JURISDICTION & ELIGIBILITY POLICY

Duel currently enables real-money competitions only for players physically located in the United States, and only in the following 38 jurisdictions:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Every other US state and territory, and every country outside the United States, is not enabled for real-money play. This list can change at any time.

• Free practice play is available regardless of jurisdiction availability.
• Withdrawal of an existing available balance is not blocked because real-money entry became unavailable where you are.
• Access to your account, transaction history and support is unaffected.

• Eligibility is decided server-side. The browser only displays the result.
• Location is resolved server-side from your network connection; where your residence has been verified, that verified state is used instead of an inaccurate provider lookup.
• Device coordinates are used briefly for verification; the audit record stores the resolved state and accuracy rather than the coordinates.
• Your IP address is stored only as a salted hash, together with the resolved country, region and the decision.
• A check is recorded shortly after sign-in and re-evaluated before a real-money action such as a deposit or a paid entry.
• Checks expire, so a stale result is not reused indefinitely.
• The residence recorded on your account is compared with the resolved location; a conflict pauses real-money actions.

The system fails closed. If the country or region cannot be resolved, or the connection appears to be anonymised, real-money actions are paused rather than allowed. You will see a message explaining that the location could not be confirmed; it is not an accusation of wrongdoing.

• Do not use a VPN, proxy, relay, remote desktop or similar service to appear to be in an enabled jurisdiction.
• Do not spoof or simulate device or network location.
• Do not provide a false residence on your account.
• Do not use another person's account or device to access real-money play.

Circumvention may result in paused real-money functionality, restriction or closure of the account, and review of affected competitions.

Duel may add, suspend or remove a jurisdiction at any time, including in response to legal advice, regulatory change or provider requirements. Where availability is withdrawn in your location, real-money entry stops but your balance remains yours to withdraw.

Duel offers paid competitions only where it believes skill-based competitions are permitted, and updates this list as laws change. It is your responsibility to comply with the laws where you are located.