SECTION ONE - GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Terms and Conditions Binding
Registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament offered on (“the Site”) signifies your knowledge of and agreement to be bound by the most current version of these Terms and Conditions. The Site may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued use of the Site following such modifications signifies your acceptance of those modifications. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms and Conditions periodically for any such modifications.
1.2 Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms and Conditions will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, irrespective of any principles of conflicts of law. By registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament offered on the Site, you agree that any dispute that cannot be resolved between the parties shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class
action.
The parties waive all rights to trial in any action or proceeding instituted in connection with these Official Rules, including, without limitation, the Contests. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the Province of Nova Scotia, in the City of Halifax.
1.3 Entire Agreement
These Terms and Conditions, in connection with the other obligations and rules detailed in writing on the Site, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Site and cannot be modified by you. These Terms and Conditions cannot be modified on an individual basis by any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation, with the Site. Nothing in this subsection will prevent the Site from modifying the terms of these Terms and Conditions and posting such modifications on the Site.
1.4 Severability
If any portion of these Terms and Conditions is deemed void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
SECTION TWO - CONDITIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
2.1a Eligibility (United States)
To open an account and/or participate in any tournament offered on the Site, you must:
a) be a natural person, at least 21 years old, who is assigned to the e-mail address submitted on your account registration form;
b) be a U.S. citizen or resident alien with a U.S. address;
c) be physically located within the U.S.; and
d) be physically located in a U.S. state in which participation in the tournaments offered on the Site is
unrestricted by law.
The rules governing sweepstakes, contests, and tournaments with entry fees and/or prizes are set up by each individual state, not by the federal government. Based on these 50 sets of laws, the Site CANNOT offer fee-based tournaments with prizes to residents of the following states: Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
If you open an account and/or participate in any tournament offered on the Site while located in a prohibited jurisdiction, you may be in violation of the law of such jurisdiction and these Terms and Conditions, and subject to having your account suspended or terminated.
2.1b Eligibility (Non-U.S.)
a) be a natural person, at least 21 years old, who is assigned to the e-mail address submitted on your account registration form.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
2.2 Additional Persons Not Eligible
Notwithstanding Section 2.1, the following persons are ineligible to receive any prize offered on the Site: employees, officers, and directors (and their immediate family members) of the Site, its parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates; and any other person with access to non-public information regarding the operation of any tournament offered on the Site. For purposes of this section, immediate family members include parents, siblings, spouses, children, or any other person permanently residing in the same household with such employee, officer, or director.
2.3 Legality and Taxes
You are subject to all laws of the state, province and/or country in which you reside and from which you access the Site and are solely responsible for obeying those laws. You agree the Site cannot be held liable if laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit your participation. The Site makes no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to your legal right to participate in any tournament offered on the Site nor shall any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation, with the Site have authority to make any such representations or warranties.
The Site reserves the right to monitor the location from which you access the Site and to block access from any jurisdiction other than the U.S., or any jurisdiction in which participation is illegal or restricted. The Site may require any participant receiving any prize to provide the Site with proof that he or she is eligible to participate according to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above.
You remain solely responsible for paying all federal and other taxes in accordance with the laws that apply in your state, province, and/or country of residence.
2.4 Promotional Activities
By registering for an account, you agree that the Site may display your username and tournament records. By accepting any prize from the Site, you agree to allow the Site to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide, in any media and at any time, your name, likeness, and/or biographical information for promotional purposes without additional compensation.
2.5 Information Required
At registration, you are required to submit the following information: an alias that will be your username, a password and your e-mail address. The Site reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change and/or suspend/terminate offensive aliases. Upon registering for any tournament you confirm the location from which you are playing.
2.6 Accuracy of Information
You represent and warrant that all information you supply to the Site is complete and accurate. Knowingly submitting incomplete or inaccurate information will result in immediate termination of your account and forfeiture of any prizes to which you are otherwise entitled.
2.7 Privacy Policy
To view the Site’s full privacy policy, click on the following link: PRIVACY POLICY
2.8 Withdrawal Requests
Users may request a withdrawal of funds from their available account balance at any time. Processing of requested funds back to a credit card or PayPal account may take up to 5 business days.
Users are required to actively claim any check produced by a request for withdrawal of funds from their account. The Site reserves the right to assess a check request processing fee of $2.00 for any check request less than $50.00.
SECTION THREE - DISCLOSURES
3.1 Determination of Tournament Winners
The results and winners of each tournament offered on the Site will be determined by the Site. By registering and/or participating in any tournament, you agree to be bound by these determinations.
3.2 Game Rules
Rules for each specific tournament offered on the Site can be found in the corresponding Rules section.
SECTION FOUR - LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
4.1 Credit Card Use
You agree that the Site is not liable for any loss caused by any unauthorized use of your credit card or other method of payment by a third party in connection with the Site.
Any attempt to defraud the Site through the use of credit cards or other methods of payment, regardless of the outcome, or any failure by you to honor legitimate charges or requests for payment will result in immediate termination of your account, forfeiture of any prizes to which you are otherwise entitled, and civil and/or criminal prosecution.
4.2 Hacking, Tampering, or Unauthorized Access
By registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament offered on the Site, you agree that the Site is not responsible for any damage, loss, or injury resulting from hacking, tampering, or other unauthorized access or use of the Site or your account.
Any attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site’s systems or any account, interfere with procedures or performance of the Site, or deliberately damage or undermine the Site is subject to civil and/or criminal prosecution and will result in immediate termination of your account and forfeiture of any prizes to which you are otherwise entitled.
Any attempt to participate in any tournament offered on the Site by means of automatic, macro, programmed, or similar methods, or to otherwise commit fraud with regard to the Site, will result in civil and/or criminal prosecution, termination of your account, and forfeiture of all prizes to which you are otherwise entitled.
4.3 Accounts for Individual Use Only
You, as the holder of your account, are solely responsible for all obligations and (assuming compliance with all other Terms and Conditions of the Site) entitled to all benefits accruing thereto. You may not allow any other person to access your account, access the Site, accept any winnings, or participate in any tournament using your account information. Your account is not transferable to any other person.
By registering and/or participating in any tournament offered on the Site, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold the Site harmless from or for any claims, liability, damages, and/or costs (including attorneys' fees) arising from any use of your account by any person.
4.4 Account Termination
The Site reserves the right to terminate your account, limit or prohibit your participation in any game, tournament or tournament type.
By registering for an account and/or participating in any tournament offered on the Site, you consent to allow the Site to access your account information to investigate complaints or other allegations of abuse. If applicable, all charged monies (deposits), less entry fees and withdrawals, will be returned to the player. All winnings (if any) may be voided at the sole discretion of the Site.
4.5 Tournament Errors
The Site Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, errors and/or ambiguity: (a) in the Tournament; (b) in any related advertising or promotions of this Tournament; and/or (c) in these Terms and Conditions including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Terms and Conditions, the selection and announcement of the winner or the distribution of the prizes. In the event of any ambiguity(s) or error(s) in these Terms and Conditions, Administrators reserve the right to modify these Terms and Conditions for clarification purposes or to correct any such ambiguity or error(s) without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Tournaments.
Prize Winners and Prizes
The Site Entities, and their parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies and advertising and promotion agencies, assume no liability and are not responsible for, and you hereby forever waive any rights to any claim in connection with, the selection and announcement of a Prize Winner, the distribution of a Prize, the acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of any part of a Prize and/or any injury or damage to any entrant's or third person's property related to or resulting from any part of a Prize or any part of this Tournament.
Release and Indemnity
Each entrant in the Tournament, including, without limitation, the prize winners, hereby releases and agrees to hold harmless the Site Entities and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize, participation in this Tournament and participation in any activity related to this Tournament.