Terms of Service

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and Rubicon Global Holdings Group LLC (“Rubicon,” “LudAlea,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They govern your access to and use of LudAlea Dealer's Choice, including its websites, applications, games, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

By accessing the Service or creating an account, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information and is available at /privacy.

2. Eligibility — 18+

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into these Terms. By using the Service, you represent that you meet those requirements and that your use is lawful where you are located.

You may not use the Service if you are barred from doing so under applicable law. We may restrict availability in a location when reasonably necessary for legal, security, or operational reasons.

3. Free-Play Social Gaming

LudAlea is an entertainment and social gaming service. Supported gameplay is free-play: players use virtual Play Chips, not money, to participate in poker and other card-game mechanics. No purchase is necessary to participate in currently supported gameplay.

The Service is intended for recreation, game discovery, practice, and social play. It does not create an opportunity to win money or anything redeemable for money.

4. Not a Real-Money Gambling Platform

LudAlea is not a casino, sportsbook, real-money poker room, wagering service, or other real-money gambling platform. We do not accept real-money wagers, offer cash prizes, or provide cash-out or redemption of Play Chips, progression, achievements, or cosmetics.

You must not use the Service to arrange, advertise, record, settle, or facilitate outside wagers, side bets, or other exchanges of money or value. Any such activity is outside the Service, unsupported, and prohibited.

5. Play Chips

Play Chips are virtual gameplay counters used only within supported LudAlea experiences. They are provided under a limited, revocable license as part of the Service. Play Chips:

• have no cash value and no real-money redemption value;
• cannot be withdrawn, cashed out, refunded, or exchanged for money or prizes;
• are not cryptocurrency, securities, stored value, a bank balance, or a payment method;
• do not represent property, equity, a debt owed by LudAlea, or an investment; and
• cannot be sold, gifted, traded, or transferred outside transfer mechanics that LudAlea expressly supports as part of gameplay.

We may grant, deduct, correct, expire, limit, or reset Play Chips when reasonably necessary to operate the Service, enforce these Terms, correct errors, or protect game integrity. Unauthorized transfers and third-party markets are prohibited and will not be recognized.

6. Poker and Gameplay Terms

Words such as “bet,” “bankroll,” “pot,” “winnings,” “win,” “loss,” “buy-in,” “wager,” and “all-in” describe virtual game mechanics only. They do not describe real-money transactions, deposits, withdrawals, earnings, or financial accounts. A displayed Play Chip result has no cash value and cannot be cashed out.

7. Account Responsibilities

You must provide accurate account information, keep it reasonably current, protect your password and devices, and promptly notify [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity conducted through your account to the extent permitted by law.

Do not share, sell, rent, or transfer your account; impersonate another person; use another person's account without permission; or allow an ineligible person to use the Service. Choose a display name and profile content that comply with these Terms.

8. Games and Game Rules

LudAlea supports multiple games, variants, rotations, betting structures, table settings, and house-style mechanics. Rules and available actions may differ by game or table. The rule guide, table configuration, and in-game notices presented for an experience are part of the rules for that experience.

You are responsible for reviewing the displayed rules before playing. We may clarify, correct, balance, add, or retire games and rules. Material changes apply prospectively unless a correction is needed to resolve an error, protect players, or preserve integrity.

9. Authoritative Server Game State

LudAlea's server records are the authoritative source for table state, cards, legal actions, turn order, timers, pots, results, Play Chip balances, progression, and rewards. Screen animations, audio, cached views, or information delayed by a network connection are presentation aids and may temporarily differ from server state.

If a disconnection, software defect, duplicate event, or other error affects a game, we may pause, cancel, reconstruct, or correct the affected state based on available server records. Contact support if you believe the displayed result is wrong.

10. AI Players and Practice Mode

Practice mode includes computer-controlled opponents, also called AI players. They are automated participants, not human players. Their actions may be generated from game state and can vary in timing, style, and quality. Other supported experiences may also include automated opponents.

The current Practice mode is private and non-social. Practice results do not change your Play Chip balance, experience points, achievements, progression, or cosmetic inventory. We will identify materially different treatment before it applies to a supported experience.

11. Multiplayer and Social Features

The Service may let you join public or supported private experiences, invite or follow other players, maintain social connections, spectate, chat, react, and display profile or gameplay activity. Information you share in these spaces may be seen by the audience shown in the Service and may be copied by other users.

Social access is not guaranteed. Table capacity, invitations, blocks, mutes, moderation, privacy settings, connectivity, and game progress may limit whether or how a feature is available.

12. Fair Play and Prohibited Conduct

You must use the Service fairly, lawfully, and with respect for other players. You may not:

• harass, threaten, stalk, discriminate against, or abuse another person;
• post unlawful, deceptive, obscene, hateful, or privacy-invasive content;
• spam, solicit outside wagers, advertise unauthorized services, or run scams;
• disrupt games, overload systems, evade access controls, or interfere with others;
• collect personal information without permission or expose another person's identity; or
• use the Service in violation of law, these Terms, or an in-product rule.

13. Anti-Cheating, Anti-Collusion, and Exploit Rules

Cheating, collusion, and exploitation are prohibited even though the Service is free-play. Prohibited conduct includes coordinating hidden information or actions with another player, soft play intended to manipulate results, chip dumping, account sharing, unauthorized multi-account play, and using an unauthorized bot or real-time assistance.

You may not probe or manipulate network traffic, tamper with the client or server, exploit a defect, automate gameplay, bypass rate limits, evade enforcement, or use information that the Service did not intentionally reveal to you. If you discover a vulnerability or game exploit, stop using it and report it to support. We may review gameplay, relationships, device and network signals, and economy records to protect integrity.

14. Spectator and Private-Card Protections

Spectators may use only the view and information intentionally provided to them. You must not seek, reveal, record, relay, or use another player's private cards, unrevealed deck state, protected actions, access credentials, or other hidden game data.

Players and spectators must not coordinate through chat, streams, external messaging, or any other channel to pass hidden information or gain an unfair advantage. LudAlea may delay, redact, disable, or otherwise limit spectator and social features to protect private state and game integrity.

15. Progression, Achievements, and Rewards

Experience points, levels, statistics, achievements, badges, unlocks, and other rewards are virtual features used to show participation or progress. They have no cash value, cannot be cashed out, and do not represent a promise of continued availability or future benefits.

Eligibility rules may exclude Practice mode, AI-only activity, private testing, abandoned games, or conduct that violates these Terms. We may correct duplicate, mistaken, exploited, or fraudulently obtained progress and rewards.

16. Cosmetics, Inventory, and Marketplace

Avatars, frames, badges, card or table treatments, and other cosmetics are virtual, non-functional presentation items. They do not affect cards, rules, outcomes, or odds and have no cash value or redemption value. Virtual inventory is licensed for supported use in the Service; it is not money, stored value, an investment, or transferable property.

Current cosmetics are earned, included, or granted, and the current marketplace does not provide real-money checkout. If additional acquisition features are introduced, their price and terms will be disclosed before use. We may modify, substitute, or retire a cosmetic or listing when reasonably necessary, subject to applicable law.

17. User Content, Chat, and Reactions

“User Content” includes display names, profiles, biographies, avatars, chat, reactions, feedback attachments, reports, and other material you submit. You retain any ownership you have in your User Content and are responsible for it. You represent that you have the rights needed to submit it and that it complies with these Terms.

You grant LudAlea a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, display, transmit, and moderate your User Content as reasonably needed to operate, secure, and improve the Service and make it available to the audiences you select or the feature indicates. This license lasts while the content is available through the Service and for a reasonable backup or legal-retention period afterward.

18. Moderation and Enforcement

We may investigate reports and suspected violations and may remove or limit content, restrict social or gameplay features, correct virtual economy records, issue warnings, suspend accounts, or terminate access. Responses may consider severity, repetition, context, risk, available evidence, and player safety.

We do not promise to monitor every interaction. Use in-product controls where available and report urgent issues to support. You may ask support to review an enforcement action, but submitting a request does not automatically pause the action.

19. Intellectual Property

The Service, excluding User Content, and its software, game presentation, visual design, text, graphics, logos, audio, interfaces, compilations, and other materials are owned by or licensed to LudAlea and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Game names or rules that are in the public domain remain subject to any rights that apply to LudAlea's particular software, artwork, text, and presentation.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended entertainment purposes. You may not copy, sell, sublicense, publicly exploit, or create derivative works from protected Service materials except as law expressly permits.

20. Feedback

If you send suggestions, ideas, or other feedback, you grant LudAlea a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, modify, and incorporate that feedback for any lawful purpose without restriction or compensation. This does not transfer ownership of unrelated User Content or personal information, which remains handled under the Privacy Policy.

21. Service Availability and Changes

We may maintain, update, test, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service. Availability may be affected by maintenance, demand, connectivity, security incidents, provider outages, device compatibility, or events beyond our control.

We do not guarantee that a particular game, table, social connection, history, virtual balance, progression feature, cosmetic, or other feature will always be available. When reasonably practical, we will communicate material planned interruptions or changes.

22. Third-Party Services

The Service may rely on or link to third-party infrastructure, networks, websites, or services. Third parties may apply their own terms and privacy practices. LudAlea does not control and is not responsible for third-party content or services, but this does not limit responsibilities that cannot be limited under applicable law.

23. Account Suspension and Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time and may request account deletion as described in the Privacy Policy. We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your account or access if we reasonably believe you violated these Terms, created legal or security risk, harmed other users, or if suspension is needed to protect or discontinue the Service.

On termination, your license to use the Service ends and access to virtual items, Play Chips, progression, and User Content may end. Provisions that by their nature should survive—including intellectual property, feedback, disclaimers, liability limitations, indemnification, and governing law—will survive.

24. Disclaimers

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” LUDALEA DISCLAIMS EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation, that content or other users will meet your expectations, or that every defect or harmful component will be prevented. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty or right that law does not permit us to exclude.

25. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LUDALEA AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, GOODWILL, USE, OR PROFITS, ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, their total aggregate liability arising from or relating to the Service or these Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) amounts you actually paid to LudAlea for the Service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to liability or (b) US $100. These limitations apply to all theories of liability and do not apply where prohibited by law.

26. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless LudAlea and its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your User Content, your violation of these Terms or law, or your misuse of the Service. We will provide reasonable notice and cooperation, and you may not settle a claim in a way that admits fault by or imposes obligations on LudAlea without our written consent.

27. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. This clause does not deprive you of protections that the law of your residence requires to apply.

28. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the Service, our practices, or applicable requirements. We will post the updated Terms and revise the “Last Updated” date. If a change is material, we will provide additional notice when reasonably appropriate. Changes apply from their stated effective date; your continued use after that date means you accept the updated Terms.

29. Contact Information

Questions about these Terms or the Service may be sent to: