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The
following are the complete terms and conditions of your agreement
to become a member of the Vegas Partner Programme.
Your participation in the Vegas Partner program, is indicated by accessing
and utilizing any of the Vegas Partner marketing material, or accepting of
any reward, bonus or commission whether contained in this agreement or else
where on our web site, and you are deemed to have agreed to be bound by all
the terms and conditions set out in this agreement.
If you do not wish to accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement
please do not create a link to any clients. Please do not enrol if your site
is unsuitable, as we will immediately terminate the Agreement. See Termination
Clause below for a list of some of the types of unsuitable sites.
The agreement provides you with the non-exclusive right to direct users ("Visitors")
from your site or sites to the Client's websites, in return for the payment
of commissions and referral bonuses as specified below.
You desire to obtain from us, and we agree to grant you the non-exclusive right
and license to advertise, market and promote the Service, in accordance with
the following terms and conditions.
Recitals "we" and "us" refer to
Vegas Partner. We are in the business of producing, marketing
and promoting affiliate programs. This service is accessed through
the use of a personal computer, modem and/or direct Internet
access.
"you" and "Webmaster" refers to the other party to the contract
formed by the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
"Client" is defined as a company that has contracted Vegas Partner
to manage and promote their Affiliate Program.
1. Grant of License 1.1. By this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive,
non-transferable right and license to advertise, market and promote
our Clients' sites and services, in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement.
1.2. We reserve all other rights and licenses not expressly granted to you
herein.
2. Relationship of Parties 2.1. You and we are independent contractors,
and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint
venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment
relationship between the parties. You will have no authority
to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf.
You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise,
that reasonably would contradict anything in this paragraph.
3. Our Rights and Obligations 3.1. We will register your visitors and will
track their purchases and, in the case of casino Client's, play.
We reserve the right to refuse customers (or to close their accounts)
if necessary to comply with any requirements we may periodically
establish. ("Customer" is defined as: a person or entity
that follows a link from your site, e-mail or however directed,
to a Client of Vegas Partner and opens an account with them.
By opening an account with a client, that person or entity will
become our Customers and, accordingly, all Client rules, policies,
and operating procedures will apply to them.)
3.2. We will track customers' play and will supply reports summarizing their
activity. The form, content and frequency of the reports may vary from time
to time in our discretion. We will provide you with remote online access to
reports of customer activity and the referral fees generated.
3.3. We will pay you referral fees (as set out below) on income we earn from
play by all legitimate customers after they open an account with a Client.
3.4. We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new
agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the
scope of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures, and referral
program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse
is to terminate this agreement. Your continued participation in the program
following our posting of a change notice or new agreement on our site will
constitute binding acceptance of the change.
4. Unsolicited Communication 4.1. By agreeing to this agreement, you are
agreeing to create a unique link from your site to a client site.
You may link to a client with banners/icons or with a text link.
This is the only method by which you may advertise on our behalf.
4.2. We will terminate this agreement immediately if there is any form of unsolicited
communication (spamming) or if you advertise our casino in any other way. You
shall not make any claims, representations, or warranties in connection with
us or our clients and you shall have no authority to, and shall not, bind us
or our clients to any obligations
5. Promotional Material 5.1. By agreeing to participate in a Clients'
affiliate program, you are agreeing to download banners, text
or promotional materials and place it on your site, utilize it
within e-mail or print. These methods are by which you may advertise
on our Clients' behalf. We will terminate this agreement immediately
if there is any form of spamming or if you discredit our Clients
through false advertising, written or uttered words. You shall
not make any claims, representations, or warranties in connection
with us or our Clients and you shall have no authority to, and
shall not, bind us or our Clients to any obligations.
5.2. Without our prior written approval, you will only use our approved banners
and links and will not alter their appearance nor refer to us in any promotional
materials. The appearance and syntax of the hypertext transfer links are designed
and designated by us and constitute the only authorized and permitted representation
of our Clients sites.
5.3. You will not knowingly benefit from known or suspected traffic not generated
in good faith whether or not it actually causes Client damage. Should fraudulent
activity arise through a person directed to a site via your link, we retain
the right to retract the commissions paid to you at any time. Our decision
in this regard will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. We
reserve the right to retain all amounts due to you under this Agreement if
we have reasonable cause to believe that such traffic has been caused with
your knowledge. Even if you have not knowingly generated such traffic, we reserve
the right to withhold referral fees with respect to such traffic.
5.4. You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance
of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you
will be solely responsible for ensuring that materials posted on your site
are not libelous or otherwise illegal. We disclaim all liability for these
matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims,
damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating
to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.
5.5. License to use Marks - We hereby grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable
license, during the term of this Agreement, to use our Clients' intellectual-property
marks (licensed, in turn by us, from their owner) solely in connection with
the display of the banners on your site. This license cannot be sub-licensed,
assigned or otherwise transferred by you. Your right to use the marks is limited
to and arises only out of this license to use the banners. You shall not assert
the invalidity, unenforceability, or contest the ownership of the marks in
any action or proceeding of whatever kind or nature, and shall not take any
action that may prejudice our or our licensor's rights in the marks, render
the same generic, or otherwise weaken their validity or diminish their associated
goodwill.
6. Term 6.1. The term of this Agreement will begin
when you download a Casino banner and link it to our site and
will be continuous unless and until either party notifies the
other in writing that it wishes to terminate the Agreement, in
which case this Agreement may be terminated immediately.
6.2. Termination is at will, for any reason, by either party.
6.3. For purposes of notification, delivery of a notice of termination via
e-mail is considered a written and immediate form of notification.
6.4
Commission will not be honored for play generated by immediate family members of affiliates.
7. Termination 7.1. We may terminate this agreement if we
determine (at our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable.
7.2. Unsuitable sites may include those that: are aimed at children, promote
sexually explicit materials, promote violence, promote discrimination based
on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age,
promote illegal activities, or violate intellectual property rights.
7.3. Upon termination:
a) All rights and licenses given to you in this Agreement shall immediately
terminate.
b) You must remove our Clients' banner/s from your site and disable any links
from your site to theirs and ours.
c) You will be entitled only to those unpaid referral fees, if any, earned
by you on or prior to the date of termination. You will not be entitled to
referral fees occurring after the date of termination.
d) If you have failed to fulfill your obligations and responsibilities, we
will not pay you the referral fees otherwise owing to you on termination.
e) The continuation of play after termination by customers referred to our
clients by you will not constitute a continuation or renewal of this Agreement
or a waiver of termination.
f) You will cease all uses of any trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos
and other designations of our clients and us.
g) You and we will be released from all obligations and liabilities to each
other occurring or arising after the date of such termination, except with
respect to those obligations that by their nature are designed to survive termination,
as set out in this Agreement.
h) Termination will not relieve you from any liability arising from any breach
of this Agreement that occurred prior to termination.
8. Confidential Information 8.1. During the term of this Agreement, you
may be entrusted with Confidential Information relating to the
business, operations, or underlying technology of our Clients
and/or the affiliate program (including, for example, referral
fees earned by you under the program). You agree to avoid disclosure
or unauthorized use of the Confidential Information to third
persons or outside parties unless you have our prior written
consent and that you will use the Confidential Information only
for purposes necessary to further the purposes of this Agreement.
Your obligations with respect to Confidential Information shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
9. Compensation 9.1. You will earn referral fees based on
Net Revenue, calculated according to the percentages reflected
in the Fee Schedule below. Only credits actually purchased by
a Real Player (in the case of Casino Clients) will be eligible
for payment.
9.2.1. Net Revenue is defined as gross bets less payouts (calculated using
the Client's software) less (i) progressive contributions (progressive games
only); (ii) sign-up bonuses and/or promotions that may have been taken up;
(iii) Charge backs and discretionary returns.
9.2.2. Net Rake (in the case of poker players)
is defined as the total contribution made by each of the players
you refer less (i) sign-up bonuses and/or promotions that may
have been taken up; (ii) chargebacks and discretionary returns
9.3. Fee Schedule
| COMMISSION
RATES |
| Monthly Net Revenue |
$1 - $15,000 |
27.0% |
| Monthly Net Revenue |
$15,001 - $30,000 |
31.0% |
| Monthly Net Revenue |
$30,001 - or more |
35.0% |
9.4. We retain the right to change the fee
schedule and method of calculation of fees.
9.5. If the account is in a negative position (e.g. because total customer
winnings have exceeded total customer losses) a balance of zero will be carried
over until the following month.
9.6. Referral fees will be based upon our good faith calculation based on our
statistics.
9.7. 2nd Tier Affiliate Program - You shall be entitled to a referral bonus
of 2%, with respect to monthly Net Revenue generated by visitors who arrive
from other Affiliates that are referred to us, directly by you. Please note
that negative carry over is applicable to 2nd tier earnings.
9.8. We retain the right to pass on any financial costs to your account that
we may incur due to fraudulent activity actioned by players that you get to
sign up at the casino.
9.9. A charge back is when a credit cardholder discovers irregular transactions
made on his/her Credit/Debit Card that were not authorized by him/her. The
credit card holder can request his/her bank to reverse these charges. Charge
backs relate to fraudulent use by a third party of the credit card holder's
card or card number.
9.10. Should the player process a charge back, the accumulated revenue generated
by yourself for the charge back period from that player will be forfeited and
therefore deducted from the total balance due to you for the current month.
With regards to Charge backs, because the amount charged back by the player
affects the revenue of the casino, it affects what we pay the Affiliate as
well, as the agreement states that the Affiliate is only paid on the net revenue
that he/she generates.
9.11. Should the deduction of the charge back amount exceed your current amount
due, your balance will then revert to a negative balance, and you will have
to work your way back to zero before you can start earning revenue again.
9.12. Unlike with a player making a big win, which only lasts one month, a
charge back will stay due until the revenue generated by your other players
has covered the amount due.
9.13. We understand that this might be frustrating to the Affiliates, but it
has to be made clear that the casino can only pay out a percentage of their
profits, not fraudulent revenue.
9.14.
No affiliate can earn commission from his/her own play or that of their immediate family.
10. Payment 10.1. We will pay you referral fees on a
monthly basis, within the first 5 working days of each month
for any fees earned by you in the previous month.
10.2. For affiliates using either check or ACH as the payment option; balances
of less than $100 outstanding will be withheld until such time as the balance
exceeds $100 at the end of the month.
11. Indemnity 11.1. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold
our Clients and their electronic cash provider, their directors,
officers, employees, and representatives harmless from and against
any and all liabilities, losses, damages, and costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from, arising out of, or
in any way connected with :
a) any breach by you of any warranty, representation, or agreement contained
in this Agreement,
b) the performance of your duties and obligations under this Agreement,
c) your negligence or
d) any injury caused directly or indirectly by your negligent or intentional
acts or omissions, or the unauthorized use of our banners and link or this
referral program.
12. Disclaimers 12.1.
We make no express or implied warranties or representations with
respect to the referral program, Vegas Partner or referral fee
payment arrangements (including, without limitation, their functionality,
warranties of fitness, merchantability, legality, non-infringement,
or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance,
dealing, or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation
that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free
and will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions
or errors.
13. Limitation of Liability 13.1. We will not be liable for indirect,
special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits,
or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the referral
program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such
damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect
to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral
fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
13.2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to provide any rights, remedies
or benefits to any person or entity not a party to this Agreement. Our obligations
under this Agreement do not constitute personal obligations of our directors,
officers or shareholders. Any liability arising under this Agreement shall
be satisfied solely from the referral fee generated and is limited to direct
damages.
14. Assignability and Enurement 14.1. You may not assign this Agreement,
by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent.
Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on,
inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against you and us and
our respective successors and assigns.
15. Non-Waiver 15.1. Our failure to enforce your strict
performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute
a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision
or any other provision of this Agreement. NO MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS,
DELETIONS OR INTERLINEATIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE PERMITTED
OR WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY US. None of our employees, officers
or agents may verbally alter, modify or waive any provision of
this Agreement.
16. Remedies 16.1. Our rights and remedies hereunder shall
not be mutually exclusive, i.e., the exercise of one or more
of the provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude the exercise
of any other provision. You acknowledge, confirm, and agree that
damages may be inadequate for a breach or a threatened breach
of this Agreement and, in the event of a breach or threatened
breach of any provision of this Agreement, the respective rights
and obligations of the parties may be enforceable by specific
performance, injunction, or other equitable remedy. Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall limit or affect any of our rights at
law, or otherwise, for a breach or threatened breach of any provision
of this Agreement, it being the intent of this provision to make
clear that our respective rights and obligations shall be enforceable
in equity as well as at law or otherwise.
17. Severability/Waiver 17.1. Whenever possible, each provision of
this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law but, if any provision
of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect, such provision will be ineffective only to the
extent of such invalidity, or unenforceability, without invalidating
the remainder of this Agreement or any provision hereof. No waiver
will be implied from conduct or failure to enforce any rights
and must be in writing to be effective.
18. Independent Investigation 18.1. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ
THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY AT ANY TIME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) SOLICIT
CUSTOMER REFERRALS ON TERMS THAT MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE CONTAINED
IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OPERATE WEB SITES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OR
COMPETE WITH YOUR WEB SITE. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED
THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS REFERRAL PROGRAM AND
ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF:
you expressly agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement by completing
the registration process, downloading banners and creating a link from your
site to our Client/s. |