Games24X7.com Playing Experience Review

As a compulsive net surfer, like millions others am constantly looking for ways to spend time online & enhance knowledge by reading or experiencing anything valuable I come across. The high-speed Internet connection helps fuel this compulsion. Playing easy, free games is the pastime of choice. It was on one such surfing session that I came across Games24X7.com.

The name is clear enough – play rummy24X7; just what’s required for a good unwind session anytime. The main page is simple and tells you what exactly you are there for – to “have a rummy time”. This is place where you can play rummy for free or for cash and you get an idea that real people like us play rummy here & are certainly having a good time (the picture on the page). All these fancy numbers tell you that people are actually winning cash. So register quickly-is free & easy. A pop-up informs you of the in-progress promotional activities; again, free cash prizes waiting for you. Truly intrigued; who doesn’t like free cash?

Once you log in, a lot of information greets you – the essence of which is you can choose from 3 types of rummy tournaments – practice, cash & promotional.

All figured – Practice games are what you play for free. Since you can play unlimited rummy for free you obviously don’t win any money. All this does is yo-yos the fictitious balance (you start with Rs 10,000 as fictitious money) in your account. But it does help all those who forgot rummy or haven’t played in a long time, to do their revision here.

Playing is easy. Each player is dealt 13 cards & is required to make sequences & sets. It’s compulsory to make 2 sequences of which atleast one must be pure. Simply drag to arrange cards and drag or click-click to discard. The player who first succeeds in making the requisite sequence & sets wins. Sounds simple, but you get only 30 seconds to make a move & therein lays the real skill. To think, arrange, discard, and remember all in those  30 seconds. A few practice games with fictitious cash & you are quiet adept.

Enough of playing for free – now need to see some cash. Go to the add cash page (right on top & quiet prominent) & enter your details. You can pay (i.e. buy games) from Rs 25 to Rs 9999 with your instrument of choice – debit or credit card or net banking. The money you pay will begin to reflect in your “my account” page & voila! You can get started. You can multiply your money many times over in larger player games, but the chances of winning are proportionately lower.

Games24X7.com also runs some really interesting promotional tournaments. Their signature tournaments “Trump Tournaments” & “Jhatpat Tournaments” are the place to win free cash. Games24X7.com also has exclusive membership clubs – Silver, Gold & Diamond Clubs. They conduct free tournaments for Club members all week & members can win really good cash prizes, especially on the weekends.

Have I worried if this is legal? Not really, there’s more fun in breaking rummy rules; but mind you, Games24X7.com breaks none. Playing rummy is legal, says the Supreme Court of India in its ruling regarding games of skill (rummy is a game of skill; though if you haven’t won any money / games you would like to believe otherwise) passed in 1968. So, no thrill of breaking rummy rules here, only a completely legal, fun game.

All in all, if one loves rummy & has a little bit of money, Games24X7.com will not disappoint at all. The games can be really addictive with the fast paced competition and the free money element thrown in. Once one gets started, no one can stop at just one.