Today we are pleased to announce a Rummy Welcome Package for Rummy players across India. Rummy players can chill and relax at home this summer with the coolest surprise – a FREE* rummy welcome package worth up to Rs. 3500/- and a highly customized rummy playing experience.

“We are very excited to announce a unique ‘Rummy Welcome Package’ worth up to Rs. 3500/- for all new players. This is being offered for the 1^st time and is available only on RummyCircle.com. We have carefully designed this package to get new players to try Rummy for free and give them a chance to win real cash prizes.” says Sachin Uppal, Marketing Director at RummyCircle.com. He continues, “As part of the Rummy Welcome Package new players on RummyCircle.com will get a whopping 100% Sign-up Bonus up to Rs. 500 and 30 free tickets to daily Welcome Rummy Tournaments worth up to Rs. 3000. Running exclusively on RummyCircle.com, players can play these tournaments for free and win real cash prizes, daily!”

“In our constant endeavor to deliver the Best Rummy Experience, we are pleased to announce that we have moved our game servers from US to India.” says Phaneendra Divi, CTO, RummyCircle.com. He continues, “This strategic move will enable faster loading of the RummyCIrcle.com website, quicker access to our games and a much more responsive game interface. Additionally, we have built a completely new ‘Save Favorites’ feature that allows players to customize their rummy playing experience and access their favorite games instantly.”

Fast-paced online rummy games offered on RummyCircle.com is an extremely popular entertainment option during summers when people prefer to stay at home. What adds more fun is that players get a chance to earn some money too while getting entertained. To start playing rummy online, create your free account and grab the cool Rummy Welcome Package now.

*Terms and conditions apply.

Rummy being a popular card game, there are many versions of the game. Some popular ones include Gin rummy, Rummy 500, Kalooki rummy etc. But one of the most popular and challenging kind of game in rummy is the Indian rummy, also called as the 13 card game of rummy.

This game is not only played in India as a pastime, but is also an important ritual in festivals. The rules of the game may be simple, but it gets challenging as you play. Here’s how you play the game –

The main aim of the player while playing this card game is to improve the meld dealt to him/her. The one to build a winning meld first with a spare card to seal the game wins. You need at least 2 players to play the game and a deck of 52 cards. In case the players increase to 5 or 6, then you need to use two decks of cards. Each player is dealt 13 cards from the deck. The remaining cards are stacked in the centre. You have to build a winning meld by drawing cards from the stacked cards and discarding the ones you don’t want.

The meld can be improved by –

• Building consecutive sequences of three or more cards of the same suit   Or

• By arranging three or four cards of the same rank.

*Note – If you are using two decks of cards, the set may include two identical cards of the same rank and suit.

The player to build a meld as per these rules is the winner.

You need to keep in mind the category rank of the cards. The order from low to high is as follows – Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King. You can use the Ace card as 1 or the face card when you form a set. In case you plan to make a sequence then you need 3 or more colours of the same suit like 5 ♥ 6 ♥ 7 ♥ etc. To make a set you need 3 or more cards of the same face value e.g. 3 ♥ 3 ♠ 3 ♣.

The joker plays an important role in this card game. It is selected by pulling any card at random from the deck. The joker can be used to complete any sequence or set you want. Also, sometimes the deck already has cards that are printed as Joker; even then a card can be pulled at random. So the game is played with 2 kinds of jokers.

Readers who have played rummy will agree with the fact that the game is highly enticing than one expects it to be. As you gradually get the hang of the trick and strategies to be applied, this mind game captures your interest completely. These card games are many times played with friends and relatives for fun, but today they are popular online as well. In fact, many have reported to enjoy playing it online, but some still prefer the traditional mode of playing it.

Here is why the online mode is better than the physical version –

Greater choice of players –

This game is fun when played with a lot of players; and the more the variety of players the better it is. While getting more people to play this game with you the traditional way can be difficult each day, online card games give you a much wider and more varied choice of players to play with. Also, in the physical version of the game you are more likely to be playing with the same set of players making the game predictable.

Better variants –

Online card games offer you a great variety. You can enjoy many types of rummy games here in many innovative formats, with a wider audience. This is an excellent facility for rummy enthusiasts. Some of the popular online rummy games include Pool Rummy, Points Rummy, Rummy Tournaments etc.

Better control and monitoring –

The hosting site is responsible for shuffling cards, dealing and picking of joker. This means that you can expect a fair game and the site is not going to be biased to any player. Sites ensure the most ethical and safest of procedures.

Great rewards –

Apart from being a really enticing game, rummy also has the incentive of cash prize attached to it. This makes it a real driver for many players. Online card games can offer you better rewards as the physical version of the game. Sites regularly organize tournaments that can fetch you excellent rewards. Such tournaments are a regular affair and make a very challenging game.

No hassles –

If you want to play a game of rummy in the physical version, then you will have to go with the hassle of gathering a few players, arranging a venue and coordinating things. But with the online version of the game all you have to do is register on a site and start playing. With just a click you have a variety of games to choose from, different opponents to face and a huge cash prize to win.

Also, online card games give you the flexibility to play anywhere, anytime. Doesn’t matter if you are at home, in office, travelling or trying to kill time while waiting for the bus, online rummy games are always at your service.

Hi Players!

We at RummyCircle.com are really proud to launch the 1st ever Sankranti Rummy Tournament with Rs. 5 Lakhs in total cash prizes and the 1st prize is Rs. 1 Lakh. This marks the beginning of the New Year and the auspicious harvest season especially in South of India.

Sankranti is celebrated all over India and the auspicious days are known with names like: Pongal, Uttarayan, Khichdi, Maghi, Boghi, Kanuvu etc. Playing cards with friends and family is an important part of the tradition in this season. This is an apt time for online card players across India to come together and celebrate online by playing card on RummyCircle.com.

To ensure that everyone gets a fair chance to participate, the qualifiers will be running almost round the clock. These qualifier rounds will start from 27^th December 2012 and will go on till 14^thJanuary 2013. Excitement will be at a high on RummyCircle.com throughout this period with cash prizes of Rs. 29 Lakhs to be won in qualifiers to the Sankranti Rummy Tournament. The finals which will be hosted on 15^th January 2013 will carry a first prize of Rs. 1 lakh and many more cash prizes totalling to Rs. 5 lakhs.

How to Participate?

Hi Everyone!

The festival of playing cards is here and so is RummyCircle.com’s Diwali Rummy Tournament. Now in it’s 4^th season, it’s not just bigger than ever but also 10 times larger than the last year!

Not Just Another Diwali Cards Party

This is India’s biggest Diwali rummy party with Rs.15 Lakhs in total prizes and Rs.5 Lakhs as first prize. Every year, RummyCircle.com’s Diwali Rummy Tournament is occasion for thousands of rummy lovers across India to gather for a time full of fun, festivities and fabulous prizes. Now if you’re thinking that with such whopping prizes on offer, it must be a tall task to participate in this tournament, you couldn’t be more wrong. Joining the season’s hottest Diwali rummy party is as easy as making a phone call!

Here’s how to Participate

• Play any of the daily Qualifier Tournaments running hourly from 9 AM to 1:30 AM. Last date to qualify is 17-November, 2012.
• Once you qualify, you will win a ticket to enter the Finals on 18-November, 2012.
• First Prize Rs.5 Lakhs and total prizes worth Rs.15 Lakhs in Finals.

Pre-requisites for Participation

• A valid account on RummyCircle.com. If you don’t have one, create a free account now!
• Qualifier Tournaments have entry fee starting at just Rs.10. To play qualifiers, you need to make an online cash deposit in your RummyCircle account or use our unique Mobile Payment option. Dial 5664417 from your mobile to add Rs.10 to your RummyCircle account instantly!

Stuff that Legends are Made of…

As goes the legend, Goddess Lakshmi played cards and dice with her husband on the night of Diwali. It is thus beleived that she showers her blessings on any one who follows her example during Diwali time. No wonder then that most Indians complete their Diwali rituals by getting together with friends and family over a game of cards. With RummyCircle.com, you get to join the hottest Diwali cards party from the comfort of your own home!

So what keeps you waiting? Play your cards right and walk away richer this Diwali!

Need more information? Click here

Mumbai, 27 August, 2012: Play Games24x7, the leader in online rummy, has rebranded its site Games24x7.com as RummyCircle.com. This move is the formal expression of the company’s commitment to deliver the Best Rummy Experience in the world to rummy players across India. The new interface enhances the user experience with the goal of achieving a lasting engagement with its audience.

This change was necessary given the rapid growth of the on-line rummy market from 2009 to 2011. “This rebranding is recognition of the enormous popularity of rummy in India. We had a reasonable idea based on casual empirical evidence of the popularity of rummy. Most of us grew up playing rummy with our families. But once we hit 1 million registered users, it was clear that we needed to give rummy its own stage in India”, said Bhavin Pandya, Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Play Games24x7.

While the most critical component in an online games business is the game play itself, once real money is involved, other ancillary components also assume significant importance. The RummyCircle team focuses on ensuring that apart from game play, other components  like finding a game, making a transaction, resolving an issue with customer service etc. are straightforward  and uncomplicated so that players spend maximum time doing what they really enjoy – playing rummy.

To deliver the Best Rummy Experience, Play Games24x7 is investing heavily in proprietary technology and business intelligence systems. Binand Sethumadhavan, Head of Business Intelligence at Play Games24x7 says “The Best Rummy Experience is not a destination – it is a journey that we will traverse with our players, and learn from them through their feedback on what it means to deliver that experience. Achieving this vision is both challenging and exciting. We track an enormous amount of data to determine what players enjoy and what they don’t. Standard tools of the trade like A/B testing and statistical analysis are rigorously applied”.

“The online gamer wants speed, and when he is playing for money he wants this speed reliably. This is not an easy task in India where even today there are severe last mile Internet issues. To give our players the smoothest experience, we spend the bulk of our time on core infrastructure components and ensuring that as the business scales, the user experience continues to be just what the business team wants”, says Phaneendra Divi, the Head of Technology at Play Games24x7.

With the rebranding to RummyCircle, Play Games24x7 is attempting to catapult online rummy into the big league of online gaming products, with a sharp focus on product and user experience. Over the next year, they also plan to enter other online gaming markets. Play Games24x7 is managed by a professional management team with several years of experience in the online games industry, and is funded by Tiger Global Management.

Mumbai, 27 August, 2012: Play Games24x7, the leader in online rummy, has rebranded its site Games24x7.com as RummyCircle.com. This move is the formal expression of the company’s commitment to deliver the Best Rummy Experience in the world to rummy players across India. The new interface enhances the user experience with the goal of achieving a lasting engagement with its audience.

This change was necessary given the rapid growth of the on-line rummy market from 2009 to 2011. “This rebranding is recognition of the enormous popularity of rummy in India. We had a reasonable idea based on casual empirical evidence of the popularity of rummy. Most of us grew up playing rummy with our families. But once we hit 1 million registered users, it was clear that we needed to give rummy its own stage in India”, said Bhavin Pandya, Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Play Games24x7.

While the most critical component in an online games business is the game play itself, once real money is involved, other ancillary components also assume significant importance. The RummyCircle team focuses on ensuring that apart from game play, other components  like finding a game, making a transaction, resolving an issue with customer service etc. are straightforward  and uncomplicated so that players spend maximum time doing what they really enjoy – playing rummy.

To deliver the Best Rummy Experience, Play Games24x7 is investing heavily in proprietary technology and business intelligence systems. Binand Sethumadhavan, Head of Business Intelligence at Play Games24x7 says “The Best Rummy Experience is not a destination – it is a journey that we will traverse with our players, and learn from them through their feedback on what it means to deliver that experience. Achieving this vision is both challenging and exciting. We track an enormous amount of data to determine what players enjoy and what they don’t. Standard tools of the trade like A/B testing and statistical analysis are rigorously applied”.

“The online gamer wants speed, and when he is playing for money he wants this speed reliably. This is not an easy task in India where even today there are severe last mile Internet issues. To give our players the smoothest experience, we spend the bulk of our time on core infrastructure components and ensuring that as the business scales, the user experience continues to be just what the business team wants”, says Phaneendra Divi, the Head of Technology at Play Games24x7.

With the rebranding to RummyCircle, Play Games24x7 is attempting to catapult online rummy into the big league of online gaming products, with a sharp focus on product and user experience. Over the next year, they also plan to enter other online gaming markets. Play Games24x7 is managed by a professional management team with several years of experience in the online games industry, and is funded by Tiger Global Management.

Notes to Editor

Play Games24x7 Pvt. Ltd. operates India’s Largest Rummy website, www.RummyCircle.com, with more than 1 million rummy players. RummyCircle offers the simplest online multi-player rummy game in popular formats for free and for cash. Site offers extremely secure playing environment with multiple payment options and a quick withdrawal system.

The management team is immensely passionate about delivering nothing but the Best Rummy Experience to every rummy player. Play Games24x7 was started in 2006. It is professionally managed by online gaming entrepreneurs who are alumni of NYU, IIT and IIM, and is funded by Tiger Global Management.

For any questions and queries, please contact:

Sachin Uppal,

Marketing Director,

Play Games24x7 Pvt. Ltd.

Email: press.relations@games24x7.com

Games24x7.com is now RummyCircle.com! Our move to RummyCircle is the formal expression of our commitment to provide you the Best Rummy Experience.

We feel both proud and happy having reached this point in our journey with you. At the same time we feel a sense of sadness leaving Games24x7 behind. After all, it was at Games24x7 that we had the privilege of being the first rummy site to provide cash game services to players in India. It was at Games24x7 that we met over 10 lakh rummy enthusiasts including yourself, whom we served with passion.

As we bid goodbye to Games24x7, and start anew with RummyCircle, we would like you to remember that the Best Rummy Experience is not a destination. It is a journey, a journey that we will traverse with you, a journey where we will learn every day from you what it means to deliver the Best Rummy Experience and then do everything in our power to provide you that.

Right now, as you visit RummyCircle.com, in addition to a brand-new interface, you will notice a significant improvement in login time and a new and improved Add Cash process. Going forward, you will see a much improved game play interface and a lot more in-game help in our practice games, as well as some of our cash games. In the coming months, we will be adding a slew of other features all designed to improve your rummy playing experience.

You have probably heard enough by now and just want to get on with your game of rummy. We won’t hold you. Hope you have an awesome rummy playing experience!

As some of you might be aware that RummyCircle.com (formerly Games24x7.com) stopped offering Rummy for Cash in the state of Tamil Nadu following a Madras High Court decision restricting Rummy for cash. A writ petition that was filed by Mahalakshmi Cultural Association in the Madras High Court to restrain the police from interfering with the activities of the petitioner including playing of 13 card rummy with or without stakes. The learned single judge, in his judgment dated 4^thNovember 2011 held that Rummy being a game of skill can be legally played for stakes by the members and guests in the writ petitioner’s association.

The police challenged this order of the learned single judge in Writ Appeal No.2287 of 2011. A division bench of the Madras High Court finally decided the Writ Appeal on 22^nd March 2012 where they accepted thecontentions of the police and stopped the Club from allowing its members and guests to play Rummy with stakes.

However, Mahalakshmi Cultural Association challenged this decision of the Madras High Court in the Honorable Supreme Court. At the initial hearing on 11^th May 2012, the Honorable Supreme Court granted interim relief to the petitioners by staying the observation of the Division Bench which prohibited the petitioner from offering Rummy.

The current legal position is that judicial pronouncement of the Madras High Court against Rummy for stakes has been stayed by the Supreme Court and it is open for the petitioner to allow its members and guests to play 13 cards Rummy with stakes for profit and gain.
Following which, we at RummyCircle.com (formerly Games24x7.com) are extremely thrilled to welcome back our players from Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry to play rummy for cash.

We will keep our players informed about the progress of the court’s proceedings regarding this case and how it affects our players. As of now, we are delighted to welcomeback all our players from Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Players can play rummy for cash as before and there are nochanges and the games will continue as before.

Pool Rummy brings your local Rummy club online

Hi Everyone, Big News Today!

We are pleased to announce the introduction of a new game format – Pool Rummy on our website. Rummy lovers can now enjoy the rummy club experience online with our new format. Here we answer a few quick questions that you may have, so that you can start Rummying now!

What is Pool Rummy?

Pool Rummy on RummyCircle.com (formerly Games24x7.com) is a 2 to 6 player game, played using 2 or more packs of 53cards each (including one printed joker per pack). In Pool Rummy, players pay a fixed entry fee which forms the prize pool. Winner of every deal gets 0 pointsand the rest accumulate points which are added to their score. A player is eliminated once their score reaches the maximum limit of points on the table eg: 101Points Pool or 201 Points Pool.

Winnings in Pool Rummy = (Entry Fee) x (no. of players on the table) –RummyCircle.com (formerly Games24x7.com) fees

What’s New in Pool Rummy?

Auto Drop: A player is allowed to drop anytime during a Pool Rummy match by clicking on ‘Auto Drop‘button. This player will then be dropped from subsequent deals and given the first drop score (i.e. 20 points in 101 pool or 25 points in201 pool). If this player wishes to re-join the table, they can do so by clicking on ‘I’m Back ‘Button. The points accumulated by this player when he/she was dropped, will be added to his/her score.

Prize Split: In Pool Rummy, players can use the ‘Split‘option if they choose to split the prize money. The split option will work as a function of number of drops remaining for a player. Know More about Pool Rummy.