These Terms and Conditions, as amended from time to time (“Terms and Conditions”) , form a binding legal agreement between you and Play City Group, LLC (also referred to herein as “Play City Group”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and apply to your use of any of our Games or our Platform in any way, through any electronic device (i.e., web, mobile, tablet, or any other device). By checking the box for acceptance during the registration process, or by accessing the Games or creating a Customer Account, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any provision of these Terms and Conditions, you may not use the Platform or play any Game.
Gold Rush City is a social casino where Players play Games for recreational and entertainment purposes only. The social casino is promoted by a sweepstakes promotion. The Games and Platform do not offer real money gambling.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDE A PROVISION WAIVING THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLASS, GROUP, OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM AND REQUIRING YOU TO PURSUE ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, UNLESS YOU OPT OUT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD. SEE SECTION 19 OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Content means text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork, computer code and other material used, displayed or available as part of the Games and Platform.
1.2 Customer means a Player who has registered a Customer Account, whether that account is considered active or not.
1.3 Customer Account means an account held by a Customer.
1.4 Excluded Territories means (i) the States of Idaho, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, and Washington in the United States, (ii) any outlying U.S. territories or possessions, (iii) any other jurisdiction outside of the United States, and (iv) any other State in the United States that we designate in the Sweeps Rules, on the Platform, or via geo-blocking.
1.5 Game means any one or more video games available on the Platform in either Standard Play or Promotional Play. We reserve the right to add or remove Games from the Platform (including limiting their availability in certain jurisdictions) at our sole discretion for any reason.
1.6 Gold Coins means the virtual social gameplay tokens which allows you to play the Standard Play Games. Gold Coins have no monetary value and cannot under any circumstance be redeemed for prizes.
1.7 Participate means playing any Games or using our Platform in any manner whatsoever.
1.8 Payment Method means any card, online wallet, financial account, or other payment method used to purchase Gold Coins.
1.9 Platform means the services provided through any URL or mobile application belonging to, or licensed to, Play City Group, LLC and branded as part of the “Gold Rush City” family of games, including the website located at www.goldrushcity.com, and all subdomains, subpages and successor sites thereof, as well as all Games, features, tools, and services available thereon.
1.10 Player or you mean any person who Participates, whether or not a Customer.
1.11 Prizes means prizes won when playing Promotional Play Games which are redeemable for valuable prizes in accordance with the Sweeps Rules.
1.12 Promotional Play means participation in our sweepstakes promotions by playing any games on the Platform with Sweeps Coins.
1.13 Standard Play means participating in any Game on the Platform played with Gold Coins. We may give you Gold Coins free of charge when you sign up to the Platform and thereafter at regular intervals when you log into the Platform. You may win more Gold Coins when you play in Standard Play and you may purchase more Gold Coins on the Platform. You cannot win prizes when you Participate in Standard Play.
1.14 Sweeps Coins means sweepstakes entries subject to the Sweeps Rules. We may give you Sweeps Coins free of charge when you sign up to a Platform, as a bonus when you purchase Gold Coins or via each of our free alternative methods of entry as set out in the Sweeps Rules. You may win more Sweeps Coins when you Participate in Promotional Play. You cannot purchase Sweeps Coins.
1.15 Sweeps Rules means the sweepstakes rules available on the Platform.
2. THE SOCIAL CASINO AND RELATED SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION
The online social casino known as “Gold Rush City” is owned and operated by Play City Group. In the Gold Rush City social casino, Players play Games for recreational and entertainment purposes only. We promote the social casino by utilizing a sweepstakes promotion. When you buy Gold Coins to play in the social casino, you also are given sweepstakes entries (i.e., Sweeps Coins) for free. Both Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins are played with Games on the Platform. The Games and Platform do not offer real money gambling, and no actual money is required to play.
3. CUSTOMER ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
3.1 You are allowed to have only one Customer Account on the Platform. If you attempt to open more than one Customer Account, all accounts you have opened may be suspended or closed.
3.2 You must notify us immediately if you notice that you have more than one Customer Account, whether active or not, on the Platform.
3.3 You are required to keep your registration details up-to-date at all times. If you desire to change your address, email, phone number or any other contact details or personal information, contact Customer Support to update your details. The name that you provide to us at registration must be identical to that listed on your government issued identification.
3.4 It is your sole and exclusive responsibility to ensure that your Customer Account login details and any Payment Methods are kept secure and are only accessible by you. You accept full responsibility for any unauthorized use of your Customer Account and any activity linked to your Customer Account, including by a minor which in all cases is prohibited.
3.5 You must not share your Customer Account or password with another person, let anyone else access or use your Customer Account or do any other thing that may jeopardize the security of your Customer Account.
3.6 If you suspect that your Customer Account has been compromised, including loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure of your password or other Customer Account details, you must notify us immediately.
3.7 You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and you will be held responsible for all uses of your Customer Account, including any purchases made under the Customer Account, whether those purchases were authorized by you or not.
3.8 You are solely responsible for anything that happens through your Customer Account, whether or not you undertook those actions. You acknowledge that your Customer Account may be terminated if someone else uses it and engages in any activity that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise illegal.
3.9 We are not responsible for any abuse or misuse of your Customer Account by third parties due to your disclosure of your login details to any third party, whether such disclosure is intentional or accidental, active or passive.
3.10 You may not transfer Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins between Customer Accounts, or from your Customer Account to other players, or to receive Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins from other Customer Accounts into your Customer Account, or to transfer, sell or acquire Customer Accounts. Any attempt to circumvent these prohibitions is ground for immediate closure of your Customer Account, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to us.
3.11 We reserve the right to close your Customer Account if it is deemed by us to be an inactive account (i.e., there is no log in or log out for an extended period of time such as approximately nine consecutive months).
3.12 If you wish to close your Customer Account you may do so at any time by contacting Customer Support or the necessary link on the Platform and submitting a request to close your Customer Account. Closing your Customer Account will forfeit all continued access to and right to use, enjoy or benefit from any Gold Coins, Sweeps Coins and unredeemed Prizes associated with your Customer Account.
3.13 If the reason behind the closure of your Customer Account is related to concerns about possible responsible social gameplay issues you must indicate this in your request to close your Customer Account.
3.14 You may be able to open your Customer Account again by sending a request to the Customer Support team. All requests for the re-opening of an account will be evaluated by our Customer Support team.
3.15 We reserve the right to place limits on, suspend, close, or refuse to open a Customer Account in our sole discretion. If we close your Customer Account because you are in breach of these Terms and Conditions, the consequences set out herein shall apply. If we close your Customer Account for other reasons, we will make reasonable efforts to enable you to redeem any Prizes in your Customer Account, but any license to continued use, enjoyment or benefit of the Platform (including, but not limited to, Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins) will be terminated.
3.16 You consent to receive marketing communications from Play City Group in respect of its offerings by way of email, post, SMS and telephone notifications, any of which you may unsubscribe from at any time by contacting Customer Support.
3.17 You will not receive any interest on outstanding Prizes, and you will not treat Play City Group as a financial institution. Play City Group does not provide advice regarding tax and/or legal matters. Players who wish to obtain advice regarding tax and legal matters are advised to contact appropriate advisors.
4. REDEMPTION OF SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES
4.1 Subject to these Terms and Conditions, when you choose to redeem Prizes for cash, the cash payment will be made to the Payment Method from which you purchased Gold Coins, or if this is not technically possible, then to an alternative financial account you nominate, provided that account is legally and beneficially owned by you. We reserve the right to require the use of the same Payment Method for redemption of Prizes as was used to purchase Gold Coins, or a specific payment method at our own discretion.
4.2 We reserve the right to charge fees for processing the redemption of Prizes to you and to set a minimum redemption threshold for Prize redemptions.
4.3 In New York and Florida, the maximum redemption value for a Prize won on any one spin or play is US$5,000 and any Prize with a value in excess of US$5,000 will be reduced to a maximum value of US$5,000.
4.4 We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to limit the value of your Prize redemptions to US$10,000 per day, or any other amount or period of time that we consider necessary to satisfy our regulatory obligations or the requirements of our vendors and suppliers.
4.5 When you choose to redeem Prizes for cash, it is your sole responsibility to ensure that your financial institution will accept payment from us into your bank account. Play City Group has no obligation to check whether your financial institution will accept payments from us to your nominated bank account.
4.6 We will not make payments into an account or online wallet which does not match your verified name or the name you provided when registering your Customer Account, or that is not legally and beneficially owned by you.
4.7 Prizes redeemed for cash:
4.7.1 will be paid into a joint account or joint wallet provided that one of the names on the joint account or joint wallet matches the name you provided when registering your Customer Account or your verified name and all verification checks we require in relation to you and the other account holder are completed to our satisfaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if either joint account holder does not satisfy our verification requirements, as determined solely at our discretion, we will not make payments into the nominated joint account;
4.7.2 will not be paid into: (i) a joint account or joint wallet where one of the joint owners is a minor; or (ii) custodial accounts; or (iii) any account held on trust for, or for the benefit of, a third party (including a minor).
4.8 Where you are required to provide the details of your financial institution, bank account or online wallet, you agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy of those details. You further agree that, where you have chosen to redeem a Prize for cash and the details you have provided are not accurate, and we have processed the payment using the details you have provided, the redemption of that Prize is complete and we cannot and are not required to reverse or reissue the payment.
4.9 You acknowledge and agree that, if your financial institution will not accept payments from Play City Group or where your bank account or online wallet does not meet the requirements in these Terms and Conditions:
(a) you will be required to nominate an alternative bank account for the payment;
(b) there will be delays in the processing of the payment to you; and
(c) if you are unable to nominate an alternative bank account which meets the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions within 45 days of a request from us to do so, Play City Group is not obliged to make the relevant payments to you and may in its discretion deem the Prizes to be void.
4.10 All Gold Coin purchases and direct bank transfer payments are executed in U.S. dollars. It is a Player’s responsibility to ensure that their nominated bank account can accept transactions in U.S. dollars.
4.11 We will only process one Prize redemption request per Customer Account in any 24-hour period.
4.12 Where you choose to redeem Prizes for cash you acknowledge and agree that it may take several business days to process the relevant payment into your nominated bank account.
4.13 Payments of over a certain amount may require a longer processing time than usual due to bank clearance and security and fraud checks and may also be paid in more than one lump sum. This may add several days to the normal processing time but is dependent on the circumstances of each individual case.
4.14 Without limiting anything herein, you can request to redeem a Prize of any value; however, we reserve the right to reject a Prize redemption request on the basis that it exceeds the limits set forth herein or allocate or pay Prizes in smaller increments over a number of days until all of the Prize has been allocated or paid.
4.15 You acknowledge and agree that we may in our sole discretion, from time to time, appoint one or more payment facilitators to accept or make payments (including merchant facilities) from or to Players on our behalf.
4.16 A payment facilitator will have the same rights, powers and privileges that we have under these Terms and Conditions and will be entitled to exercise or enforce their rights, powers and privileges as our agent or in their own name. In no event will we be liable to any Player for any loss, damage or liability resulting from the payment facilitator's negligence or acts beyond the authority given by Play City Group.
4.17 Sweeps Coins are only valid for 90 days from the date you last logged on to your Customer Account and will thereafter automatically expire.
4.18 Sweeps Coins may be forfeited if a Customer Account is closed for any reason, or at our discretion.
4.19 Updating or adding additional payment details for the sole purpose of redeeming Prizes may only be done by you when logged into your Customer Account and when you are undergoing the process of redeeming a Prize. We cannot update or add additional payment details on your behalf.
4.20 If you choose to redeem Prizes for cash but refuse to accept payments made to your nominated bank account by Play City Group, you must refuse the amount in its entirety. Where you refuse to accept payment to your nominated bank account more than twice in any three-month period, Play City Group reserves the right to suspend your Customer Account to undertake investigations to ensure that the Platform is not being used as a vehicle for fraudulent activity.
4.21 If at any time we mistakenly add Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins to your Customer Account that do not belong to you, whether due to a technical error, human error or otherwise, the Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins added by mistake will remain Play City Group property and will be deducted from your Customer Account. If you become aware that you have mistakenly received a prize redemption that does not belong to you prior to us becoming aware of the error, the mistakenly paid amount will (without prejudice to other remedies and actions that may be available at law) constitute a debt owed by you to us. In the event you discover an incorrect addition of Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins, you are obliged to notify Customer Support without delay.
5. VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; HOLDS ON REDEMPTION OF PRIZES
5.1 You agree that we are entitled to conduct any identification, credit and other verification checks that we may reasonably require or that are required of us under applicable laws and regulations or by relevant regulatory authorities or to otherwise prevent financial crime.
5.2 Until all required verification checks are completed to our satisfaction, any request you have made for redemption of Prizes will remain pending, and we are entitled to restrict your Customer Account in any manner that we may reasonably deem appropriate, including by suspending or closing your Customer Account.
5.3 We may carry out additional verification procedures in accordance with our internal anti-financial crime policies, including without limitation for any cumulative or single redemption of Prizes exceeding a value of US$2,000 (or any other amount that we deem appropriate from time to time). Verification procedures may, for example, include requests for, and our examination of, copies of your:
5.3.1 identification documentation (including photo identification) such as a passport;
5.3.2 proof of your address such as a utility bill; and
5.3.3 source of wealth or source of funds documentation such as a payslip or bank statement.
5.4 Where any identification, credit or other verification check we require cannot be completed to our satisfaction because you have not provided any document we request from you in the form that we require within 30 days of the date the document was first requested, then we are under no obligation to continue with the verification check and we may, in our sole discretion, close or otherwise restrict your Customer Account in any manner that we may reasonably deem appropriate.
5.5 Players who request the redemption of Prizes held in a suspended or closed Customer Account should contact Customer Support. Nothing in this provision should be construed as conveying a right to any such redemption. Your rights in that regard are as set out elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions.
5.6 You agree that Play City Group may use third party service providers to run external identification and other verification checks on all Customers on the basis of the information provided by you from time to time.
6. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS TO US
6.1 You represent and warrant to us that:
(a) you are at least 18 years of age or such higher minimum legal age of majority as stipulated in the jurisdiction of your residence and are, under the laws applicable to you, legally allowed to participate in the Games offered on the Platform;
(b) when participating in Standard Play or Promotional Play, you do not reside in or access the Platform from the Excluded Territories;
(c) you participate in the Games strictly in your personal capacity for recreational and entertainment purposes only;
(d) you participate in the Games on your own behalf and not on the behalf of any other person;
(e) all information that you provide to us during the term of validity of these Terms and Conditions is true, complete and correct, and you will immediately notify us of any change to such information;
(f) money that you use to purchase Gold Coins is not tainted with any illegality and, in particular, does not originate from any illegal activity or source, or from ill-gotten means;
(g) you will not purchase Gold Coins from a business or corporate account, but only an account held in your name;
(h) you will not be involved in any fraudulent, collusive, fixing or other unlawful activity in relation to your or third parties’ participation in any of the Games and you will not use any software-assisted methods or techniques (including but not limited to bots designed to play automatically) or hardware devices for your participation in any of the Games. We reserve the right to invalidate any participation in the event of such behavior;
(i) in relation to the purchase of Gold Coins, you must only use a valid Payment Method which lawfully belongs to you; and
(j) you will not sell or trade for value, or seek to sell or trade for value, or accept as a sale or trade for value, any merchandise prize provided to you by Gold Rush City.
6.2 Gold Coin purchases made from within the Excluded Territories will be voided and refunded, minus an administrative fee, in addition to any charges that may be levied by the bank or financial institution managing the aforementioned reversal.
6.3 It is a Player’s responsibility to ensure that their Participation is lawful in their jurisdiction. Any person who acts in contravention of these Terms and Conditions (including any attempt to circumvent this restriction, for example, by using a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location, or by otherwise providing false or misleading information regarding your location or place of residence, or by Participating from an Excluded Territory or through a third party or on behalf of a third party located in an Excluded Territory) is in breach of these Terms and Conditions. You may be committing fraud and may be subject to criminal prosecution.
7. CLOSING OR SUSPENDING YOUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
7.1 Without limiting anything herein, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to suspend or close your Customer Account (notwithstanding any other provision contained in these Terms and Conditions) where we have reason to believe that you have engaged or are likely to engage in any of the following activities: (a) you breached, or assisted another party to breach, any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the Sweeps Rules, or we have a reasonable ground to suspect such breach; (b) you have more than one Customer Account on the Platform; (c) the name registered on your Customer Account does not match the name on (i) your Payment Method used to make purchases of Gold Coins or (ii) the account into which you elect to redeem Prizes or you do not legally and beneficially own such Payment Method or redemption account; (d) your communication with us consists of harassment or offensive behavior, including (but not limited to) threatening, derogatory, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, sexually explicit, pornographic, obscene or offensive language; (e) your Customer Account is deemed to be inactive by us in our sole discretion; (f) you become bankrupt; (g) you provide incorrect or misleading information; (h) your identity or source of wealth or source of funds (if requested) cannot be verified; (i) you attempt to use your Customer Account through a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location, or by otherwise providing false or misleading information regarding your citizenship, location or place of residence, or by playing Games using the Platform through a third party or on behalf of a third party; (j) you are not at least 18 years of age or such higher minimum legal age of majority as stipulated in the jurisdiction of your residence; (k) you are located in a jurisdiction where Participation is illegal; (l) you have allowed or permitted (whether intentionally or unintentionally) someone else to Participate using your Customer Account; (m) you have played in tandem with other Player(s) as part of a club, group, etc., or played the Games in a coordinated manner with other Player(s) involving the same (or materially the same) selections; (n) without limiting anything herein, where Play City Group has received a “charge back”, claim or dispute and/or a “return” notification via your Payment Method; (o) you have failed our due diligence procedures, or are found to be colluding, cheating, money laundering or undertaking any kind of fraudulent activity; (p) it is determined by Play City Group that you have employed or made use of a system (including machines, computers, software or other automated systems such as bots) which give you an unfair advantage; or (q) you do not meet the criteria set out in our Customer acceptance policy.
7.2 If Play City Group suspends or closes your Customer Account for any of the reasons referred to in this section, you will be liable for any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses incurred or suffered by Play City Group (together “Claims”) arising therefrom and you will indemnify and hold Play City Group harmless on demand for such Claims.
7.3 If we have reasonable grounds to believe that you have participated in any of the prohibited activities set out in this section, then we reserve the right to withhold all or part of the balance or recover from your Customer Account any Prizes, Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins that are attributable to any of the activities contemplated in this section. In such circumstances, your details may be passed on to any applicable regulatory authority, regulatory body or any other relevant external third parties.
7.4 The rights set out in this section are without prejudice to any other rights that we may have against you under these Terms and Conditions or otherwise.
8. CUSTOMER SUPPORT
If you would like to contact our Customer Support department or have a complaint regarding our Platform (including any Game) you may contact us via the Platform. All email communications between you and Play City Group should be carried out using the email address that you have registered against your Customer Account held with us. Failure to do so may result in our response being delayed.
9. VIDEO GAME RULES; PAYMENTS
9.1 Games offered on the Platform may have their own rules which are available on the Platform. It is your responsibility to read the rules of a Game before playing. You must familiarize yourself with the applicable terms of play and read the relevant rules before playing any Game.
9.2 You agree that we and our payment facilitators may store your payment information (e.g., card number or token) to process your future purchases. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, you authorize us and our Payment facilitators and payment facilitators to store your payment credentials in compliance with applicable payment processing regulations.
9.3 Purchases of Gold Coins are final and are not refundable, transferable or exchangeable. You agree to notify us about any billing problems or discrepancies within 30 days from the date of your purchase. If you do not bring them to our attention within 30 days, you agree that you waive your right to dispute such problems or discrepancies. You are responsible for and agree to reimburse us for all reversals, chargebacks, claims, fees, fines, penalties and any other liability incurred by us (including costs and related expenses) that were caused by or arising out of payments that you authorized or accepted or that were authorized or accepted using your Customer Account (even if not authorized by you).
9.4 You may participate in any Game only if you have sufficient Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins, as applicable, in your Customer Account for such Participation. We will not extend you any credit whatsoever for the purchase of Gold Coins or otherwise. From time to time, we may assign minimum or maximum Gold Coin purchases as specified and offered on the Platform. Once a Gold Coin purchase has been made, the funds will be drawn from your Payment Method as soon as practicable.
9.5 The purchase of Gold Coins is the purchase of a license that allows you to Participate in Standard Play Games and is not the deposit of funds which can be withdrawn. Funds used to purchase Gold Coins will not, and cannot, be refunded to you, except as specifically set forth herein. Gold Coins do not have any real money value.
9.6 Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins that have been submitted for play and accepted cannot be changed, withdrawn or cancelled and the Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins, whichever is applicable, will be drawn from your Gold Coin or Sweeps Coins balance.
9.7 If you are found to have one or more of your purchases returned or reversed or charged back, your Customer Account will be suspended. If this occurs, the amount of such purchases will constitute a debt owed by you to us and you must immediately remit payment for such purchases through an alternative payment method. Until payment is received by us or our Payment facilitator, any purchases and winnings will be deemed void and requests to redeem Sweeps Coins for Prizes will not be allowed.
9.8 Unless we require otherwise in accordance with this clause, any Sweeps Coin allocated to you is only required to be played once before it is eligible to be redeemed as a Prize. We may, in our sole discretion, require that any Sweeps Coins allocated to you be played a greater number of times in any combination of Promotional Play Games before it is able to be redeemed as a Prize.
9.9 We reserve the right to declare Participation in a Game void, partially or in full, if, in our sole discretion, we deem it obvious that there was an error, mistake, misprint or technical error on the pay-table, win-table, minimum or maximum stakes, odds, or software.
9.10 In the event of a discrepancy between the result showing on a user’s device and the Play City Group server software, the result showing on the Play City Group server software will be the official and governing result.
10 LIMITED LICENSE
10.1 Subject to your agreement and continuing compliance with these Terms and Conditions, Play City Group grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable, limited license to access and use the Platform and the Content through a supported Web browser or mobile device, solely for your personal, private entertainment and no other reason. These Terms and Conditions do not grant you any right, title or interest in the Platform or Content.
10.2 You acknowledge and agree that your license to use the Platform is limited by these Terms and Conditions and if you do not agree to, or act in contravention of, these Terms and Conditions, your license to use the Platform (including the Games and Content) may be immediately terminated.
10.3 Where the Platform or any Game is deemed to be illegal under the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside or are situated, you will not be granted any license to, and must refrain from accessing, the Platform or relevant Game.
11. RESPONSIBLE SOCIAL GAMING
Play City Group actively supports responsible social gameplay and encourages its Players to make use of a variety of responsible social gameplay features. For example, you may, at any time, request to take a break, self-exclude or permanently close your Customer Account. Although Play City Group will use reasonable efforts to enforce its responsible social gameplay policies, Play City Group does not accept any responsibility or liability if you nevertheless continue gameplay or seek to use the Platform with the intention of deliberately avoiding the relevant measures in place and Play City Group is unable to enforce its measures/policies for reasons outside of Play City Group’s reasonable control.
12. NO WARRANTIES FROM US; CHANGES TO THE PLATFORM
12.1 THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN RELATION TO THE SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF THE PLATFORM (INCLUDING THE GAMES AND CONTENT). Although we take all reasonable measures to ensure that the Platform is free from viruses we cannot and do not guarantee that the Platform is free of such problems. It is your responsibility to protect your systems and have in place the ability to reinstall any data or programs lost due to a virus. Play City Group is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and complying with all applicable data protection and privacy laws, but we make no guaranty in that regard.
12.2 Play City Group is not liable for any downtime, server disruptions, lagging, or any technical or political disturbance to Game play, nor attempts by you to Participate by methods, means or ways not intended by us.
12.3 Play City Group accepts no liability for any damages or losses which are deemed or alleged to have arisen out of or in connection with the Platform or its Content including, without limitation, delays or interruptions in operation or transmission, loss or corruption of data, communication or lines failure, any person’s misuse of the Platform or its Content or any errors or omissions in Content.
12.4 In the event of a Platform system malfunction all Game play on that Platform is void.
12.5 In the event a Game is started but fails to conclude because of a failure of the system, Play City Group will use commercially reasonable efforts to reinstate the amount of Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins played (whichever applicable) in the Game to you by adding them to your Customer Account. Play City Group reserves the right to alter Player balances and account details to correct such mistakes.
12.6 Play City Group reserves the right to remove any part of the Games from the Platform at any time. Any part of the Games that indicate incorrect behavior affecting Prize redemption, game data, Gold Coin balances, Sweeps Coins balances or other balances, that may be due to misconfiguration or a bug, will be cancelled and removed from the Platform. Player balances and account details may be altered by Play City Group in such cases in order to correct any mistake.
12.7 Play City Group reserves the right to suspend, modify, remove or add Content (including its availability) to the Platform at its sole discretion with immediate effect and without notice to you. We will not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of any changes made or for any modification to, or suspension, unavailability, or discontinuance of, the Platform (including any Game, promotion, challenge or Content thereon) and you will have no claims against Play City Group in such regard.
12.8 We may temporarily suspend the whole or any part of the Platform for any reason at our sole discretion. We may, but will not be obliged to, give you as much notice as is reasonably practicable of such suspension. We will restore the Platform, as soon as is reasonably practicable, after such temporary suspension.
13. PLATFORM AVAILABILITY
The Platform, or any feature thereof (including any and all Games, promotions, challenges and Content), may not be available in all territories and jurisdictions and we make no representation that the Platform is or shall remain available for use in any particular territories and jurisdictions. You acknowledge and agree that we may (at our sole discretion) change, restrict or prohibit the availability of all or a portion of the Platform in certain territories and jurisdictions at any time, and you will have no claims against Play City Group in such regard.
14 PROHIBITED CONDUCT
14.1 You will not, directly or indirectly: (a) hack into any part of the Games or Platform through password mining, phishing, or any other means; (b) attempt to modify, reverse engineer, or reverse-assemble any part of the Games or Platform; (c) knowingly introduce viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, spyware, malware, or other similar material; (d) circumvent the structure, presentation or navigational function of any Game so as to obtain information that Play City Group has chosen not to make publicly available on the Platform; (e) engage in any form of cheating or collusion; or (f) use the Platform and the systems of Play City Group to facilitate any type of illegal money transfer (including money laundering proceeds of crime); or (g) participate in or take advantage of, or encourage others to participate in or take advantage of schemes, organizations, agreements, or groups designed to share (a) special offers or packages emailed to a specific set of players and redeemable by URL, or (b) identification documents for the purpose of misleading Play City Group as to a Player’s identity.
14.2 You must not use the Platform for any unlawful or fraudulent activity or prohibited transaction under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to you.
14.3 If Play City Group suspects that you may be engaging in, or have engaged in fraudulent, unlawful or improper activity, including money laundering activities or any conduct which violates these Terms and Conditions, your access to the Platform will be suspended immediately and your Customer Account may be closed. If your Customer Account is suspended or closed under such circumstances, Play City Group is under no obligation to reverse any Gold Coin purchases you have made or to redeem any Sweeps Coins or Prizes that may be in your Customer Account. In addition, Play City Group may pass any necessary information on to the relevant authorities, other online service providers, banks, credit card companies, electronic payment providers or other financial institutions. You will cooperate fully with any Play City Group investigation into such activity.
15. USE OF ONLINE CHAT SERVICES
15.1 We may provide you with an online chat service to talk to our Customer support representatives or to talk to other Players. It is your responsibility to use these services only for their intended purposes. You are not permitted to use our live chat services for illegal purposes. You will not use any online chat service to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behavior, including but not limited to, threatening, derogatory, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, sexually explicit, pornographic, obscene, or offensive language.
15.2 We will not be liable if damage arises out of the online chat service. You agree to indemnify us against any damage arising out of your illegal, unlawful or inappropriate conduct or arising out of violation of the provisions in this section or any other rules on the Platform applying to the online chat service.
16. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
You acknowledge and agree that Play City Group is not responsible for third-party websites makes no guarantee as to the content, functionality, or accuracy of any third-party website. You further acknowledge that we do not authorize any third party to offer Gold Coins or Sweeps Coins.
17. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
17.1 The computer software, the computer graphics, the Platform and the user interface that we make available to you is owned by, or licensed to, us or our associates and protected by intellectual property laws. You may only use the software for your own personal, recreational uses in accordance with all rules, terms and conditions we have established (including these Terms and Conditions and the Sweeps Rules) and in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
17.2 You acknowledge that Play City Group is the proprietor or authorized licensee of all intellectual property in relation to any Content. Your use of the Games and Platform does not provide you with any intellectual property rights in the Content, Games or Platform.
17.3 You grant to us, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant us, an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use in whatever way we see fit, any information, images, videos, comments, messages, music or profiles you publish or upload to any website or social media page controlled and operated by Play City Group.
18. INDEMNIFICATION; LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY
18.1 YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS US AND OUR AFFILIATES, AND OUR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, SUBCONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS AND AGENTS AGAINST ANY AND ALL COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE OR OTHER) ARISING FROM ANY PARTICIPATION BY YOU, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: (a) ACCESSING OR USING THE PLATFORM; (b) RE-USE OF ANY CONTENT AT, OR OBTAINED FROM, THE PLATFORM OR ANY OTHER SOURCE WHATSOEVER; (c) FACILITATING OR MAKING A PAYMENT INTO YOUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT; (d) PLAYING THE GAMES THROUGH ANY DELIVERY MECHANISM OFFERED; AND (e) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF ANY PRIZE.
18.2 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATEVER WILL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES, OR OUR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER ENTITY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS AND LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST REVENUE, INCOME, GOODWILL, USE OF DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, IN EACH CASE THAT RESULT FROM OR RELATE IN ANY MANNER TO YOUR PARTICIPATION OR ANY OTHER ACT OR OMISSION BY US.
18.3 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, AND OUR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SUBCONTRACTORS OR SUPPLIERS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR MORE THAN THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE THIRTY (30) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID US ANY AMOUNTS IN THE THIRTY (30) DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH US IS TO STOP USING THE PLATFORM AND TO CLOSE YOUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT.
18.4 YOU RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THE INDEMNITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THIS SECTION, ARE MATERIAL AND BARGAINED-FOR BASES OF THESE TERMS AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND REFLECTED IN THE DECISION BY YOU TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Depending on where you reside and use the Platform, some of the limitations contained in this section may not be permissible. In such case, they will not apply to you, solely to the extent so prohibited.
18.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will operate so as to exclude any liability of Play City Group for death or personal physical injury that is directly and proximately caused by our negligence or willful misconduct.
18.6 This section survives the termination of these Terms and Conditions for any reason.
19. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT MAY REQUIRE YOU AND PLAY CITY GROUP TO ARBITRATE CERTAIN DISPUTES AND CLAIMS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU AND PLAY CITY GROUP CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM EACH OTHER. If you reside in or access the Games at any time while located in the United States, this section shall be construed under and be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, notwithstanding any other choice of law set out in these Terms and Conditions.
By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you and Play City Group agree that any and all past, present and future disputes, claims or causes of action between you and Play City Group arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions, the Platform and Games, the formation of these Terms and Conditions or any other dispute between you and Play City Group or any of Play City Group's licensors, distributors, suppliers or agents, and whether arising prior to or after your agreement to this section (collectively, "Dispute(s)") will be governed by the procedure outlined below. You and Play City Group further agree that any arbitration pursuant to this section shall not proceed as a class, group or representative action.
19.1 Informal Dispute Resolution. Play City Group wants to address your concerns without the need for a formal legal dispute. Before filing a claim against Play City Group, you agree to try to resolve the Dispute informally by contacting Customer Support. Similarly, if you have provided an email address to us as part of your Customer Account registration, Play City Group agrees to do the same. If a dispute is not resolved within 30 days after the email noting the Dispute is sent, you or Play City Group may initiate an arbitration proceeding as described below.
19.2 We Both Agree To Arbitrate. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you and Play City Group each and both agree to resolve any Disputes – including any Dispute concerning the enforceability, validity, scope or severability of this agreement to arbitrate – through final and binding arbitration as discussed herein.
19.3 Opt-out of Agreement to Arbitrate. You may decline this agreement to arbitrate by contacting Customer Support via email within 30 days of first accepting these Terms and Conditions and stating that you (include your first and last name, email address and postal address) decline this arbitration agreement. By opting out of the agreement to arbitrate, you will not be precluded from playing the Games, but you and Play City Group will not be permitted to invoke the mutual agreement to arbitrate to resolve Disputes under the Terms and Conditions otherwise provided herein. For avoidance of doubt, in the event you exercise your right to opt out of the agreement to arbitrate, those limitations and restrictions applicable to litigation that are set out in this section shall continue to apply to you. In addition, if you opt out of this agreement to arbitrate and at the time of your receipt of these Terms and Conditions you were bound by an existing agreement to arbitrate disputes arising out of or related to your use of or access to the Platform or Games, that existing arbitration agreement will remain in full force and effect. In other words, if you are bound by an agreement to arbitrate at the time you opt out of this one, that prior agreement to arbitrate will continue to apply to you.
19.4 Arbitration Procedures and Fees. You and Play City Group agree that JAMS ("JAMS") will administer the arbitration under its Streamlined Rules in effect at the time arbitration is sought ("JAMS Rules"). Those rules are available at www.jamsadr.com. Arbitration will proceed on an individual basis and will be handled by a sole arbitrator in accordance with those rules; provided that the parties shall be presented with a list of five potential arbitrators and shall rank those potential arbitrators in order of preference. JAMS shall select the arbitrator with the highest combined preference (e.g., if both parties select a potential arbitrator as their top preference, that arbitrator will be selected). You and Play City Group further agree that, unless and only to the extent prohibited under JAMS Rules, the arbitration will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA or, at either your or our election, will be conducted telephonically or via other remote electronic means. The JAMS Rules will govern payment of all arbitration fees. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award any remedies, including injunctive relief, that would be available to you in an individual lawsuit and that are not waivable under applicable law.
19.5 Proceedings Requiring Three Arbitrators. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, if a party either seeks a monetary award in excess of $250,000 or seeks an equitable form of relief that would significantly impact other Play City Group users, in each case as reasonably determined by either party, the parties agree that such arbitration will proceed on an individual basis but will be handled by a panel of three arbitrators and take place pursuant to the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“JAMS Comprehensive Rules”). Each party shall select one neutral arbitrator, with the third neutral arbitrator selected in accordance with the JAMS Comprehensive Rules. That third arbitrator shall serve as chair of the arbitral panel and must be a retired judge with experience arbitrating or mediating disputes. In the event of disagreement as to whether the threshold for a three-arbitrator panel has been met, the sole arbitrator appointed in accordance with this subsection shall make that determination. If the arbitrator determines a three-person panel is appropriate, the arbitrator may – if selected by either party or through the JAMS selection process – participate in the arbitral panel. You and Play City Group agree that any award issued by a three-arbitrator panel may be appealed in accordance with the JAMS Optional Arbitration Appeal Procedures at either party’s election.
19.6 Batch Arbitration. To increase efficiency of resolution, in the event 25 or more similar arbitration demands against Play City Group, presented by or with the assistance of the same law firm or organization or group of law firms or organizations working in coordination, are submitted to JAMS, the JAMS Mass Arbitration Procedures and Guidelines (“JAMS Mass Rules”) shall apply. In such event, the JAMS Process Administrator (as described in the JAMS Mass Rules) shall have the authority to implement the procedures set forth in the JAMS Mass Rules, including the authority to batch together individual arbitration demands into a single coordinated proceeding. All provisions of this section that are not in conflict with the JAMS Mass Rules, including the qualifications for the arbitrators, shall continue to apply.
19.7 Class Action and Collective Arbitration Waiver. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER YOU NOR PLAY CITY GROUP SHALL BE ENTITLED: TO CONSOLIDATE, JOIN OR COORDINATE DISPUTES BY OR AGAINST OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES; TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY GROUP, CLASS, COLLECTIVE OR MASS ARBITRATION OR LITIGATION (EXCEPT SOLELY AS JUST STATED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH); TO ARBITRATE OR LITIGATE ANY DISPUTE IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY, INCLUDING AS A REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER OF A CLASS; TO ARBITRATE OR LITIGATE ANY DISPUTE IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY; OR OTHERWISE TO SEEK TO RECOVER LOSSES OR DAMAGES (WHETHER FOR YOURSELF OR OTHERS) INCURRED BY A THIRD PARTY. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISPUTE (AS DEFINED ABOVE), ANY AND ALL SUCH RIGHTS ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN THE EVENT ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THIS SUBSECTION OR THE TWO PREVIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE FOUND TO BE INVALID OR LESS THAN FULLY ENFORCEABLE IN A PARTICULAR DISPUTE, THEN THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE (BUT NOT THOSE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLICABLE TO LITIGATION) MAY BE DEEMED VOID AND AS HAVING NO EFFECT FOR PURPOSES OF THAT DISPUTE, UPON EITHER PARTY'S ELECTION.
19.8 Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate for Temporary Relief. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, either you or we may bring an action in a court as authorized herein for temporary injunctive relief until an arbitrator has been established and can determine whether to continue, terminate, or modify such relief.
20. MISCELLANEOUS
20.1 Entire Agreement. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your Participation and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and us.
20.2 Amendments. Play City Group reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions, or to implement or amend any procedures, at any time. Any amendments will be published on the Platform and such changes will be binding and effective immediately.
20.3 Taxes. You are solely responsible for any taxes which apply to any Prizes that you collect from your Participation.
20.4 Force Majeure. We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Terms and Conditions that is caused by events outside of our reasonable control.
20.5 No Agency. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will be construed as creating any agency, partnership, trust arrangement, fiduciary relationship or any other form of joint enterprise between you and us.
20.6 Severability. If any of the Terms and Conditions 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 these Terms and Conditions. All remaining terms, conditions and provisions will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law. In such cases, the part deemed invalid or unenforceable will be amended in a manner consistent with the applicable law to reflect, as closely as possible, the original import of the invalid or unenforceable provision.
20.7 Assignment. These Terms and Conditions are personal to you, and are not assignable, transferable or sub-licensable by you except with our prior written consent. We reserve the right to assign, transfer or delegate any of our rights and obligations hereunder to any third party without notice to you.
20.8 Change of Control. In the event of a change of control, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets of the Play City Group, your Customer Account and associated data may be part of the assets transferred to the purchaser or acquiring party. In such an event, we will provide you with notice via email or via our Platform explaining your options with regard to the transfer of your Customer Account.
20.9 Governing Law. These Terms and Conditions, your use of the Platform and our entire relationship will be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia, USA without regard for its choice of conflict of law principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded.
20.10 T&Cs Control. Absent an express written statement to the contrary, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of these Terms and Conditions and a provision of the Sweeps Rules or any of our policies, these Terms and Conditions shall control solely to the extent necessary to resolve the conflict or inconsistency.
20.11 Jurisdiction. Subject to the previous section about arbitration, the parties agree that any Dispute will be submitted exclusively to the State and federal courts in the State of Georgia, USA, and you and we consent to the venue and personal jurisdiction of those courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that either party may move to compel arbitration or to enforce an arbitral award issued hereunder before any court of competent jurisdiction.