| In order to participate in games for money, you must be over 18 years of age or comply with a higher minimum legal age stipulated in the jurisdiction of your residence under the laws applicable to You. We reserve the right at any time to request from You evidence of age in order to ensure that minors are not using the Service. We further reserve the right to suspend or cancel your account and exclude you, the User, temporarily or permanently, from using the Service if satisfactory proof of age is not provided or if we, the Company, suspect that you are underage. You are not currently on any list of persons that would prohibit the Group from engaging in business or other dealings, or otherwise offering the Service to You. You are not prohibited due to your geographic location or otherwise from receiving funds from the Group. In particular, You are not located in Cuba, Ivory Coast, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, USA and Zimbabwe or any other jurisdiction where Your participation would be in conflict with any applicable law (“prohibited countries”). You may not access the Services from any such country and if You are identified as such, the Group may immediately terminate your account and all access to any of the Services. You are solely responsible for the account details such as username and password or any other linked email address used as a means to access your account using the Service. You are also responsible for the security of any personal computer or device on which you register your account and from which your account may be accessed. In case there is a suspicion that such information should have been compromised, You must inform the Company and take proper actions to prohibit or prevent any unauthorised access to any part of your account or funds. We shall not be responsible for any unauthorised use of your account when we are not at fault. You warrant that any names or images used by you in connection with the Site or Service (for example, your username and avatar) shall not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of any third party. You hereby grant the Company and its Group a worldwide, irrevocable, transferable, royalty free, sublicensable license to use such names and images for any purpose connected with the Site or Service, subject to the terms of our Privacy Notice. You may only use the Games on your own behalf and not on the behalf of any other person or company. You may only participate in the Games strictly in your personal capacity for recreational and entertainment reasons only. You are hereby informed that employees of the Company may from time to time play the Games where required and necessary to test the quality of the product environment or any other reasons as may be required. Such employee accounts shall be clearly distinguishable, and this will be done in line with the Company’s internal policies and procedures. Any such play will be conducted solely between employees of the Company. You are prohibited from using the Service in any way to create, receive or facilitate the transfer or receipt of any financial gain or other pecuniary advantage to you or any third party (whether or not acting on your behalf) or to transfer, sell and/or acquire, user accounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, you acknowledge and agree that you shall have no ownership or other property interest in your User Account, and that all rights in and to your User Account shall forever be owned by and inure to the benefit of the Company. You may participate in any Games only if You have enough funds in your Account for such participation. You may not use funds that are tainted or associated with any illegality or originates from any illegal activity or source. You are solely responsible for reporting and accounting for any taxes or other fees applicable to you under the relevant laws for any winnings that you receive from Us. In relation to deposits and withdrawals of funds into and from your User Account, You shall only use such payment methods and other financial instruments that are valid and lawfully belong to You. You must not be involved in any fraudulent, collusive behaviour (including but not limited to sharing hole cards), fixing or any other unlawful activity in relation to Your and third parties’ participation in any of the Games. We reserve the right, in addition to other measures, to restrict seating and/or to prohibit users from playing at a particular poker table or in a tournament, including restricting two or more users from playing together at the same table or in the same tournament. In addition, We reserve the right to consider any collusion between Users as a material breach of this Agreement and accordingly We shall have the right to terminate a User Account if a User engages or attempts to engage in any such activity, regardless of the outcome of such attempt. Should such termination occur in accordance with this Clause, We reserve the right to confiscate funds from the said behaviour. Chip-dumping occurs when any User intentionally loses a hand in order to deliberately transfer chips or funds to another User. Any User who participates or attempts to participate in chip-dumping with any other User while utilising the Service may be permanently banned from using the Service and their User Account may be terminated immediately. In such circumstances we will be under no obligation to return or credit to You any funds that may be in your User Account at such time. Should such termination occur in accordance with this Clause, We reserve the right to confiscate funds from the said behaviour. We prohibit third party assistance tools and software (TPA) that provide an "unfair advantage" to users. We consider "TPA Tools" to be items such as, but not limited to computer software, websites, and reference materials. We prohibit the use of the following TPA tools whilst the Software is running (including but not limited to): Tools or services that builds up a database of opponents' past tendencies, regardless if the player was dealt into the hand or not; Tools or services that can be used to remotely access or share a player’s screen with others; Tools or services that disguises the device used and it’s installed operating system; Tools or services that assists a player in seating, registering for games or game selections; Tools or services that assists a player in taking actions or sizing bets; Any other tool or service deemed by our Game Integrity Team to provide players with an unfair advantage. If any User is unsure if a specific tool, service, or program is allowed while having the Software running or what constitutes an “unfair advantage” in the context of TPA Tools, then they should contact 4Poker Support for more information.
Use of robot applications (commonly referred to as ‘bots’) to make playing decisions and/or provide playing guidance, or the use of artificial intelligence and/or any machine learning application in conjunction with the use of this Service is strictly prohibited. The Company reserves the right to consider any use of the aforementioned applications as a material breach of this Agreement and accordingly shall have the right to terminate a User account in the event whereby a User engages or attempts to engage in any such activity, regardless of the outcome of such an attempt. Should such termination occur in accordance with this Clause, the Company reserves the right to confiscate funds from the said behaviour. All actions taken in relation to the Service by a User must be executed personally by users through the user interface accessible by use of the Software, and without the assistance of any form of artificial intelligence. The use of a VPN connection or Proxy server is monitored. We reserve the right to request You to supply Us with information and/or documentation in connection with Your VPN/ Proxy server usage and We retain the right to block the User Account and funds held thereon, based on the Company’s assessment of the activity in question. You agree that we may take steps to detect and prevent the use of prohibited TPA Tools and bots. These steps may include, but are not limited to, examination of software programs running concurrently with the Software on your computer. You must not attempt to bypass, interfere with, or block such steps, including, without limitation, through the use of third-party software. You may only use the Software for your own personal, recreational use in accordance with rules and terms and conditions we have established and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You shall be courteous to other users using the Service and the Site as well as support personnel employed by the Group and avoid rude or obscene comments. You must not post unlawful, indecent, racist, obscene, libellous, defamatory, or threatening material, or any material that would violate any law or generally be considered to be an offensive, via the Service (including when using the chat function, the user images option or correspondence with the Group’s staff. The Company reserves the right to restrict or deny access, totally or partly, to the user account, at its own discretion. In the event that we deem that a User has engaged or attempted to engage in fraudulent, unlawful, dishonest or improper activity while using the Service or the Site, including without limitation, engaging in any of the activities set forth herein this Agreement or any other game manipulation, we shall be entitled to take such action as we see fit, including but not limited to: Immediately blocking a User's access to the Service, Seizing funds held in the User’s Account, Terminating User’s Account; and/or Taking legal action against a User.
|