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1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT MAKES UP YOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.1

By using and/or visiting any section of the Market2win websites www.market2win.com or www.market2win-info.com (referred to in these Terms and Conditions as the “Websites”); or by opening an account with Market2win (as determined by reference to paragraph 2 of the General Terms and Conditions) through the Websites, You agree to be bound by the General Terms and Conditions, on this page; and You accordingly agree to the use of electronic communications in order to enter into contracts; and You waive any applicable rights or requirements which require a signature by hand, to the extent permitted by any applicable law. These Terms and Conditions do not affect your statutory rights.

1.2 In addition, where You play any game using the Websites, You agree to be bound by (which can be found under the ‘Help’ tab) and:
 
1.2.1

any terms and conditions and/or rules with regard to promotions, bonuses and special offers which may apply to any part of the Websites from time to time; and

1.2.2

any additional end user terms and conditions of use which You are required to confirm Your agreement to as part of the download and/or installation of any software which You may download in order to be able to use the Websites

1.3

All of the various terms and conditions in paragraphs 1.1 and 1.2 above shall together be referred to as “the Terms of Use”.

1.4

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before accepting them. Once You have accepted the Terms of Use, please print the Terms of Use and store them, along with all confirmation emails, additional terms, transaction data, game rules and payment methods relevant to Your use of the Websites. Please note that the Terms of Use are subject to change, as set out in paragraph 3 below.

1.5

If You do not agree to accept and be bound by the Terms of Use please do not open an account, and/or continue to use Your Account. Your continued use of the Websites will constitute acceptance of the Terms of Use which we have notified You are in force from time to time.

1.6

The Terms of Use govern Your contract with Market2win as determined by reference to paragraph 2 below and will come into effect on 1st October 2009.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

2. PARTIES
2.1

The Terms of Use shall be agreed between You and Market2win Limited (“Us”)

3. CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE
3.1

We may need to change the Terms of Use from time to time for a number of reasons, including (without limitation) for commercial reasons; and/or to comply with law or regulations; and/or to comply with instructions, guidance or recommendations from a regulatory body; or for customer service reasons.

3.2

Where we wish to make substantial changes to the Terms of Use, we will (where reasonably practicable) give You as much prior notice of such changes as is reasonably practicable via one of the methods set out in paragraph 3.3. For minor or insubstantial changes, we may not give You any notice of such changes, so You are advised to review terms and conditions which are available through the ‘Terms and Conditions’ link on the Websites on a regular basis.

3.3

Where we make changes to the Terms of Use which we wish to notify You of, we will do so by:

 
3.3.1

email (to the email address You have previously supplied us with, if any); and/or

3.3.2

a notice on the Websites

3.4

If any change is unacceptable to You, You may either cease using the Websites, and/or close Your Account by complying with paragraph 8 of these General Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the Websites after the date on which the Terms of Use are stated to come into effect will be deemed to be Your binding acceptance of the revised Terms of Use, whether or not You have had notice of, or have read, the revised Terms of Use.

3.5

We may also change the Terms of Use by notice on the Websites, accompanied by an invitation for You to accept the new Terms of Use by clicking “yes”, “I accept”, checking a ‘tick box’ or similar method of confirmation by You. If You provide us with any such confirmation, from that time You are deemed to have accepted, and be bound by, the new Terms of Use.

4. OPENING YOUR ACCOUNT
4.1

In order to play a game via the Websites, You will need to open an account with Market2win (“Your Account”). 

4.2 When You open Your Account You will be asked to provide us with personal information, including Your name and e-mail address (“Your Contact Details”). You may update Your Contact Details from time to time by accessing the Account management page on the Websites.
5. VERIFICATION OF YOUR IDENTITY; MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS
5.1 You warrant that:
 
3.3.1

email (to the email address You have previously supplied us with, if any); and/or

3.3.2

a notice on the Websites

6. USERNAME, PASSWORD and CUSTOMER INFORMATION
6.1 After opening Your Account, You must use take all reasonable steps to avoid disclosing (whether deliberately or accidentally) Your username and password to anyone else. All transactions made where Your username and password and/or account number have been entered correctly will be regarded as valid, whether or not authorised by You, and we shall not be liable for any claims in the event that You disclose Your username, password or account number to anyone else.
6.2

If You have lost or forgotten Your Account details please contact us immediately for a replacement

7. COLLUSION, CHEATING, FRAUD AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
7.1

If You are gaming on peer-to-peer events via the Websites You cannot see who You are gaming against and they may be:

  • colluding with other third parties; and/or
  • using unfair external factors or influences (commonly known as cheating); and/or
  • undertaking fraudulent activities to Your disadvantage and their advantage.
Such practices are not permitted and we will deal with the relevant players appropriately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage which You or any other player may incur as a result of collusive, fraudulent or otherwise illegal activity, or cheating, and any action we take in respect of the same will be at our sole discretion.

7.2

If You suspect a person is colluding, cheating or undertaking a fraudulent activity, You shall as soon as reasonably practicable report it to us by e-mailing us

7.3 You agree that You shall not participate in or be connected with any form of collusion, cheating or fraudulent practice, or otherwise any other criminal activity, in connection with Your access to or use of the Websites. Any breach of this paragraph by You will be a material breach of the Terms of Use.
7.4 If:
  7.4.1 We have reasonable grounds to believe that:
 
7.4.1.1

You have participated in or have been connected with any form of collusion, cheating, unfair or fraudulent practice, or otherwise any other criminal activity; or

7.4.1.2

You have, in relation to any game played, gained an unfair advantage over any other person participating in the relevant game; or

7.4.1.3

a game in which You participated included the use of collusive or fraudulent practice, or any cheating; or

 
7.4.2

we become aware that You have played online games with any other online provider of gaming services and are suspected (as a result of such play) of collusion, cheating or fraud (including in relation to charge-backs), or otherwise any criminal or otherwise improper activity; or

7.4.3

You become bankrupt or suffered analogous proceedings anywhere in the world,
then we shall have the right to suspend Your Account for an indefinite period of time; and/or withhold the whole or part of balance of Your Account; and/or close Your Account and terminate the Terms of Use

7.5 For the purposes of paragraph 7.4.1:
 
7.5.1

the basis of our belief shall include the use by us (and by our gaming partners and our other suppliers) of any fraud, cheating and collusion detection practices which are used in the gambling and gaming industry at the relevant time;

7.5.2

a “fraudulent practice” shall include the use by You or any other person who was participating in the same game as You at any time, of a stolen, cloned or otherwise unauthorised credit or debit card, as a source of funds;

7.5.3

a “criminal activity” shall include money laundering

7.5.4

an “unfair advantage” shall include: the exploitation of a fault, loophole or error in our software (including a game); the use of automated players (sometimes known as ‘bots’); or the exploitation by You of an ‘Error’ by us

7.6 We reserve the right to inform relevant authorities, other online service providers and banks, credit card companies, electronic payment providers or other financial institutions of Your identity and of any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity, and You agree to cooperate fully with us to investigate any such activity.
8. CLOSURE OF YOUR ACCOUNT; TERMINATION OF THE TERMS OF USE
8.1

You are entitled to close Your Account and terminate the Terms of Use on not less than 24 hours’ notice to us at any time, provided that Your Account does not show a balance is due to us, by contacting us by any of the contact details in paragraph 6.2, in each case clearly:

 
8.1.1

indicating Your wish to close Your Account; and

8.1.2

stating the reasons why You wish to close Your Account

8.2

The Terms of Use shall terminate with effect from the date on which the closure of Your Account takes effect. The balance of Your Account will be non-refundable and deemed to be forfeited by You.

8.3 Where You have closed Your Account, we may in certain circumstances be able to re-open Your Account with the same account details as before if You request us to do so. In such circumstances, while Your Account will have the same account details as before, it will be subject to the Terms of Use which are in force at the date of any such re-opening; and any prior entitlements (including, but without limitation, to bonuses or contingent winnings) will no longer be valid.

CLOSURE AND TERMINATION BY US

8.4

If Your Account remains inactive for a continuous period of six (6) months or more, we may close or suspend Your Account without notice. In the event of such account closure, the Terms of Use will be terminated automatically from the date on which such termination takes effect.

8.5 We are entitled to close Your Account and terminate the Terms of Use on written notice (or attempted notice) to You using Your Contact Details. In the event of any such termination by us, other than where such closure and termination is made pursuant to paragraph 7 (Collusion, Cheating, Fraud and Criminal Activity) or paragraph 15 (Breach of the Terms of Use) of these General Terms and Conditions.
8.6

Where we close Your Account and terminate the Terms of Use pursuant paragraphs 7 (Collusion, Cheating, Fraud and Criminal Activity) or paragraph 15 (Breach of the Terms of Use) of these General Terms and Conditions, the balance of Your Account will be non-refundable and deemed to be forfeited by You.

9. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE WEBSITES
9.1 You are solely responsible for the supply and maintenance of all of the computer equipment and telecommunications networks and internet access services that You need to use in order to access the the Websites. We will not be liable in any way whatsoever for any losses caused to You by the internet or any telecommunication service provider which You have engaged in order to access the Websites.
9.2

Under no circumstances should You use the Websites for any purpose which is or is likely to be considered to be defamatory, abusive, obscene, unlawful, of a racist, sexist or other discriminatory nature, or which could cause offence. You must not use any abusive or aggressive language or images; swear, threaten, harass or abuse any other person, including other users, via the Websites; or behave in such a manner towards any Market2win staff.

9.3

You shall not corrupt the Websites, flood the Websites with information so as to cause the Websites to not function, nor use any features which may affect the function of the Websites in any way for example (but not limited to) releasing or propogating viruses, worms, logic bombs or similar. Any multiple submissions or "spam" are strictly prohibited. You must not interfere or tamper with, remove or otherwise alter in any way, any information in any form which is included on the Websites.

9.4 You shall use the Websites for personal use only and shall not be allowed to provide access or reproduce the Websites or any part of it in any form whatsoever without our express consent
9.5

We reserve the right to restrict access to certain parts of the Websites for different customers

9.6

You will fully indemnify, defend and hold us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors and suppliers (including without limitation the Software Provider) harmless from and against any and all losses, costs, expenses, claims, demands, liabilities and damages (including legal fees), however caused, that may arise as a result of or in connection with:

 
9.6.1

access and use of the Websites by Yourself or by anyone else using Your Username and Password; and/or

9.6.2

breach by You of any of the terms and provisions of these Terms of Use.

10. ALTERATION OF THE WEBSITE
10.1 We may, in our absolute discretion, alter or amend any product offered via the Websites at any time for the purpose of ensuring the ongoing provision of the Websites and may alter prices offered via the products offered via the Websites where such alterations do not affect games already in progress. From time to time, we may restrict You from accessing some parts of the Websites for the purpose of maintenance of the Websites and/or alteration or amendment of any of the products offered via it.
11. SOFTWARE
11.1 It may be necessary to provide You with software ("Software") provided by third parties to enable You to use the products offered via the Websites
11.2

In such circumstances, You may be required to enter into end user terms and conditions of use in respect of such Software with such third party (a "Third Party Software Agreement") in order to make use of such Software. In case of any inconsistency between the Terms of Use and any Third Party Software Agreement, the Terms of Use will prevail.

11.3 You shall not interfere with, modify or reverse engineer any software provided to You by us and/or any Third Party or attempt to do so, except as permitted by law.
12. IT FAILURE
12.1

Where unexpected system flaws, faults or errors occur in the software or hardware which we use to provide the Websites we will take immediate steps to remedy the problem. Where such flaws, faults or errors cause a game to be interrupted in circumstances where it cannot be restarted from exactly the same position without any detriment to You or other players, we will take all reasonable steps to treat You in a fair manner.

12.2

We do not accept any liability whatsoever for IT failures which are caused by the equipment which You or other players are using to access the Websites or faults which relate to Your or their internet service provider.

13. ERRORS OR OMISSIONS
13.1 We agree that we shall use all reasonable endeavours to detect any Errors and shall inform You of them as soon as reasonably practicable.
13.2 Neither we (including our employees or agents) nor our partners or suppliers shall be liable for any loss that results from any Error by us or an error by You.
14. EXCLUSION OF OUR LIABILITY
14.1

Your access to and use of the products offered via the Websites, is at Your sole option, discretion and risk. We shall not be liable for any attempts by You to use the Websites by methods, means or ways not intended by us.

14.2

We will provide the Websites with reasonable skill and care and substantially as described in the Terms of Use. We do not make any other promises or warranties regarding the Websites, or the products offered via the Websites, and hereby exclude (to the extent permitted by law) all implied warranties in respect of the same.

14.3

We (including our parent and subsidiary companies, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) shall not be liable to You in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for any business losses, including but not limited to loss of data, profits, revenue, business, opportunity, goodwill, reputation or business interruption or for any losses which are not currently foreseeable by us arising out of the Terms of Use or Your use of the Websites .

15. BREACH OF THE TERMS OF USE
15.1

You shall compensate us in full for any claims, liabilities, costs, expenses (including legal fees) and any other charges that may arise as a result of Your breach of the Terms of Use or any breach by You or by any other person using Your Account (whether or not with Your authority) of any laws of any jurisdiction which is applicable to You

15.2

Where You are in material breach of the Terms of Use, we reserve the right, but shall not be required, to:

 
15.2.1

Provide You with notice (using Your Contact Details) that You are in breach; requiring You to stop the relevant act or failure to act, and/or requiring You to put right an act or fault on Your part; and warning You of our intended action if You do not do so; and/or

15.2.2

suspend Your Account so that You are unable to play games on the Websites, for such period as we may determine; and/or

15.2.3

close Your Account and terminate these Terms of Use, with or without prior notice from us.

15.3 We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by You or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion You have failed to comply with any of the provisions of the Terms of Use.
16. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
16.1 All website design, text, graphics, music, sound, photographs, video, the selection and arrangement thereof, software compilations, underlying source code, software and all other material contained within the Websites are subject to copyright and other proprietary rights which are either owned by us or used under licence from third party rights owners. To the extent that any material contained on the Websites may be downloaded or printed then such material may be downloaded to a single personal computer only and hard copy portions may be printed solely for Your own personal and non-commercial use.
16.2 Under no circumstances shall the use of the Websites grant to any user any interest in any intellectual property rights (for example copyright, know-how or trademarks) owned by us or by any third party whatsoever.
16.3

No rights whatsoever are granted to use or reproduce any trademarks or logos which appear on the Websites except as specifically permitted in accordance with the Terms of Use.

16.4 You must not, nor must You allow any other person to copy, store, publish, rent, licence, sell, distribute, alter, add to, delete, remove or tamper with the Websites or any part of them in any way or directly or indirectly disrupt or interfere (or attempt to disrupt or interfere) with or alter the Websites, other than in the course of viewing or using the Websites in accordance with the Terms of Use .
16.5 All intellectual property rights in the name "Market2win" the logos, designs, trademarks and other distinctive brand features of Market2win and any content provided by Market2win for inclusion on the Websites vest in Market2win. You agree not to display or use such logos, designs, trademarks and other distinctive brand features in any manner without our prior written consent.
17. VIRUSES, HACKING AND OTHER OFFENCES
17.1 You must not misuse the Websites by knowingly or negligently introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Websites, the servers on which the Websites are stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Websites. You must not attack the Websites via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, You may have committed a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing Your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, Your right to use the Websites will cease immediately.
17.2

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect Your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to Your use of the Websites or to Your downloading of any material posted on such Websites, or on any website linked to the Websites.

18. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
18.1

All information on Your Account held by us remains confidential except where otherwise stated in the Terms of Use (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Privacy Policy).

18.2

We are required by law (in particular by the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK) to comply with data protection requirements in the way in which we use any personal information collected from You in Your use of the Websites. We therefore take very seriously our obligations in relation to the way in which we use Your personal information.

18.3 When You use the Websites it will be necessary for us to collect certain information about You, including Your name, Your Contact Details, and may also include information about Your marketing preferences (all of which shall be known as “Your Personal Information”).
18.4

By providing us with Your Personal Information, You consent to our processing Your Personal Information, including any of the same which is particularly sensitive:

 
18.4.1

for the purposes set out in the Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy); and

18.4.2

for other purposes where we need to process Your Personal Information for the purposes of operating the Websites,

18.5

We will retain copies of any communications that You send to us (including copies of any emails) in order to maintain accurate records of the information that we have received from You.

19. COMPLAINTS AND NOTICES
19.1 If You wish to make a complaint regarding the Websites, as a first step You should as soon as reasonably practicable contact Market2win about Your complaint.
19.2

You acknowledge that Market2win will determine the outcome of the games played on the Websites and You accept the outcomes of all such games. You further agree that in the unlikely event of a disagreement between the result that appears on Your screen and the game server, the result that appears on the game server will prevail, and You acknowledge and agree that our records will be the final authority in determining the terms and circumstances of Your participation in the relevant online gaming activity and the results of this participation.

19.3 When we wish to contact You, we may do so using any of Your Contact Details and in the case of an email, that such email was sent to the specified email address (if any) in Your Contact Details at the time that any such e-mail was sent.
20. INTERPRETATION
20.1 The original text of the Terms of Use are in English and any interpretation of them will be based on the original English text. If the Terms of Use or any documents or notices related to them are translated into any other language, the original English version will prevail.
21. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
 

We reserve the right to transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge the Terms of Use, in whole or in part, to any person (but without Your consent) without notice, provided that any such assignment will be on the same terms or terms that are no less advantageous to You. You may not assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer in any manner whatsoever any of Your rights or obligations under the Terms of Use.

22. EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL
22.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a the Terms of Use that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (a “Force Majeure Event”).
22.2

Our performance is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.

23. WAIVER
23.1 If we fail to insist upon strict performance of any of Your obligations or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve You from compliance with such obligations.
23.2

A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.

23.3

No waiver by us of any of the provisions of the Terms of Use shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to You in writing in accordance with paragraph 19 (Complaints and Notices) above.

24.

SEVERABILITY

24.1

If any of the Terms of Use are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

24.2

In such cases, the part deemed invalid or unenforceable shall be amended in a manner consistent with the applicable law to reflect, as closely as possible, Market2win's original intent.

25. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
25.1 The Terms of Use and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between You and us and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between You and us, whether oral or in writing.
25.2

We each acknowledge that neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us except as expressly stated in the Terms of Use.

25.3

Neither party shall have any remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by the other, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of the contract (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and the other party’s only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in the Terms of Use.

26. LAW AND JURISDICTION
26.1 The courts of England and Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising out of the Terms of Use.
27. LINKS
27.1

Where we provide hyperlinks to other websites, we do so for information purposes only. You use any such links at your own risk and we accept no responsibility for the content or use of such websites, or for the information contained on them. You may not link to this site, nor frame it without our express permission.

28. CONTACT US
28.1

Market2win can be contacted by e-mail at the address on the Contact Us page of www.market2win.com