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Pool Sharks - User Agreement

User Agreement (the "Agreement") with Sanlis LTD (the “Company" or "we") for using “Pool Sharks"

This Agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of our services (the "Service") and our Software (as defined in Section 17 below) available under the domain name www.poolsharks.com and any other domains and subdomains that the Company may have (together the "Site"). Please read the following carefully. This Agreement constitutes a legally binding agreement between you and the Company, and each of its officers, shareholders, directors and employees.

1. Duration and Termination

This Agreement shall come into force immediately upon downloading the software and shall continue in force unless and until terminated in accordance with its terms.

The company may terminate this Agreement and your account (including your username and password) immediately without notice:


a. if for any reason we decide to discontinue to provide the Service;

b. if we believe that you have breached any of the terms of this Agreement;

c. if your use of the Service has been in any way improper or breaches the spirit of this Agreement; or

d. for any other reason we see fit. Save for as otherwise provided, on termination of this Agreement any balance in your account will be returned to you within a reasonable time of your request, subject always to our right to deduct any amounts owed by you to us or any third party

You may terminate this Agreement and your account (including your username and password) at any time by sending an email to us at Support@poolsharks.com such termination to take effect upon the Company terminating your account (including username and password), which shall occur within 7 calendar days after receipt by the Company of your email on our servers, provided that you shall remain responsible for any activity on your account between sending us an email and the termination of your account by us.

On termination of this Agreement you shall:


e. discontinue the use of the Software and the Service;

f. pay all amounts due and owing to the Company or any third party; and

g. remove the Software from your computer equipment and destroy all related documentation in your possession, custody, power or control.

The right to terminate this Agreement given by this clause shall not prejudice any other right or remedy of either party in respect of the breach concerned (if any) or any other breach.

Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to any rights or obligations which have accrued prior to termination, neither party shall have any further obligation to the other under this Agreement.


2. Binding Nature of Terms

Registering for an account and/or playing in and/or participating in any tournament offered on the Site (together all games, including single and series games and tournaments offered or played on the Site shall be referred to as "Games") signifies your knowledge of and agreement to be bound by the most current version of the Agreement. If you have any questions, please refer to our FAQ/Help sections of the Site. If you are unable to find the answer you are looking for on the Site, you can contact us via our contact e-mail.


3. Eligibility

The Service is available only to, and may only be used by individuals who are not legally prohibited from using the Site and\or participate in the Games. Without limiting the foregoing, the Service is not available to:

Residents of the following states of the United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Vermont or any other state or territory, where prohibited by law and/or you are not permitted to participate in the Games nor win any promotion prizes of any kind.

Any person under the age of 18.

Any person in countries or areas we choose not to support.

Any person in jurisdictions where participating in the Games is or may be deemed to be prohibited.

Employees, officers, directors (and their immediate family members) of the Company, its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates or any other subcontractors.

Any other person with access to non-public information regarding the operation of any Games offered on the Site.

4. Governing Law and Disputes

By registering for an account in the Site and/or participating in any of the Games offered on the Site, you agree that any dispute relating to your activity and relationship with the Site and its operator, that cannot be resolved between the parties amicably shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevis without giving effect to its conflict of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in Nevis for any dispute arising from or relating to the Agreement or to your activity in the Site.

5. Legality and Taxes

You are subject to all laws of the state, province and/or country in which you reside and from which you access the Site and are solely responsible for obeying those laws. You agree that the Site cannot be held liable if laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit your participation. The Site makes no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to your legal right to participate in any Game offered on the Site nor shall any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation, with the Site have authority to make any such representations or warranties. You solely shall be responsible for payment of any taxes due from you in connection with your activity in the Site. Notwithstanding the above, the operators of the Site may, if required by law, withhold any taxes due from you.

6. Promotional Activities

By registering for an account, you agree that the Site may display your player name and Games records. By accepting any prize from the Site, you agree to allow the Site to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide, in any media and at any time, your name, picture, voice, likeness, and/or biographical information for promotional purposes without additional compensation.

By providing an email address, the user agrees to receive future mails and updates from the Pool Sharks team to the email address which he provided.
In order to remove his mail from Pool Sharks mailing list, one can manage his subscription through the proper links shown on Pool Sharks sent mails or simply contact Pool Sharks support team and request to be removed from the promotions and updates mailing lists.

Pool Sharks is fully committed to the privacy and security of its players and therefore, all e-mail addresses provided are kept only on Pool Sharks data sources and are not being forwarded to any 3rd party.

7. Your Representations and Undertakings

In consideration for the rights granted to you to use the Service and the Software, you represent, warrant, covenant and agree that:

You are at least 18 years old, or the age of legal consent for participating in the Games under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to you, whichever is greater, you are of sound mind and you are capable of taking responsibility for your own actions.


All the details contained in your registration form as submitted or any details given when making a deposit to the Service are true, current, correct and complete and match the name(s) on the credit/debit card(s) or other payment accounts to be used to deposit or receive revenues in your account. Without derogating from the aforementioned, should you use a credit/debit card or any other form of payment which are not in your private and personal name, we will presume that you have received complete and sufficient consent to make use of such payment instrument for the purposes herein from the rightful owner and/or the person whom name is used on such payment instrument, prior to your engagement with us. We shall not be obligated in any manner to examine such consent and shall bare no responsibility in respect to your representations hereunder. You will promptly notify us of any changes to those details. From time to time you may be requested to provide us with certain documents to verify the details of the credit card used by you to deposit money to your account. Depending on the outcome of these verification checks you may or may not be permitted to deposit further monies with the credit card previously used by you. Should any of the information that you provide to us be untrue, inaccurate, misleading or otherwise incomplete, you will be in breach of contract and we reserve the right to terminate your account immediately and/or prevent you from using the Software or the Service, in addition to any other action that we may choose to take. You hold only one account on the Site.


You shall not allow any third party to use your account, password or identity to access or use the Service or the Software and you shall be responsible for any activities undertaken on your account by a third party. You will not reveal your user name or password to any person or use any other person's account, password, identity or means of payment to access or use the Service or the Software. You shall not allow any person under the age specified above any form of access to the Service or Software. You shall inform us immediately if you suspect that your account is being misused by a third party and/or any third party has access to your account, password or identity so that we may inspect your account.


You have verified and determined that your use of the Service does not violate any laws or regulations of any jurisdiction that applies to you.

You fully understand the methods, rules and procedures of the Service and Internet gaming in general. You will not commit any acts or display any conduct that damages the reputation of the Company.

You are fully aware that there is a risk of losing money when playing by means of the Service and that you are fully responsible for any such loss. You agree that your use of the Service is at your sole option, discretion and risk.

You acknowledge that in registering and using the Service you have to provide us with certain personal details about yourself (including details regarding your methods of payment). We may disclose certain of these details to third parties, as set out in our Privacy Policy. You consent to this and to the terms of our Privacy Policy.

You shall use the Site, the Service and the Software in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as amended from time to time and you shall abide by the rules and instructions for playing the Games that comprise the Service..

You are solely responsible for recording, paying and accounting to any relevant governmental, taxation or other authority for any tax of other levy that may be payable on any winnings paid to you.

You are solely responsible for any telecommunications networks and Internet access services and other consents and permissions required in connection with your use of the Software and the Service.


8. Restricted Activities

You may not open more than one account per person, and per computer or address. Each individual account is for the sole and exclusive use of the registered account holder and therefore, cannot be used by any other party. Note: payments will be delivered by the exact personal details and no other.

You may not use any software or hardware to assist play in any way. The Site will monitor any attempt to use such restricted aids, and shall immediately terminate your account, without notice, upon discovery of such use, and may take further legal actions against you.

You may not use external player assistance programs ("EPA Programs") which are designed to provide an unfair advantage to players

You may not intentionally lose any games or try to otherwise manipulate your rating or achieve competitive advantage.

You may not make use of artificial intelligence including, without limitation, robots, in connection with the Software and the Games provided by the company. All actions you take in relation to the Games must be executed personally by you through the user interface accessible by use of the Software provided by the company.

You may not deliberately transfer money between accounts.

You may not harass other users, or post objectionable material, such as using any offensive and/or racial language and/or sending rapid messages in an attempt to break your opponent's concentration and affect his or her playing ability.

You may not send any "Spam" e-mails or messages, including (without limitation): (i) any unsolicited e-mail to a recipient (ii) repeatedly posting messages irrelevant to the discussion (iii) solicitation for any goods or services.

You may not disconnect on purpose while in a game or allow the global timer to run out.

THE SITE WILL MONITOR ANY PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE AND IN ANY EVENT THE COMPANY DEEMS, AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION, THAT SUCH RESTRICTED ACTIVITY WAS PERFORMED IT MAY IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT, WHETHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY, WITHOUT NOTICE AND THE BALANCE IN YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE FORECLOSED BY THE COMPANY AND USED TO FINANCE THE COMPANY'S COSTS OF MONITORING, PREVENTING, AND DEALING WITH ENFORCEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES.

Upon termination of your account, your membership in the Site will be canceled. You may be prohibited from any future membership and may not be permitted to participate in any Games.

9. Your Account

Your account is for your sole personal use only and shall not be used for any professional, business or commercial purpose.

We take no responsibility for any third party access to your account and under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any losses incurred by you as a result of misuse of your password by any person or for any unauthorized access to your account and all transactions where your user name and password has been entered correctly will be regarded as valid, whether or not authorized by you.

Monies held in your account shall not attract any interest.

The Company may, at any time, set off any positive balances on your account against any amount owed by you to us.

We reserve the right to limit or refuse any deposit made by you or through your account.

10. Payment Transactions and Payment Fraud

Each user is fully responsible for paying all monies owed to the Company. In respect of any payment made by you, you agree that you will not make any charge-backs, and/or deny or reverse any such payment and will reimburse the Company for any charge-backs, denial or reversal of payments you make and any loss suffered by the Company as a consequence. The Company may, at its sole discretion, cease to provide the Service or payment to certain users or to users paying with certain credit cards.

The Company reserves the right to run credit checks on a user, with or without third party credit agencies, on the basis of the information provided to us on registration.

The Company reserves the right to use third party electronic payment processors and/or financial institutions to process payments made by and to you in connection with your use of the Service. To the extent that they do not conflict with the terms of this Agreement, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of such third party electronic payment processors and/or financial institutions.

In the case of suspected or fraudulent payment, including use of stolen credit cards, or any other fraudulent activity (including any charge back or other reversal of a payment), the Company reserves the right to block a user's account, reverse any pay-out made and recover any winnings made by the user at question or their opponents. The Company shall be entitled to inform any relevant authorities or entities (including credit reference agencies) of any payment fraud or otherwise unlawful activity, and may employ collection services to recover payments. However, under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any unauthorized use of credit cards, irrespective of whether or not the credit cards were reported stolen.

In cases of disconnections, due to any cause, the Company has the right to confiscate monies which were played on, or distribute them according to its own discretion.

All payments into your account must be from a payment source, such as a credit card, debit card or charge card, on which you are the named account holder.

The Company may set dollar or any other currency maximum amounts for credit card transactions between you and the Company. The Company may also set maximum amounts, which a user may spend in the Site in any calendar set period (month, week or day); should your losses reach the designated limit, your participation in the Games offered on the Site will be restricted until the beginning of the next calendar period of time, as determined solely by the Site operator. The Company reserves the right to change these funds (any currency determined at the time) amount limitations at any time.

No cash outs will be allowed in case a player made a deposit and processed cash out request before playing at least five money games at Pool Sharks.

The company has a no refund policy for approved transactions.

11. Bonuses


All promotions, bonuses or special offers are subject to promotion-specific terms and conditions and any complimentary bonus credited to your account must be used in adherence with such terms and conditions.

The Company reserves the right, exercisable in its sole discretion, to withhold or withdraw any promotion, bonus or special offer and you shall have no claims against the Company in such regard.

The Company reserves the right to set expiration dates on all promotional credits.

In the event that the Company believes a user is abusing or attempting to abuse a bonus or other promotion, or is likely to benefit through abuse or lack of good faith from a gaming policy adopted by the Company, then the Company may, at its sole discretion, deny, withhold or withdraw from any user any bonus or promotion, or rescind any policy with respect to that user, either temporarily or permanently, or terminate that user's access to the Site and/or block that user's account.

12. Obligations of the Company

Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to investigate or pursue any complaints made by a user against any other user using the Service or to take any other action in connection therewith, or take any action against a user for any reason, including without limitation for violating the terms of this Agreement. The Company may, at its sole discretion, decide to take appropriate action against any person it suspects of engaging in any unlawful behaviour or otherwise violating the terms of this Agreement, but is under no obligation to do so. The Company has no obligation to maintain account names or passwords. If you misplace, forget or lose your account name or password because of anything other than the Company's error, the Company shall not be liable.

13. Denial, Limitation and Suspension of Participation

The Site reserves the right to deny access to any new or current user for any reason or for no reason, including, without limitation to users who reside in, use proxy servers and/or IP addresses residing in certain geographical areas. The Site provides skills based gaming services. You are required to research and comply with any laws and regulations in your jurisdiction before using the Site's real money mode. Skills based games for real money are illegal in some jurisdictions, and it is a breach of this Agreement to participate in these games if such activity is prohibited in your jurisdiction. . Please consult with a competent attorney or legal advisor before determining if the Service is legal in your jurisdiction if you are not certain of your rights, liabilities and obligations associated therewith.

The Service is available only to, and may only be used by individuals who are not legally prohibited from using the Site and\or participate in the Games.

Real money games or possibilities to make deposits are legally prohibited in some states within the US. A user who wishes to play for real money hereby confirms that he/she is not located in any of the these states.

14. Odds and Prizes

The results of all Games offered on the Site depend on the skill level of the players participating in such Games; precise odds of winning are therefore unavailable. The Games will be played pursuant to generally accepted Pool/Billiard/Snooker rules and procedures as specifically set out in the FAQ/Help sections of the Site, all of which are specifically incorporated herein by way of reference. Prizes won in the Site are usually cash prizes, which are deposited directly into winners' accounts with the Site. The rules and procedures in each Game shall be detailed in the Site and the user is encouraged and solely responsible to review the rules and procedures prior to registering for a Game. The details of the prizes offered in tournaments shall be detailed in the tournament information shortly before the beginning of the tournament. In all Games with actual cash entry fees, the Site retains a portion of the aggregate amount deposited as a management fee, except where otherwise noted. However, for guest competitions without actual cash entry fees, the Site may, in its sole discretion, choose to waive the retention of management fees.

15. Determination of Winners and Winning limitations

The results and winners of each tournament and game offered on the Site will be determined by the Site. By registering and/or participating in any tournament, you agree to be bound by these determinations. If any Game has to terminate prematurely, such as for maintenance or technical problems either (i) the prize for the tournament will be distributed by the Site proportionally to the chances of each user to win the Game on the time when the Game was terminated, the chances of which shall be calculated by the Site using a proprietary software and which calculation shall be final; or (ii) the Site will repay each user the amounts deposited by that user, all under the Site's sole and absolute discretion. Withdrawals are limited to $5,000 per user per month.

16. Copyrights and Trademarks.

The term Pool Sharks is the trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of the Company. In addition, all materials on the Site, including, but not limited to, images, pictures, graphics, photographs, animations and text (the "Site Content"), belong to the Company and are protected by copyright law and/or other intellectual property rights. You hereby acknowledge that by using the Site you obtain no rights in the Site Content and must not use it without prior written consent by the Company.

17. Software

In order to participate in Games, you may download the software from the Site (the "Software") and save it only on your computer and only for your own personal use. The Software shall remain the sole property of the Company and you are not granted with any rights to the Software except from the right to use it for the purposes detailed in the Site. You agree not to modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Software or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software or any part thereof or to create, publish or distribute derivative works from the Software. The Software is licensed and distributed by Company solely for the purpose of enabling end users of the Software to fully utilize the Games.

18. Indemnification

You agree to fully indemnify and hold Company (including all its employees, officers, directors, affiliates, and subsidiaries) harmless from any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and damages whatsoever that may arise as a result of your entry, use, or re-use of the Site, participation in the Games, or acceptance of any cash-outs.

19. NO WARRANTIES AND LIMITED LIABILITY

YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE, DOWNLOAD OF THE SOFTWARE AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL GAMES IS AT YOUR SOLE OPTION, DISCRETION AND RISK. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS OR ATTEMPTS BY YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY GAME BY METHODS, MEANS OR WAYS NOT INTENDED BY THE COMPANY. NO GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER ARE PROVIDED TO YOU BY THE COMPANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY CANCELED. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THEIR OPERATIONS WILL BE UNINTERUPPTED OR ERROR FREE. THE COMPANY'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR THE SOFTWARE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR IN TORT, WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, YOU PAID TO ACCESS THE SITE. IN NO EVENT, SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE, BUGS OR VIRUSES, RESULTING IN LOST DATA OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE. FURTHERMORE, COMPANY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REDUNDANT OR BACKUP NETWORK AND/OR SYSTEMS.

Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall the Company be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use (or misuse) of the Software offered by it, the Games or your accessing the Site or communicating with the Company’s servers, even if the Company had prior knowledge of the possibility of such damages.

20. Chat Feature

The Company reserves the right to review the chat facility in relation to any Games on the Site and to keep a record of all statements made on such facility. In the event that you use the chat facility on the Site you shall be bound by the following rules:

Users shall not make statements that are sexually explicit or grossly offensive, including expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred or profanity.

Users shall not make statements that are abusive, defamatory or harassing or insulting to other Users.

Users shall not make statements that advertise or promote any other online entities.

Users shall not make statements about the Company or the Site or any other Internet site connected to the Company that are untrue and/or malicious and/or damaging to the Company.

In the event of your breaching any of the above rules, the Company shall have the right to immediately terminate your membership. Upon such termination the Company shall refund to you any funds which may be in your account over and above any amount which may be owing to the Company at such time (if any).

21. Miscellaneous

This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between you and Company, supersedes all prior oral and written agreements pertaining to this Agreement's subject matter, and applies in addition to any other term or condition of the Site (such as Company Privacy Policy), unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement.

The Company may modify any of the terms of this Agreement at any time(s) and in its sole discretion, upon posting a revised version of this Agreement on the Site. It is your responsibility to periodically review the Site and this Agreement for any changes. Your sole remedy if such modification is not acceptable to you is not to use the Site, and your continued use of the Site following such modifications signifies your acceptance of those modifications.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the original provision and the other provisions remain in full force and effect.

If a provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect the validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision hereof or the validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other provision hereof.

The Site's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

The section titles in this Agreement are used solely for convenience and may not be used in the interpretation of this Agreement.

Company may assign this Agreement to any party at any time.

You may not transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge in any manner whatsoever any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in this Agreement shall create or confer any rights or any other benefits to third parties.

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, trust arrangement, fiduciary relationship or any other form of joint enterprise between you and us.

In this Agreement, "you" or "your" or "user" means any person who uses the Service or the Software under this Agreement.

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed so as to grant you any security interest whatsoever over the assets of the Company, including for the avoidance of doubt on any amounts standing to the credit of your account.

In case of any discrepancy between the meanings of any translated versions of this Agreement, the meaning of the English language version shall prevail.