Important Notice
We
at Sportbet.com are concerned to ensure that we, and you, comply with
all applicable laws in your Country and here in Costa Rica. We have
incorporated into our Terms and Conditions the relevant considerations.
In playing Sportbet.com you accept and agree to our Terms and
Conditions (see below).
In
playing on the Sportbet.com Website you are declaring to us that you
are 18 years old or older. If the age limit for gambling in your
Country is greater than 18 years you declare that you are greater than
the minimum age. Minors are not permitted to play Sportbet.com.
It
is your responsibility to find out what the laws are in your country
concerning betting prior to registering with Sportbet.com or before
placing a bet.
The territories where Gambling is prohibited, we are not
responsible if you play on our site and live in a prohibited territory
we have not listed in these Terms and Conditions
Prior
to playing you should also be aware that in some countries you may be
required to pay taxes on your winnings. It is your responsibility to
clarify the position locally with the applicable authorities to see
whether you are liable to pay tax. If you are, please act accordingly.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By accessing the Sportbet.com Website and by registering through our
site to participate in any of the interactive online games
(collectively the 'Games'), you agree to be bound by these terms and
conditions (the 'Terms'). Please read them carefully and make sure that
you only access the games if you fully understand the contents and
agree to be bound by them.
You
must comply at all times with the laws in force in the country or
jurisdiction where you are located and/or resident. To participate in
any Games, irrespective of where you are playing, you must be at least
18 years old. to play for real You must not be live in another country
where Internet wagering is prohibited. We refer you to clauses 1.3 for further information. You will be expected to review the Terms
each time you access Sportbet.com as we reserve the right to change the
Terms from time to time. Each change will become effective, and you
will be deemed to have accepted such change, immediately upon such
posting.
1.1 You must choose an unique username and password for the use of your
account (see clause 5) to enable you to play the Games once you have
registered. These must be kept secret and confidential by you. We will
treat as valid all wagers placed using your username and password and
consider them to have been made by you.
1.2
You agree to be solely responsible for all use of our site or playing
of the Games through use of your username and password. You agree to
indemnify Sportbet.com and keep Sportbet.com fully indemnified for any
and all loss, liability, damage, costs, claims and expenses resulting
from such use and/or playing, excluding loss, damage or claims
resulting from our liability under clause 7.1.
1.3
In order to register with our site or to participate in any Games in
any way you must be not less than 18 years old and have completed our
registration form providing details of your identity and place of
residence. We reserve the right, at our own discretion, to conduct
checks against your registered details to ensure that this is the case,
and we shall be entitled to demand further evidence as to your age at
any time in the future and to suspend and/or terminate your
registration if we believe that you are not at least 18 years old.
Sportbet.com reserves the right to take any and all actions necessary
to exclude persons who are not 18 years old from accessing any site
operated by Sportbet.com. Persons under the age of 18 years will not be
entitled to collect any winnings. Any person under the age of 18 who
accesses Sportbet.com is committing a fraud and may be subject to
criminal sanctions.
1.4
If you are one of our employees or an employee of our parent company or
one of our licensees, software suppliers and developers, affiliated or
subsidiary companies you are not permitted to register with us or to
participate in any of the Games. Any person found to have violated this
section will not be entitled to collect any winnings.
1.5
We reserve the right to refuse to register you or to suspend and/or
terminate your registration or account at any time at our absolute
discretion and shall not be obliged to provide you with any reasons for
so doing. In addition, we reserve the right to refund or withhold any
balance on an account at our absolute discretion if suspicion or
evidence of manipulation of our financial system or of your or another
customer's account arises or if we have reasonable grounds for
believing that you are using our service contrary to the purpose for
which it was intended or committing any offence.
1.6
In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of clause 1.5,
we reserve the right to suspend and/or terminate your registration or
account in the event that you cause to be published on, and/or sent
via, our site or by playing on any of the Games any actual or
potentially defamatory, offensive or obscene language or material. This
clause 1.6 applies also to your choice of user name and to breach by
you of our privacy policy (please see section 6 below).
1.7
If your registration is terminated or suspended, we reserve the right
to determine whether to declare as void any wagers placed.
1.8
You must ensure that your personal details are kept accurate on our
system. You can access these by linking through to "Update personal
details" via the "My Account" section within our site. You must update
your personal details as necessary.
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2.1 All material on our site, including but not limited to images,
pictures, graphics, photographs, animations, videos, music, audio,
text, and the Software (as defined in clause 3.1) belongs to us and is
protected by copyright law. Materials supplied by referral companies
and partner websites are also covered by such law, although
Sportbet.com accepts no responsibility or liability for any material on
those websites. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or
transmit anything you copy from our site for any business, commercial
or public purpose and such use is strictly forbidden. Unauthorised use
of content is a violation of law.
2.2
Subject to our compliance with our data protection obligations under
Section 6, by posting material on our site or by communicating with us
or other players by e-mail or otherwise, you are deemed to give us a
worldwide, royalty-free, assignable, sub-licensable, perpetual,
irrevocable and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
frame, brand, co-brand, distribute and publish such material in any
media now known or later developed.
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3.1 We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
non-assignable and non-transferable license to use the software for the
Games (the 'Software') strictly for participation only in the Games in
accordance with the Rules. You may use the Software on any computer at
which you are the primary user and provided always that you comply with
these Terms, in particular section 1.3.
3.2
You may not sub-license, nor assign or transfer this license, nor rent
or lease any portion of our site or of the Games. You may not reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate or make any attempt
to discover the source code of the Software or any material on our site
or used for any of the Games.
3.3
Commercial use of our site and any of the Games is strictly forbidden.
You are only allowed to place wagers on the Games for your own personal
entertainment.
3.4
You fully accept that all computer instructions and responses sent over
the Internet to and from us and/or through use of the Software will be
binding on you.
4.1 In order to place any wagers on any of the Games, you must open and
maintain an account with us. We reserve the right to subcontract our
obligations to provide you with such an account to third party
electronic financial transaction service providers ('Electronic Service
Providers'). You irrevocably authorise us to instruct such Electronic
Service Providers to handle account deposits and withdrawals from your
account and you irrevocably agree that we may give such instructions on
your behalf. Prior to appointing an Electronic Service Provider we
shall notify you in writing and give you the opportunity to close your
account if you do not wish to transact with it.
4.2
Only wagers placed from your Accounts set up through Sportbet.com will
be accepted for the Games and any winnings you make on the Games will
be credited into your Account. Even if you have opened an Account
through another website, then you will still need to open a separate
one through Sportbet.com for placing wagers on any of the Games.
4.3
We reserve the right to withhold payment of any funds if we suspect or
have evidence of manipulation of our financial system or of your or
another customer's Account. We may also withhold payment if we have
reasonable grounds for believing you are using our service for purposes
other than that for which it was intended or that you are committing
any offence or if we determine that you have breached these Terms.
Charges and proceedings may be brought against you or any other person
who has manipulated, or tried to manipulate, our service, any of the
Games or your or any other customer's account(s) and we reserve the
right to report you to the relevant regulatory authorities if we become
aware or suspect that you are involved in any such activities.
4.4
You must comply with the Information Instructions whenever you deposit
or withdraw amounts from your Sportbet.com Account. The minimum
withdrawal on any single occasion shall not be less than $30.
4.5
We will only accept funds for deposits into your account where the
funds are traceable. The minimum sum that you may deposit on any single
occasion is $25. If we become aware, or have reason to suspect that a
transaction is suspicious and may involve money laundering or something
similar to money laundering then we reserve the right to retain the
amount of that transaction and any other transaction made by you and to
report the transaction to the relevant regulatory authorities.
4.6 The balance held in your Account will not bear interest in your favour.
4.7
You must maintain your Account in order to place wagers in any of the
Games. We reserve the right to refuse or limit any wager(s) and in any
event you are not allowed to place a wager greater than the amount in
credit in your Account (after taking into account all previous wagers).
4.8 You may instruct us to exclude you from participation in the Games by sending us an e-mail to help@sportbet.com. Usage of the opt-out facility will result in your Account being blocked
and Sportbet.com will not accept wagers from this account.
4.9
Subject to clause 5.4 when you close your Account you will be entitled
to the returnable funds in it subject to any bank charges applicable
should you request expedited payment. Should your account remain
dormant for a period of more than six months with a balance of less
than $1 we shall be entitled to close the account and retain such
balance as a contribution towards our administration costs.
4.10
If, as part of a promotional campaign or competition, we credit an
amount to your Account registered in your name, you can only use such
amounts as wagers for playing in the Games. You are not entitled to
withdraw such amounts and we reserve the right to reclaim those amounts
if you do not use them to play the Games during the period specified in
the promotion.
4.11
To maintain a high level of security to protect your funds, we will
perform random security checks and keep records of transactions and
wagers. You accept that we may demand additional documentation to
verify you as the account holder in the event of a security check.
4.12
If any of your personal account details or other financial information
relevant to your Account change, you must inform us immediately, as
failure to do so may result in transactions being declined by your
financial institution. We will not accept any liability or
responsibility for transactions, which are declined as a result of
incorrect details where you have failed to make us aware of any
changes/correct details. Should your credit card be lost or stolen, you
are required to notify Sportbet.com by immediately sending an e-mail to
help@sportbet.com.
4.13
In order to make a withdrawal
physical verification of identity is required in the form of a copy of
your passport or similar document and a copy of a utility bill
containing your name and registered address. Copies of these documents
can be emailed to help@sportbet.com. or faxed to: 1-800-270-3160.
4.14:
'New user' means a person signing up for the first time. Their email
address or home address must not already exist anywhere on our
database. If a previous record of a user's details (even a partial
record) exists on our database, we may deem that user ineligible for
'New user' promotions and any relevant additional credit.
4.15:
ALL credit into accounts from premium rate telephone PINs must be
played or wagered on our games before any attempt is made to 'cashout'
or make a 'payout request'. Users crediting their accounts and then
attempting to cash out all, or a large proportion, of this credit
before wagering or staking it on our games will be deemed to be using
their funds 'inappropriately' and may have their accounts locked,
preventing further activity. These users will have their accounts
analysed and we may, where we deem it necessary, pass on these details
to the appropriate authorities for further investigation.
4:16:
Unless otherwise stated, 'free money', 'additional credit' or 'refund'
promotions will only be valid where the user credits the requisite
amount to qualify for the promotion by credit or debit card and NOT by
premium rate telephone PINs.
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5.1 You warrant that you are more than 18 years old and that you will
at all times comply with all standards and/or laws in any country or
jurisdiction where you are located and/or resident.
5.2 You fully accept and agree that random number generator software will determine the outcome of the Games.
5.3 You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of
our site or of the normal playing of any of the Games.
5.4 We reserve the right to refuse the whole or part of any wager at our discretion.
5.5 Wagers will be valid subject to these Terms if accepted by our gaming server.
5.6
You agree that Sportbet.com and our records shall be the final
authority in determining the terms of any wagers you place and the
circumstances in which they were made.
5.7
You shall not allow any other person or third party, including without
limitation any person under the age of 18 years, to use or re-use your
account or your username and password, accept any prize or participate
in any of the Games in such a way that may breach the standards or laws
in any community or jurisdiction where you are located and/or resident
or such other person is located and/or resident. Any person found to
have violated this section will not be entitled to collect any winnings
and may be reported to the relevant authorities.
5.8
Any applicable taxes and fees in connection with any winnings awarded
to you are your sole responsibility. Winnings cannot be transferred,
substituted or redeemed for any other winnings.
5.9
You acknowledge that full freedom from errors and incompleteness is
impossible to achieve with respect to computer software. If you become
aware that the Software contains any error, or is incomplete, you shall
promptly notify Sportbet.com by e-mail at help@sportbet.com upon becoming aware of such error or incompleteness. You undertake to
refrain from taking any advantage whatsoever of that error or
Incompleteness and we reserve the right to recover any such advantage
that you do gain from such error or incompleteness, as well as all
associated costs, damages and expenses in making such recovery.
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6.1
Sportbet.com understands the need to protect your privacy. All
information that you provide will be processed in
accordance with standards of a level similar to those imposed by the
European Union on data protection.
6.2
By disclosing your personal information to Sportbet.com you consent to
the collection, storage and processing of your personal information for
the purposes of processing any transactions undertaken by you, for
internal administration and analysis. Your information shall only be
disclosed to third parties for the purpose of completing your
transactions with Sportbet.com, providing services to you and for
internal administration and obtaining professional advice.
6.3
The Internet is a global environment and so using the Internet to
collect and process personal data unavoidably involves the transmission
of data internationally. By registering with our service and
communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our
collecting and processing personal data in this way.
6.4
To provide you with a better service, Sportbet.com will collect
information about you when submitted and by analysis of your activity
on our site, including by the use of cookies. You will be given the
opportunity to request Sportbet.com not to use this information, except
insofar as such information relates to the use of information collected
in accordance with clause 6.2. If you do not so request, Sportbet.com
and our associated companies may use this information to inform you
about changes to our site, new services and promotions that you may
find interesting.
6.5
We reserve the right to access and disclose individually identifiable
information to comply with all applicable laws and lawful government
and/or regulatory requests to operate our systems properly or to protect
Sportbet.com and our other users.
6.6
We reserve the right to access and disclose individually identifiable
information to verify the authenticity of the information supplied by
you.
7.1 Except in the case of manifest error or neglect on our part,
Sportbet.com accepts no responsibility and shall not be liable for any
consequences that have occurred through your use, or misuse, of our
service.
7.2
Subject always to clause 6.1, Sportbet.com shall not be held liable or
responsible for any consequences that occur through your use of our
service where the circumstances that caused such consequences were
beyond our reasonable control, including any loss or damage that has
arisen through our site or our service or their content, including
delays or interruptions in operation or transmission, loss or
corruption of data, communication or lines failure, any person's misuse
of our site or any error or omission in content.
7.3
Our service is provided without any express warranties or guarantees,
unless specifically stated in these Terms, and to the extent permitted
by law, without any implied warranties or guarantees.
7.4
Sportbet.com accepts no responsibility and shall not be liable to you
for the content of or use by you of any information or services offered
by third parties advertising (including advertising by any referral
companies) or otherwise posting information via our site (whether
directly or via links to or from other sites or resources or through
framing or other electronic mechanisms) nor can Sportbet.com be said to
endorse the contents of such advertisements or information.
8.1 These Terms constitute the whole of the agreement between you and Sportbet.com.
8.2 Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
8.3
If any part of these Terms is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction or other competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or
unenforceable then such part will be severed from the remainder of
these Terms, which will continue to be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
9.1 Any player participating in the games of Sportbet.com does so at
their own discretion and risk. Materials of the game are automatically
void if counterfeited, mutilated, forged, altered or tampered with in
any way, if illegal, mechanically or electronically reproduced,
obtained outside authorised legitimate channels or if they contain
printing, production, typographical, mechanical, electronic or any
other errors. Errors due to the computer hardware or Internet
connection are the sole responsibility of the end user, not
Sportbet.com. No refunds shall be given. Taxes, if any, on any winnings
are the players sole responsibility. By accepting winnings, the player
consents to use his/her name for advertising and promotional purposes
without additional compensation except where prohibited by law. The
player, by acceptance of winnings, acknowledges compliance with all
rules herein. The company makes no representations or warranties,
implicit or explicit, as to the legal right for the player to
participate in the games nor shall any of Sportbet.com's employees,
licensees, distributors, wholesalers, affiliates, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotion or other agencies, media partners, agents or
retailers have the authority to make any such representations or
warranties. Sportbet.com shall not be required to maintain user names
or passwords and if player misplaces, forgets, loses, or is otherwise
unable to enter Sportbet.com because of anything other than
Sportbet.com error, if a player should give away, tell, share or lose
their account number and password, Sportbet.com will not be responsible
and will not be held liable for any claims regarding that account. The
terms and conditions contained herein may be modified and/or amended
only by Sportbet.com posting such modification and/or amendments in the
Terms and Conditions section of the website. Sportbet.com shall not be
liable for computer malfunctions, failure of telecommunications service
or Internet connections nor attempts by the player to participate in
the game by methods, means or ways not intended by Sportbet.com.
Sportbet.com reserves the right to cancel players account for any
reason and issue any balance in players account at the time of such
cancellation. The Terms and Conditions contained herein represent the
complete, final and exclusive agreement between the player and
Sportbet.com.
9.2
We cannot guarantee that the Service will never be faulty but we will
correct reported faults as soon as we reasonably can. If a fault occurs
you should report the fault by e-mail or in writing to the Help Centre.
9.3
We do not guarantee that files are free from computer viruses. It is
the players responsibility to protect their systems and have in place
the ability to reinstall any data or programs lost due to a virus.
9.4
We may temporarily suspend the whole or any part of the Service for any
reason at our sole discretion. We may, but shall not be obliged to,
give you as much notice as is reasonably practicable of such
suspension. We will restore the Service, as soon as is reasonably
practicable, after temporary suspension. In accordance with paragraph 9
below we shall not be liable to you for any loss that you may incur as
a result of such suspension or delay.
9.5
You must tell us immediately if anyone makes or threatens to make any
claim or issue legal proceedings against you relating to your use of
the Service or the Content and you will, at our request immediately
stop the act or acts complained of. If we ask you to, you must confirm
the details of the claim(s) in writing.
| Section 10. Variation of terms and conditions |
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We may modify the Contract at any time, such modifications becoming
effective immediately upon either the modified Contract on the Service
or notification to you. By continuing to use the Service following an
modification you will be deemed to accept such modification.
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If we cannot do what we have promised in the Contract because of
something beyond our reasonable control, technical failure, lightning,
flood, or exceptionally severe weather, fire or explosion, civil
disorder, war (whether declared or not), or operations, natural or
local emergency, anything done by government or other competent
authority or industrial disputes of any kind (including those involving
our employees), we will not be liable for this. |