Terms & Conditions

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCEPTING THESE AGREEMENTS, THEN PRINT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND STORE THEM ALONG WITH ALL CONFIRMATION EMAILS, ADDITIONAL TERMS AND GAME RULES RELEVANT TO YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORMS AND/OR SERVICES. WE WILL NOT FILE OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU SO PLEASE PRINT IT OUT FOR YOUR RECORDS. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE (AS SET OUT BELOW).

You accept to be bound by this contract by clicking on 'Submit' or 'I Agree'. After you click on 'Submit' or 'I Agree', a legally binding agreement on these terms and conditions is concluded between, (a) you, the end user ('you'), and (b) Interskill Games Limited of Suite 711, Block 7, Europort, Gibraltar 'Group', 'we', 'us' or 'our' The Group provides the services on PartyPoker.net, PartyCasino.net, and PartyGammon.net, and PartyBets.net and any other online platform provided by us ('Platforms') on which you access our services('Services').

In the event that you have any complaints, claims or disputes with regard toany outcome regarding the Services or any other activity performed by theGroup, you should contact the Group in accordance with Section 18 below. TheseTerms and Conditions together with the PrivacyPolicy, any News section) Promotions section, Tournaments section, GameInstructions and Rules section, the Frequently Asked Questions, all additionalgame rules, and any other additional rules and terms published on the Platformsor otherwise notified to you that specifically relate to and govern anyparticular event, game, software, promotion or tournament constitute a legallybinding agreement between the Group and you ('Agreements').You should read all of these documents carefully as each one forms part of thelegally binding agreement between us.

IF THESE AGREEMENTS ARE TRANSLATED INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION WILL PREVAIL IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TRANSLATION AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION.

Please note that these Terms and Conditions shall prevail in the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and any of the game rules or other documents referred to in these Terms and Conditions.

By clicking on 'Submit' or 'I Agree' and accepting these Terms and Conditions, you are also acknowledging and accepting these Agreements. Access to and use of our Services are governed by these Agreements. If you have any questions about these Agreements, we would encourage you to seek independent legal advice.

Your attention is drawn to our PrivacyPolicy which describes how we deal with and protect your personalinformation. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you are alsoacknowledging and accepting the Privacy Policy.

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SPORTS SERVICES
The sports services are the services provided by us via the following Platform: PartyBets.net (the 'Sports Services').

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GAMING SERVICES
The gaming services are the services provided by us via the following Platforms: PartyPoker.net, PartyCasino.net, PartyGammon.net, and PartyBets.net (together the 'Gaming Services').

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1. APPLICABILITY OF AGREEMENTS
By using our Services and/or by acknowledging that you have read these Agreements when you register to join and/or by clicking on the 'Submit' or 'I Agree' button when you install any of the software relating to the Services provided via the Platforms or when you register for your Account(s), you agree to comply with these Agreements, and you acknowledge that your failure to comply with these Agreements may result in disqualification, the closure of your Account(s) (hereafter as defined in Section 3 below), and/or legal action against you, as appropriate and as further specified in these Agreements. You acknowledge that if you accept these Agreements, we will start providing you with the benefit of the Services immediately. As a consequence of this, if you accept these Agreements when registering for our Services, you will not later be able to cancel your registration, although you can terminate these Agreements and close your Account(s) in accordance with Section 15 below.

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2. LEGALITY OF USE OF THE SERVICES
2.1. You may only use the Services if you are 18 years of age or over (or such other higher minimum legal age in your jurisdiction) and it is legal for you to do so according to the laws that apply in your jurisdiction. Group reserves the right to ask for proof of age from you and your Account(s) may be suspended until satisfactory proof of age is provided. You understand and accept that the Group is unable to provide you any legal advice or assurances and that it is your sole responsibility to ensure that at all times you comply with the laws that govern you and that you have the complete legal right to use the Services. Any use of the Services is at your sole option, discretion and risk. By using the Services, you acknowledge that you do not find the Services to be offensive, objectionable, unfair, or indecent in any way.

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3. ACCOUNT/REGISTRATION
3.1. You may need to register for an account with us for each Service that you use.

3.2. You can open an Account with us by choosing a uniqueaccount name and password and entering other information that we ask for on ourregistration form (an 'Account'). You shall ensure that the details provided atregistration are accurate and kept up to date. You can change the details youprovide at registration at any time by editing your Account preferences. Pleasesee our Privacy Policy for furtherdetails.

3.3. To use certain of the Services you may first need to download and install software indicated and usually provided on the relevant Platform.

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4. TRUE IDENTITY AND ONE ACCOUNT
The name on your Account(s) must match your true and legal name and identity. To verify your identity, Group reserves the right to request at any time satisfactory proof of identity (including but not limited to copies of a valid passport / identity card) and proof of address (including but not limited a recent utility bill or bank statement). Failure to supply such documentation may result in suspension of your Account(s). You are prohibited from holding more than one (1) Account per Platform. Group reserves the right to close your Account(s) if you open multiple Accounts.

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5. NO GROUP EMPLOYEES OR AFFILIATES
If you are an officer, director, employee, consultant or agent of the Group or one of its subsidiary parent or associated companies, or suppliers or vendors, you are not permitted to register for an Account with Group or to use directly or indirectly any of the Services (each an 'Unauthorised Person'), other than in the course of your employment as a Group employee. Similarly, relatives of Unauthorised Persons are not permitted to register with Group or to use directly or indirectly any of the Services. For these purposes, the term 'relative' shall include (but not be limited to) any of a spouse, partner, parent, child or sibling.

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6. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES
6.1. The Group reserves the right to suspend, modify, remove and/or add to any Service in its sole discretion with immediate effect and without notice and the Group will not be liable for any such action.

6.2. The Group forbids the use of all unfair practices when using the Services. We do this to protect our customers and the integrity of the Services. Please read our Unfair Advantage Policy which is incorporated in this agreement for further details and our Anti-Cheating Policy at section 24.4. If any customer is found to be participating in any form of collusion or other activities that we consider to constitute cheating his or her account(s) may be permanently closed.

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7. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
The terms PartyGaming, PartyPoker, PartyCasino, PartyGammon, PartyBets and any other marks used by Group are the trade marks, service marks and/or trade names of the Group or one of its subsidiaries or associated companies or its licensors. Further, all other material used by Group, including but not limited to the software, images, pictures, graphics, photographs, animations, videos, music, audio, text (and any intellectual property rights in and to any of the same) is owned by the Group or one of its subsidiaries or associated group companies and/or licensors and is protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property rights. You obtain no rights in such copyright material or trade or service marks and must not use them without the Group's written permission.

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8. INACTIVE ACCOUNTS
If you do not access your Account(s) by "logging in" to your Account(s) using your Account name(s) and password(s) for any period of six calendar months, your Account will be deemed Inactive and will be closed. Back to top

9. ABUSIVE OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
Abusive or offensive language will not be tolerated on the Group's chat boards, or otherwise by you on the Platforms or with Group staff. Any violation of this policy will result in a suspension of your use of the Services or such other action as may be reasonably required by the Group to ensure compliance. In addition, you are not entitled to make untrue and/or malicious and/or damaging comments with regard to the Group's operation in any media or forum.

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10. DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT NAME AND PASSWORD
The Account name(s) and password(s) selected when you apply for membership should not be disclosed to any third party. You are solely responsible for the security of your Account name(s) and password(s).

You agree to keep your Account name(s) and password(s) secret and confidential and not to allow anyone else to use it. Every person who identifies themselves by entering a correct username and password is assumed by Group to be the rightful Account holder and all transactions where the username and password have been entered correctly will be regarded as valid. In no event will the Group be liable for any loss you suffer as a result of any unauthorised use or misuse of your login details. The Group shall not be required to maintain Account names or passwords. If you misplace, forget, or lose your Account name(s), username(s) or password(s) as a result of anything other than Group's error, the Group shall not be liable.

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11. FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES
The Group has a zero tolerance policy towards inappropriate play and fraudulentactivity. If, in the Group's sole determination, you are found to have cheatedor attempted to defraud the Group or any other user of any of the Services inany way, including but not limited to game manipulation, or any otherfraudulent activity , the Group reserves the right to suspend and/or close yourAccount(s) and to share this information (together with your identity) withappropriate third parties. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details.

We reserve the right to void and withhold any or all prizes won by any person or group of persons where we have reasonable grounds to believe that said person or group of persons is acting or has acted in liaison in an attempt to defraud or damage Group and/or the Services and/or the Platforms in any way.

In the interests of data protection, security and avoidance of fraud the Group does not permit use of any communication channels included within the Services and/or the Platforms (including but not limited to dealer table chat boards) to offer or promote any offers, products and services (whether yours or a third party's). You are expressly prohibited from posting information or contacting our customers to offer or promote any offers, products or services.

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12. SYSTEM ERRORS
In the event of any system failure or game error (a divergence from the normal functioning of the game logic for whatever reason) that results in an error ('System Error') the Group will seek to place all parties directly affected by such System Error in the position they were in before the System Error occurred. The Group reserves the right to declare null and void any bets that were the subject of such System Error. In all circumstances whereby the Group (in its sole discretion) determines a System Error has been used to gain an unfair advantage, the Group reserves the right to consider this activity to be subject to Section 14 (Forfeiture & Account Closure) of these Terms and Conditions.

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13. SECURITY REVIEW
To maintain a high level of security and integrity in the system, the Group reserves the right to conduct a security review at any time to validate your identity, age, the registration data provided by you, to verify your use of the Services, including but not limited to your compliance with these Agreements and the policies of the Group for potential breach of these Agreements and of applicable law (a 'Security Review'). As such you authorize us and our agents to make any inquiries of you and for us to use and disclose to any third party we consider necessary to validate the information you provide to us or should provide to us in accordance with these Agreements, including but not limited to verifying information against third party databases. In addition, to facilitate these Security Reviews, you agree to provide such information or documentation as the Group, in its unfettered discretion, may request.

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14. FORFEITURE & ACCOUNT CLOSURE
14.1. THE GROUP RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS UNFETTERED DISCRETION AND IN RELATION TO YOUR ACCOUNT(S), , ANY ACCOUNTS YOU MAY HAVE WITH OTHER SITES AND/OR SERVICES OWNED OR OPERATED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP, TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AND SUSPEND YOUR ACCOUNT(S),:

14.1.1. you are in material breach of any of these Agreements;

14.1.2. the Group becomes aware that you have used or attempted to use the Services for the purposes of fraud, collusion or unlawful or improper activity;

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15. TERMINATION

You are entitled to close your Account(s) and terminate these Agreements on seven (7) days notice to Group by sending a letter or email using the details at 'contact us  '. We will respond within a reasonable time provided that you continue to assume responsibility for all activity on your Account(s) until such closure has been affected by us. The Group is entitled to terminate these Agreements on seven (7) days notice (or attempted notice) to you at the email address you have provided the Group. In the event of termination by Group, Group shall give notice of the termination to you via emai

15.2. The following Sections of these Terms and Conditions shall survive any termination of these Agreements by either party: 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21], along with any other Sections which are required for the purposes of interpretation.

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16. COMPENSATION
YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL ONLY USE THE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE AGREEMENTS. YOU WILL COMPENSATE THE GROUP IN FULL FOR ANY LOSSES OR COSTS (INCUDING REASONABLE LEGAL FEES) WHICH THE GROUP INCURS ARISING FROM ANY BREACH BY YOU OF THE AGREEMENTS.

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17. LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS
17.1. YOUR ACCESS TO THE PLATFORMS, DOWNLOAD OF ANY SOFTWARE RELATING TO THE SERVICES FROM THE PLATFORMS AND USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE OPTION, DISCRETION AND RISK. THE GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONS OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES WE MAKE AVAILABLE FROM THE PLATFORMS, SYSTEM ERRORS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 12, BUGS OR VIRUSES RESULTING IN LOST DATA OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE. FURTHERMORE, THE GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ATTEMPTS BY YOU TO USE THE SERVICES BY METHODS, MEANS OR WAYS NOT INTENDED BY THE GROUP. THE GROUP IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REDUNDANT OR BACKUP NETWORKS AND/OR SYSTEMS.

17.2. GROUP WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES WITH REASONABLE SKILL AND CARE AND SUBSTANTIALLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENTS. GROUP DOES NOT MAKE ANY OTHER PROMISES OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SERVICES.

17.3. THE GROUP'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF THESE AGREEMENTS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES WE MAKE AVAILABLE FROM THE PLATFORMS, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WILL BE LIMITED IN ANY TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD TO THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU HAVE PAID TO ACCESS THE SITES IN THE SAME TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD AND IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE RELEVANT TO WHICH THE LIABILITY IN QUESTION HAS ARISEN.

17.4. THE GROUP (INCLUDING ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES) WILL 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 THESE AGREEMENTS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.

17.5. NOTHING IN THESE AGREEMENTS WILL OPERATE SO AS TO EXCLUDE ANY LIABILITY THE GROUP MAY HAVE IN RESPECT OF EITHER FRAUD, OR DEATH, OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THE GROUP'S NEGLIGENCE.

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18. NOTICESCOMPLAINTS
If you have any complaints, claims or disputes with regard to any outcome regarding the Services or any other activity, you must submit your complaint to Group in writing as soon as is reasonably practicable following the date of the original transaction to which the claim or dispute refers. Complaints may be submitted by email to info@partycasino.net. You may also submit notices to us in writing at: for Player Claims, Suite 711, Block 7, Europort; Any notice we give to you (save as otherwise set out herein) will be sent to the email address that you provide when you register your Account. It is your responsibility to give us notice of any changes to this address through the 'Change Email' facility in our software and to regularly check your email account for emails from the Group.

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19. DATA PROTECTION
19.1. Group may share your personal data with any of itsagents who may only use such data for strictly the same purposes as Group shallspecify and within the terms of these Agreements. The Group shall use yourpersonal data in accordance with the PrivacyPolicy.

19.2. You should assume that all use of our website, and emails and telephone calls between you and Group will be recorded. These recordings will be the sole property of Group and may be used as evidence in the event of any dispute or to improve customer services.

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20. GOVERNING LAW
These Agreements shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Gibraltar. You irrevocably agree to submit, for the benefit of the Group, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Gibraltar for settlement of any disputes or matters arising out of or concerning these Agreements or their enforceability. If any part of these Agreements is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, it will not affect the validity of the remainder of the Agreements, which shall remain valid and enforceable according to their terms.

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21. ASSIGNMENT
We reserve the right to transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge these Agreements, 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 these Agreements.

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22. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
Except insofar as these Agreements expressly provide that a third party may in their own right enforce a term of these Agreements, a person who is not a party to these Agreements has no right under local law or statute to rely upon or enforce any term of these Agreements but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available other than under local law or statute.

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23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENTS
You fully understand and agree to be bound by these Agreements and as modified and/or amended by the Group from time to time. The Group may amend these Agreements at any time either by emailing you notification of the new terms and/or by publishing the modified Agreement(s) on the relevant page of the Platforms or any place through which you access the Services. Any such modification will take effect within thirty (30) days of publication. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate these Agreements. Your continued use of the Services following notification or as the case may be such thirty (30) day period will be deemed binding acceptance of the modification. It is your sole responsibility to review these Agreements and any amendments each time you play. These Agreements and the documents referred to herein represent the complete and final agreement between you and the Group in relation to this agreement and supersede any and all prior agreements between you and the Group.

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24. GAMING SERVICES
24.1. The following terms apply only to your use of the Gaming Services. Please note that in the event of any conflict between this Section 24 and the remaining Sections of these Terms and Conditions, the remaining Sections of these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.

24.2. Play Money Games
The Games (defined below) are for entertainment only, and your participation in the Games is solely for your own personal enjoyment and non-professional use. By registering at the Sites, you may be able to access (through our Software – defined below) both "play money" games and tournaments ("Play Money Games" or “Play for Free Games” respectively) ("Games"). No purchase is necessary or required to play the Games, save in respect to any cost you may incur to access the internet, charged by your internet service provider or telecommunications provider, and you may play the Games without betting money. We reserve the right to suspend, modify, remove and/or add any Game in its sole discretion with immediate effect and without notice and the Group will not be liable for any such action. "Play Money" funds have no value in and of themselves and are not transferable or exchangeable. Further, such Play money funds have no value in themselves and are not redeemable for any 'real' currency or prize. We do not promise to accurately record the number of play money chips held by you and your play money chips may be lost at any time. Further, we reserve the right to set a maximum chip limit for play money accounts.

24.3. Anti-Cheating Policy
We are committed to preventing the use of unfair practices in the Gaming Services, including but not limited to player collusion. We are also committed to detecting and preventing the use of software programs which are designed to enable artificial intelligence to play on our Platforms including, but not limited to, opponent-profiling, cheating software or anything else that we deem enables you to have an unfair advantage over other players not using such programs or systems ('AI Software'). You acknowledge that the Group will take measures to detect and prevent the use of such programs and AI Software using methods (including but not limited to reading the list of currently running programs on a player's computer) and you agree not to use any AI Software and/or any such programs. Go to our Unfair Advantage Policy.

24.4. Software
You may install and use the computer programs we make available from the Platforms used to provide the Gaming Services (the 'Software') on a hard disk or other storage device and make backup copies of the Software, provided that such use and backup copying is only for your own personal use in using the Gaming Services in accordance with these Agreements, and further, that such installation and use is made through a computer of which you are the primary user. The Software's structure, organisation and code are the valuable trade secrets of the Group and/or its subsidiary or parent or associated companies and/or its licensors. You obtain no rights to the Software except to use it in accordance with these Agreements. Save as expressly permitted by law, you are strictly prohibited from, and agree not to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software or any part of it or to create, publish or distribute derivative works from the Software. You agree that the Software will not be shipped, transferred or exported into any country or used in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

24.5. Shared Games, Table and Database Platform
The Group reserves the right, but is not obliged, to run and utilise a shared table, server and database platform or system ('Shared Game/Table Platform') which enables Gaming Service users to play with players coming into the games, tables and tournaments from other websites and brands operating on the same Shared Game/Table Platform. If a Shared Game/Table Platform is used, you agree that you may be pooled into these common game/tables, at the Group's sole discretion, and that to the extent that you breach the terms and conditions of one site or brand that operates on the Shared Game/Table Platform, the Group may have you blocked, in part or full, from the entire system so that you may not play through any site or brand using or on the Shared Game/Table Platform. Without limitation to the restriction on having multiple accounts with us (please see Section 4), the Group may require that you only have one account on the Shared Game/Table Platform if the same is used.

24.6. Settlement of In-Game Disputes
You fully accept and agree that random number generator ('RNG') software will determine the shuffling and dealing of cards and other randomly generated events required in the Services. If there is a discrepancy between the result showing on the Software (as installed and operated on your hardware) and our server, the result showing on our server shall govern the result. Moreover, you understand and agree that (without prejudice to your other rights and remedies) the Company records shall be the final authority in determining the terms of your use of the Gaming Services, the activity resulting therefrom and the circumstances in which such activity occurred.

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PLEASE PRINT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND STORE FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE. IN ADDITION, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU PRINT AND STORE ALL GAME RULES AS APPLICABLE TO YOUR ACTIVITIES.

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Last modified: 10 March 2008