Cantor Poker - Terms and Conditions
Version 1,1 last update made 15/01/2008
GENERAL RULES
1. By agreeing to the terms of use, you accept and warrant that you fully understand and agree to comply with all of the following terms and conditions (including all guidelines or rules applicable to our service posted on our website which guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated into this Agreement), and that failure to abide by these terms and conditions may result in disqualification, account closure, forfeiture of funds and/or legal action against you. If you have any questions as to these Terms and Conditions, we encourage you to seek independent counsel prior accepting the Agreement.
2. Cantor Poker is operated by 24hPAY Ltd, Malta. Gaming modules are provided by B2B Poker Network Ltd, Malta (Poker).
3. The operations of 24hPAY Ltd are regulated and licensed by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta (the LGA), http://www.lga.org.mt/. 24hPAY Ltd holds a Class 2 license (No. LGA/CL2/236/2005), a Class 1 on 4 license (No. LGA/CL1/236/2005) and a Class 3 on 4 license (No. LGA/CL3/236/2005). B2B Poker Network Ltd holds a Class 4 license (No. LGA/CL4/233/2005).
4. As the text in this Agreement as well as the rules and guidelines at our website are presented in several languages. English is always the deciding language in case of differences in interpretation.
5. The management reserves the right to make changes in the rules at any time. All clients agree to be bound by all current rules and are advised to read them on a frequent basis.
6. All clients must be at least 18 years of age, or the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is greater. For Estonian citizen the requirements are at least 21 years of age.
7. Residents of Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania,Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Virgin Islands (US) and Yugoslavia are not allowed to open an account or in any way use the gaming services offered by Cantor Poker .
8. Cantor Poker reserves the right to refuse any application without further explanation.
9. Cantor Poker also reserves the right to close down existing accounts without explanation. In this event, or in the event of an account closure by a client, the full balance will be paid out unless any fraudulent behavior is suspected.
10. Each person is only allowed to have one account with Cantor Poker .
11. It is up to each client to make sure that no local laws or regulations are violated. Cantor Poker takes no responsibility whatsoever for clients not abiding such rules.
12. All clients are obliged to provide their full and accurate personal details. Failure to provide full and accurate personal details may result in disqualification, account closure or forfeiture of funds.
13. It is your responsibility to protect your Player ID and Password. Any actions carried out by the use of your login details are at your sole risk and any liability there from shall be strictly yours.
14. The player account is individual and the client is entirely responsible for account obligations and also entitled to all profits and benefits.
15. If disputes arises between clients or between clients and Cantor Poker the judgment of the Cantor Poker management is final, binding and conclusive in all matters.
16. Cantor Poker is not responsible for any claims, losses or damages under any condition. All participating in our games are made at your own risk.
17. Clients shall not hold the gaming operator, its owners, employees, affiliates or other companies or people linked to Cantor Poker responsible for any costs or damages caused by;
1. the use of the website,
2. the use of any material from the website,
3. the use of any of our servers,
4. the use of any of our software,
5. participation in any game or
6. the winning of any prize.
18. All taxes, duties and fees applicable in connection with any winnings at Cantor Poker are the sole responsibility of the client.
19. Cantor Poker takes active measures necessary to prevent, and to investigate suspected cases of, all kinds of fraud, collusion, money laundering activities and/or other forms of criminal activity. Any such case may be reported to the relevant authorities.
20. Any changes in the player’s personal information should be updated in the player account as soon as possible.
21. Cantor Poker reserves the right to ask for documents at any time in order to prove the identity of the client. The client will have to provide identification whenever the client makes withdrawals of funds amounting to €2000 or more. 22. Cantor Poker does not report client’s winnings to any government agencies. It is solely the client's responsibility to report any income from gaming activities to his/her government agencies, if required.
23. Cantor Poker guarantees to handle all player accounts with strict confidentiality. This confidentiality can only be breached by order of the Maltese authorities or when criminal activities are suspected or reported to Cantor Poker or to financial institutions or auditors related to Cantor Poker .
24. Cantor Poker reserves the right to cancel your player account for any justifiable reason whatsoever at any time without notice to you. If you do not access your Cantor Poker account by "logging in" to your account for a period of twelve (12) months, Cantor Poker will charge the account a monthly administrative fee amounting to 10 % of the funds for as long as you have funds on the account or until you access your account by “logging in” again. Such requirement for log-in and entry is not and does not constitute any requirement whatsoever for you to play any game, deposit funds or participate in any activity at Cantor Poker other than logging in.
25. A client unsatisfied with how Cantor Poker handles a complaint made by the client, is requested to send the complaint to the Lotteries and Gaming Authority in Malta by using this e-mail address: complaints@lga.org.mt>”
26. Any dispute that cannot be settled between Cantor Poker and the client shall be settled in Malta according to Maltese law.
PRIVACY POLICY
1. By providing your Personal Information and registering with us or logging on with us when you enter our website, you explicitly consent to Cantor Poker processing and disclosing your Personal Information for the purposes, and otherwise in the manner, set out on this page, or as otherwise provided in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
2. Personal information is any information about you that identifies you or by which your identity can be reasonably determined.
3. Cantor Poker only collects personal information that is necessary for one or more of our functions or activities. The type of personal information which is collected from our clients includes name, address, birth date, payment card details, details of gaming transactions and account transfers and any other information clients wish to provide.
4. Personal Information may be submitted to our website. You will be asked to provide your Personal Information in this area for the purpose of registering with Cantor Poker and opening an account with us.
5. A "cookie" is used to identify the Account Holder’s preferred language so it is automatically selected when the account holder returns to Cantor Poker . Our web server will record the pages you visit within our website.
6. Where possible, we will give you the opportunity to decline in providing any personal information we request, but in some cases, your use of this website may be restricted if you do not provide the requested information.
7. Cantor Poker will process your Personal Information to administer your account, maintain our accounts and records, monitor website usage levels and the quality of the service we provide and to inform you, from time to time, about products and services that we consider may interest you. Cantor Poker will also retain such information and may analyse it if asked to do so in order to investigate any actual or suspected criminal activity or, in respect of any event featured on our website, any threat to the integrity of that event and/or breaches of the rules of that event as laid down by the relevant governing bodies.
8. Cantor Poker reserves the right to share personal information to our exclusive marketing partner that is also bound by this privacy policy.
9. Cantor Poker may also disclose your personal information in certain circumstances. Sometimes we are required or authorised by the law to disclose your personal information. For example Cantor Poker discloses personal data when ordered to do so by order of the Governing Authorities and/or under provision in the Governing Law. Furthermore, Cantor Poker reserves the right to disclose personal data to relevant recipients when Cantor Poker has reasonable grounds to suspect irregularities that involve a Cantor Poker Account.
10. We may also disclose your personal information where you have consented to us doing so. Your consent to the disclosure of your personal information may be given explicitly such as in writing or verbally or may be implied from your conduct such as when you discuss details of the relationship you have with us publicly with the media.
11. Additionally, your Personal Information may be disclosed to any regulatory or sporting body in connection with policing the integrity or enforcing the rules of a sport or game and/or prevention and detection of crime and with whom Cantor Poker has agreements from time to time for the sharing of such data and where Cantor Poker considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that you may be involved in a breach of such rules or the law, have knowledge of a breach of such rules or the law or otherwise pose a threat to the integrity of the relevant sport or game. Those bodies may then use your Personal Information to investigate and act on any such breaches in accordance with their procedures.
BONUS RULES
1. Complimentary or bonus amounts (EURO or VIP-points) credited by Cantor Poker to a client for promotional purposes may only be used to play in the games according to the rules in the bonus offer.
2. Withdrawals from accounts that have taken part of a bonus are accepted only after complying with the rules set out in the bonus offer.
3. Only one account per IP-address and household is entitled to take part of the same bonus offer (signup bonus or deposit bonus).
4. Referral bonuses are only given for real players referred to the site.
5. Cantor Poker reserves the right to cancel or withdraw a promotional offer as well as changing the criteria for taking part of the offer at any time regardless of any information given in conjunction with the offer. Cantor Poker reserves the right to close any account that is suspected to be involved in bonus abuse and confiscate funds in such accounts.
6. To be eligible for any of the bonuses offered by Cantor Poker all personal information must be updated and accurate in the player account. If Cantor Poker finds out that incorrect information is registered in the account Cantor Poker reserves the right to cancel any bonuses that have been paid out to the account.
POKER RULES
1. All poker games are played in EURO (EUR).
2. Cantor Poker is part of the 24hNetwork meaning, that the same player may have accounts with other operators within the network. If a Poker Client Software from another partner in the network is open Cantor Poker ’s Poker Client Software cannot be started and vice versa.
3. It is strictly forbidden for a player to play at the same table with different nicknames used at different sites within the network. It is also forbidden to join the same tournament with different nicknames.
4. Players from the same household are not allowed to play at the same real money table or 1-table tournamnets.
5. Cantor Poker does not allow any automated programs that enable artificial intelligence to play at the site. Only physical persons are allowed to open accounts and play at the site, and the use of such “bot” software programs is strictly forbidden.
6. Poker is an individual game where players play for their own interest. Any kind of cooperation or partnership between players is strictly forbidden.
7. Cantor Poker reserve the right at our own discretion to cancel, reverse or adjust any transactions and/or forfeit funds due to any collusion and/or criminal acts.
8. Chipdumping (when a player deliberately loses hands to transfer money to a partner player) is considered illegal and Cantor Poker reserves the right to freeze accounts involved in chipdumping and also to confiscate funds held in such accounts.
9. It is strictly forbidden to give away any information about your hand before a pot is finished by communicating with other players.
10. Cantor Poker offer the players a chat feature. All chat must be in English, not comment on pots in progress, not contain disrespectful comments about other players nor make any comments or use expressions that may offend other players.
11. A player shall not register or utilise a nickname that may be deemed to be similar to a trademark, company name or be deemed offensive or abusive to other players.
12. More information about the specific poker rules can be found under Game Rules in the Poker section of the website.
13. Managements decision is final.