Vodafone and the Organizer, whose decision
shall
be final and binding on the parties in accordance with arbitration proceeding under the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996 and amendment thereof. The place of Arbitration shall be at New Delhi. The language
of
Arbitration Proceeding shall be English.
EXHIBIT A
The Contest is valid for Qatar residents only.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the operation of or participation in the Contest is prohibited in any part of
the Territory or part thereof as per applicable law, notification or any order issued in by the respective
Government, the Subscribers from such part of the Territory or part thereof shall not be eligible to subscribe
or to participate in the Contest. No further notice shall be given by Vodafone or One97 in this regard.
EXHIBIT B
CONTEST DETAILS – ACTIVATION, STEPS AND RESTRICTIONS
- Subscription Process to the Contest Pack on SMS
- The active Subscribers may send an SMS on 97710 (toll Free)
- Subscription to the Contest Pack is at 5 QAR for 5 questions daily.
- As soon as a Subscriber sends a subscription request through SMS (WIN or PLAY to 97710), he/she will receive
an acknowledgement on his/her number registered with Vodafone telling him/her that his/her subscription
request has been received.
- Once the Subscriber has been successfully subscribed through any of the above mentioned methods in Exhibit
A, he/she will get an SMS on his/her mobile number registered with Vodafone informing him/her about the
current or upcoming competitions, prizes to be won and that the current Competition can be played at just QAR
5 or at fallbacks of QAR 4 / QAR 3 / QAR 2 / QAR 1 per day, depending on the balance available on his/her
mobile number registered with Vodafone.
- If the subscription is unsuccessful, the Subscriber will be sent an appropriate SMS on his/her mobile number
registered with Vodafone telling him/her to try again later.
- All Subscribers will automatically be eligible to play and win prizes offered in all contest launched as
part of the Contest Pack, as will be detailed in the terms and conditions of that respective contest. The
prizes offered under the contest may vary from one contest to the next.
- All Subscribers will be charged QAR 5 per day with QAR 4 , QAR 3 , QAR 2 , QAR 1 (fallback), depending on
the balance available on his/her number registered with Vodafone, on all Contest Period, irrespective of
whether they participate in any contest or not, once they have successfully subscribed to the
Contest Pack until the completion of the Contest Period or until they unsubscribe from the Contest Pack,
whichever is earlier, unless the pricing has been revised for a particular contest or for all
further contests, in which case the price revision will be communicated in advance.
- If a Subscriber wants to unsubscribe from this Contest Pack by sending sms STOP to 97710 toll-free. Upon
effective un-subscription, an SMS will be sent to the mobile number of the Subscriber registered with Vodafone
confirming the un-subscription from the Contest Pack.
- Top up option is also available for Vodafone Play Cash Bonanza Contest.
- The Contest will consist of a total of 2700 questions 15 questions per day maximum (5 questions on daily
subscription + remaining 10 questions on Top-up options (2 Top-up’s options per day))
- Customer can increase their chance of winning by playing additional 10 questions on top-up option after
completion of the day subscription quota of 5 questions, User can do 2 top-up options in a day by sending sms
PLAY to 97710 where user will charge at QAR 5 for questions and similar logic will be followed for
2nd Top-up.
- By sending PLAY to 97710 after completion of 5th question on subscription contest, customers will
be charged QAR 5/day for 5 questions or fallbacks.
- Subscribers can utilize maximum 10 questions on Top up per day post completion of Subscription quota of the
day.
- Remainder Balance Charging:
- On daily basis user will get maximum of 5 questions with main charge of QAR 5 for a day for Subscription
contest, if in case a user is charged on fall-back of QAR. 4 for 1 day & gets 4 questions then user will
be allowed to play 4 questions for the day.
- If user played all 5 questions for the day, then user will be informed that you have played all the
eligible questions under Play Cash Bonanza subscription contest, further you can play more questions on
Top-up options by sending sms PLAY to 97710 tollfree.
- Questions will be expired if in case user did not play the questions on the same day for Play Cash Bonanza
Contest.
- Questions will be expired if in case user did not play all eligible questions on the same day of getting
charged.
- The Subscriber is aware that SMS sent by the Subscriber may not be received by One97 instantly due to
various technical and other factors outside the control of One97 such as network problems, system failure,
etc. The Subscriber agrees and undertakes not to raise disputes due to delay caused in receiving the SMS by
Organizer due to such reasons.
- The time at which the Subscriber sent SMS from his/her handset will not be considered even if there is a
significant difference between the time of sending SMS and time of delivery of SMS. (Example –
Subscriber sent answer at 2 pm but it was received by Organizer only at 3 pm. Organizer will consider the
time
as 3 pm only).
- The Subscriber undertakes not to challenge the selection process of highest scorer(s) in case of tie in
the
number of points scored, since the time at which the SMS was received by Organizer will be considered for
selecting the highest scorer.
- All Subscribers will be sent regular SMS updates and details about the current and the upcoming
competitions
informing about the prizes and charges with the terms and conditions URL of the specific competition. The
SMS
will contain the method of unsubscribing from the Contest Pack, so that the Subscribers are educated about
the
same.
- Subscribers will not be charged any amount on non-competition days (after the end of one contest, and
before
the start of the next contest).
- A Subscriber can subscribe and unsubscribe to the Competition Pack multiple times- i.e., if he/she
unsubscribe from the Competition Pack, he/she can subscribe again, at any time, if he/she wishes to do so
during the validity of the Competition Pack. Upon each fresh subscription/ re-subscription, the Subscriber
will be charged again. Score will be carried forwarded for a participant for every re-subscription. However,
new subscription will start from zero on same contest.
- All Subscribers will be sent SMS on their mobile numbers registered with Vodafone before the launch of
Contest, informing them about the upcoming contest.
- Please note that participating or playing this Contest is optional for the Subscribers, however, from the
date of commencement of this Contest till the end of the Contest or un-subscription from the Contest Pack,
whichever is earlier, the Subscribers will be charged in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
- Charging:
- All Subscriber shall be allowed to play the Contest each day only after being charged QAR 5 with
fallbacks
per day mentioned above during the Contest Period, depending on the available balance on his/her mobile
number
registered with Vodafone. The Subscriber will be charged on daily basis during the Contest Period,
irrespective of whether he/she plays the Contest or not.
- Renewal - The daily charging (as mentioned above) will be done from 00:10:00 hours onwards (or from the
day
on which he/she becomes eligible to participate in the Contest), till the end of this Contest or till the
day
he/she unsubscribe from the Contest Pack, whichever happens first.
- On subsequent days, the system will try to charge the amount (to all subscribers), depending on the
available balance on his/her mobile number registered with Vodafone, irrespective of the successful
charging
or failure on the previous day. This amount will not be refunded to Subscribers under any circumstances.
- Contest on SMS
- Contest will be available on SMS on SC 97710 stands for Subscription Contest
- All the subscribers can play the contest by sending WIN or PLAY to 97710 for Subscription Contest
Subscribers will get multiple choice questions with two options to answer.
- Subscriber will get 10 points on every right answer. There will be no negative marking for the wrong
answer.
- User will be charged QAR 5 for 5 questions under Subscription Contest with fallbacks of QAR 4 for 4
questions, QAR 3 for 3 questions, QAR 2 for 2 questions and QAR 1 for 1 question.
- Customer can increase their chance of winning by playing additional 10 questions on top-up option after
completion of the day subscription quota of 5 questions, User can do 2 top-up options in a day by sending
sms
PLAY to 97710 where user will charge at QAR 5 for questions and similar logic will be followed for 2nd
Top-up.
- Subscriber can play total of 2700 questions in 180 days with top up option made available only under
Subscription contest.
- Contest on WAP
Contest will be available on WAP for all subscribers and the subscribers can play by following WAP URL:
Contest: http://fundooozone.com/prm/cnt
- All subscribers can play the contest each day, only after been charged for the day.
- User will be charged QAR 5 for 5 questions under Subscription Contest with fall-backs of QAR 4 for 4
questions, QAR 3 for 3 questions, QAR 2 for 2 questions and QAR 1 for 1 question.
- Based on the amount charged Subscribers will be allowed to answer questions for each day.
- The Contest will consist of total 2700 questions for 180 days with top up option to play more questions.
- The points gained by you on current day will be carried forward to the next day.
- Irrespective of whether or not the Subscriber has answered all the questions on a particular day, when
he/she calls on the next day, he /she will be played first question of the day.
- Customer can increase their chance of winning by playing additional 10 questions on top-up option after
completion of the day subscription quota of 5 questions, User can do 2 top-up options in a day by sending
sms
PLAY to 97710 where user will charge at QAR 5 for questions and similar logic will be followed for 2nd
Top-up.
- Participant can play Top-up questions after finish playing the first 5 questions of the day subscription
quota.
- The Subscriber will play questions one after another till the time, he/she finishes playing all the
questions for the day.
- Subscriber will get 10 points on every right answer. There will be no negative marking for the wrong
answer.
- Happy Hour:
- From start of the Challenge till the last day of Challenge, there will be happy hour from 5 PM to 6 PM
every
day.
- Subscribers participating in the Challenge during happy hours will get 20 points for every right answer.
- Information regarding happy hours will be sent to all registered Participants/Subscribers every day by SMS
in advance.
PRIZES AND WINNER SELECTION PROCESS
Category
|
Prize Category
|
Prize (QAR)
|
Quantity
|
Description
|
Bumper Prize
|
180 Days Period
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 30,000
|
1
|
One winner will be selected as Bumper Prize Winner during the entire contest period (180 days) for
gratification of QAR 30,000, on fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria, after completion of the
challenge. Bumper Prize Winner can not win monthly prize.
|
Monthly Prize
|
1st Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 2,500
|
2 (2 Per Month)
|
QAR 2,500 worth Gold Gift Voucher to two winners, each winner will be selected after 15 days period.
|
2nd Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 5,000
|
1 (1 Per Month)
|
One winner will be selected per month as Monthly Prize Winner for gratification of QAR 5,000, on
fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria.
|
3rd Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 5,000
|
1 (1 Per Month)
|
One winner will be selected per month as Monthly Prize Winner for gratification of QAR 5,000, on
fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria.
|
4th Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 5,000
|
1 (1 Per Month)
|
One winner will be selected per month as Monthly Prize Winner for gratification of QAR 5,000, on
fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria.
|
5th Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 5,000
|
1 (1 Per Month)
|
One winner will be selected per month as Monthly Prize Winner for gratification of QAR 5,000, on
fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria.
|
6th Month
|
Gold Gift Voucher worth up to QAR 5,000
|
1 (1 Per Month)
|
One winner will be selected per month as Monthly Prize Winner for gratification of QAR 5,000, on
fulfilling the Winner Selection Criteria.
|
Month will be defined as a period of 30 days from start of contest period