Z GAME Terms & Competition Rules

Effective date: October 5, 2026

The competition

Z GAME arenas are paid skill competitions. Every player in a round plays the same deterministic game under the same rules and time limits. Results depend on your performance, not on chance draws. There is no public practice mode. Reserve-backed referral entries, when enabled, follow the same competition rules.

Arenas and entry

Standard: 1 USDT · Pro: 10 USDT · Gold: 100 USDT per entry.

Standard entries are paid in USDT on TON from a connected wallet. Pro and Gold may also offer other supported crypto payment options, as shown at checkout. An entry counts only after our server independently confirms the payment on-chain. Never send a second payment while a previous one is still being checked.

Standard, Pro and Gold: minimum players, start and refunds

A round needs at least 10 confirmed paid players.

Once the minimum is reached, a short fill window stays open (Standard 3 minutes, Pro 5 minutes, Gold 15 minutes) before the round goes live for 3 minutes.

If a round does not reach 10 paid players within its maximum wait (Standard and Pro 30 minutes, Gold 24 hours), it does not run and confirmed entries are refunded on-chain to the paying wallet.

Standard, Pro and Gold: gameplay and scoring

Each entry gives exactly 3 runs of 60 seconds with automatic transitions. Run timing comes from our server: leaving, reloading or backgrounding the app does not pause or restart a paid attempt.

Scores are validated on the server from the recorded play. Input that breaks the game rules (for example automated or impossibly fast tapping) is not counted, and a score that cannot be validated is not eligible to rank. A paid player who does not play still counts toward the round's paid entries but does not rank.

Standard, Pro and Gold: winners and ranking

The top 30% of paid entrants win (at least 1), limited to players with a valid score. Players are ranked by validated score, highest first. New rounds (ranking v3) use Score → exact Accuracy (hits ÷ taps) → Best Combo → fewest Mistakes; players still exactly tied share the value of the prize slots they occupy equally, and an entry ID never decides who is paid or how much. Earlier rounds keep v2 (Score → Accuracy → Best Combo → Entry ID) or v1 (Score → Entry ID). Submission time is never used; the round's assigned ranking version is preserved, never changed retrospectively.

Winners share the winner allocation by weight: 1st place 115, 2nd 110, 3rd 105, every other winner 100. Amounts are rounded down to the smallest USDT unit; any rounding remainder is recorded, not paid out.

Standard, Pro and Gold: prize allocation

For a standard paid entry, 70% of confirmed entry value goes to the winner allocation and 30% to Project Z.

Where an entry is attributed to an eligible creator under the Creator Program, the split for that entry is 70% winners, 5% creator and 25% Project Z, within the program's eligibility limits. The winner allocation is 70% either way.

Mini Z

Mini Z is a separate in-page skill match: 2 USDT entry, exactly 10 confirmed paid players, one 60-second run using Mini Z targets only. Everyone in a match receives the same deterministic target schedule. Scores are replayed on the server; new matches rank by validated score, exact accuracy, best streak, then fewest mistakes; exact ties share the affected prize slots equally (entry IDs never decide money).

A full match collects 20 USDT: the top four genuine validated players each receive 4 USDT gross (16 USDT total, 80%); Project Z receives 4 USDT (20%). All four prizes are equal, with no rank weighting or Mini creator commission. Each winner doubles the 2 USDT entry gross, a +2 USDT gain before external wallet or network effects. Paid no-shows count toward capacity but never become synthetic winners; genuine validated zero scores may rank. Fewer than four genuine validated performances or another unsafe settlement condition leads to the existing full-refund process, never both prizes and refunds.

The match has at most 30 minutes to fill from its first confirmed payment, not from round creation. Below 10 at that deadline, confirmed entries follow the existing automatic refund path. The tenth confirmation closes filling immediately, with no extra fill wait; the shared lifecycle makes the match live for a 10-minute window in which each entitled player may complete their one 60-second run.

Mini Z paid entry follows live availability shown on the card. Checkout uses direct USDT on TON or, when the provider is available, the existing NOWPayments crypto chooser, with a verified TON payout wallet required for crypto.

Daily Z

Daily Z uses the green USDT coin itself: each accepted tap adds one point. Entry is 29.99 USDT, once per account per London civil day, paid with direct USDT on TON or, when the provider is available, the existing NOWPayments crypto checkout (a verified TON payout wallet is required for crypto). New entry closes at 19:30 London time. There are at most five 30-second attempts, with the next paid attempt available no sooner than one hour after the previous attempt ends. The server also enforces the remaining attempt-start window; leaving or reloading does not extend play time.

Daily ranking: Best 3 Total → Best Attempt → 2nd → 3rd → 4th → 5th; exact ties at the cutoff share the affected winning slots equally and entry IDs never decide money (earlier days: → Entry ID). At least 10 confirmed paid entrants are required; below that minimum, or with no validated performers, entries follow the existing full-refund path. Paid no-shows count toward gross but never rank.

The top 50% of paid entrants, limited to validated eligible performers, share the 80% winner pool equally; Project Z receives 20%. Atomic rounding remainder goes to the highest-ranked winners. A valid settled Daily Z win grants one progression increment per user and daily round.

Creator test mode

Authorized Creator QA accounts may access clearly labelled non-financial tests. The server validates the same gameplay rules, but test sessions create no paid entitlement, payments, payouts, commissions, referral rewards, public rankings, world marks or progression. New tests may be repeated; Daily Z's paid cooldown may be skipped only in this isolated mode.

Payment status and refunds

Payment options are shown at checkout and may depend on provider availability. Standard is direct USDT on TON only. A confirmed payment grants eligibility, not a guaranteed prize. Never pay again while a transaction has an ambiguous or pending outcome. Payment providers and independent blockchain checks may take time; refunds and payout business completion require confirmed on-chain evidence.

Community conduct

Use a public alias and do not post private identity or wallet information. Harassment, impersonation and abuse may be reported; players can block or mute others. Group owners and admins may rename groups and manage members within their permissions. Only the owner may assign admins or transfer ownership. Groups are social only, with no entry fees or rewards.

Payouts

Prizes are paid in USDT on TON to the payout wallet you verified. A payout can only be sent to a verified wallet. Payouts are processed through protected, monitored steps. A payout may be held for review if its outcome needs to be confirmed on-chain first, but it is never cancelled because of that review.

Blockchain transfers are irreversible. You are responsible for controlling your wallet and its keys. Network fees, congestion or outages may delay transfers.

Eligibility and availability

Paid play requires the applicable minimum-age threshold and jurisdiction eligibility policy. Availability is checked before any payment. Using a VPN, proxy or other means to get around location restrictions is not allowed.

New paid entries and purchases are currently unavailable in Canada while the competition structure is under legal review. Existing refunds, payouts and runs that were already paid for are not affected.

New accounts complete a one-time document age check during account creation (one document photo and date of birth, reviewed manually). Images are deleted after review.

No guarantees

Entry fees are paid to compete; winning is never guaranteed and Z GAME is not an investment or a way to earn income. Only enter with money you can afford to spend. Creator earnings are never guaranteed.

We may pause new entries at any time for safety or maintenance. Pausing never cancels confirmed refunds or winnings that are owed.

Privacy

See the Privacy Policy for how we handle your data, including public blockchain records.

Changes

We may update these rules; the effective date above will change. Settled rounds are never re-ranked.