1. stake-com.us
1.1 stake-com.us is owned
and operated by Medium Rare, N.V. (hereinafter "Stake", "We" or
"Us"), a company with head office at Korporaalweg 10, Willemstad,
Curaçao. Stake is licensed and regulated by the Government of
Curaçao under the gaming license 8048/JAZ2021-027 issued to
Antillephone. Some credit card payment processing are handled by
its wholly owned subsidiary, Medium Rare Limited.
2. IMPORTANT NOTICE
2.1 By
registering on www.stake-com.us (the “Website”), you enter into a
contract with Medium Rare N.V., and agree to be bound by (i) these
Terms and Conditions; (ii) our Privacy Policy; (iii) our Cookies
Policy and (iv) the rules applicable to our betting or gaming
products as further referenced in these Terms and Conditions
(“Terms and Conditions” or “Agreement”), and the betting and/or
gaming specific rules, and are deemed to have accepted and
understood all the terms.
2.2 Please read this Agreement carefully to make sure you
fully understand its content. If you have any doubts as to your
rights and obligations resulting from the acceptance of this
Agreement, please consult a legal advisor in your jurisdiction
before further using the Website(s) and accessing its content. If
you do not accept the terms, do not use, visit or access any part
(including, but not limited to, sub-domains, source code and/or
website APIs, whether visible or not) of the Website.
3. GENERAL
3.1 When registering on www.stake-com.us You (“You”, “Your”,
Yourself” or the “Player” interchangeably) enter into an agreement
with Stake.
3.2 This Agreement should be read by You in its entirety
prior to your use of Stake's service or products. Please note that
the Agreement constitutes a legally binding agreement between you
and Stake.
3.3 These Terms and Conditions come into force as soon as
you complete the registration process, which includes checking the
box accepting these Terms and Conditions and successfully creating
an account. By using any part of the Website following account
creation, you agree to these Terms and Conditions applying to the
use of the Website.
3.4 We are entitled to make amendments to these Terms and
Conditions at any time and without advanced notice. If we make
such amendments, we may take appropriate steps to bring such
changes to your attention (such as by email or placing a notice on
a prominent position on the Website, together with the amended
terms and conditions) but it shall be your sole responsibility to
check for any amendments, updates and/or modifications. Your
continued use of the website services after any such amendment to
the Terms and Conditions will be deemed as your acceptance and
agreement to be bound by such amendments, updates and/or
modifications.
3.5 The terms of this Terms and Conditions shall prevail in
the event of any conflict between the terms of this Terms and
Conditions and of any of the game rules or other documents
referred to in this Terms and Conditions.
3.6 These Terms and Conditions may be published in several
languages for informational purposes and ease of access by
players. The English version is the only legal basis of the
relationship between you and us and in the case of any discrepancy
with respect to a translation of any kind, the English version of
these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
4. STAKE ACCOUNT
Registration
4.1 In order for you to be able to place bets on stake-com.us,
you must first personally register an account with us ("Stake
Account").
4.2 For a person to be registered as a player with Stake and
use the Website, that person must submit an application for
registration and opening of a Stake account. The application for
the opening of the Stake Account must be submitted personally, and
will require You to provide a set of personal information, namely
e-mail, full name, date of birth, address, etc.
4.3 Where the information stipulated in 4.2. is not provided
and/or is not deemed to be complete, accurate or up-to-date at any
point in time, Stake reserves the right to suspend the Stake
Account registration and treat any subsequent potentially accepted
deposits to the Player’s Stake Account as invalid (and any
winnings arising from such deposit as void). Where a Stake Account
is suspended, You should contact customer support at
[email protected] .
4.4 All applicants must be 18 or such other legal age of
majority as determined by any laws which are applicable to you,
whichever age is greater or older. Stake reserves the right to ask
for proof of age from any Player and suspend their Stake Account
until satisfactory documentation is provided. Stake takes its
responsibilities in respect of under age and responsible gambling
very seriously.
4.5 Stake will not accept registration from individuals:
a) Under 18 years old or under the legal age of majority or
gambling in their jurisdiction;
b) Residing in jurisdictions
from where it is illegal or gambling is not permitted. Stake is
not able to verify the legality of the Service in each
jurisdiction and it is the User's responsibility to ensure that
their use of the Service is lawful;
c) Provide misleading
information or try to pass by third parties.
4.6 Stake
reserves the right to refuse any application for a Stake Account,
at its sole discretion.
Know Your Customer
4.7 You
represent and warrant that any information provided by You on Your
application form is true, updated and correct.
4.8 Stake reserves the right, at any time, to ask for any
KYC documentation it deems necessary to determine the identity and
location of a Player. Stake reserves the right to restrict the
Service, payment or withdrawal until identity is sufficiently
determined, or for any other reason in Stake’s sole discretion.
Stake also reserves the right to disclose a Player’s information
as appropriate to comply with legal process or as otherwise
permitted by the privacy policy of Stake (owner and operator of
Stake), and by using the Service, you acknowledge and consent to
the possibility of such disclosure.
Multiple Accounts
4.9
Only one Stake Account per Player is allowed. Should You attempt
or successfully open more than one Stake Account, under Your own
name or under any other name, or should You attempt or succeed in
using the Website by means of any other person's Stake Account,
Stake will be entitled to immediately close all Your Stake
Account(s), retain all monies in such Stake Accounts and ban You
from future use of the Website.
4.10 Should Stake have reason to believe that You have
registered and/or used more than one Stake Account, or colluded
with one or more other individuals using a number of different
Stake Accounts, Stake shall be entitled to deem such accounts as
constituting multiple Stake Accounts, and suspend or close all
such Stake Accounts. Stake will also be entitled to retain the
funds till the Player proves that he did not attempt to create
multiple accounts.
4.11 If you notice that you have more than one registered
Stake Account you must notify us immediately. Failure to do so may
lead to your Stake Account being blocked and the funds
retained.
User Responsibility
4.12 It is your sole and exclusive
responsibility to ensure that your login details are kept
securely. You must not disclose your login details to anyone.
4.13 We are not liable or responsible for any abuse or
misuse of your Stake Account by third parties due to your
disclosure, whether intentional, accidental, active or passive, of
your login details to any third party.
4.14 You are prohibited from selling, transferring or
acquiring Stake Accounts to or from other Players.
4.15 You will inform us as soon as you become aware of any
errors with respect to your account or any calculations with
respect to any bet you have placed. We reserve the right to
declare null and void any bets that are subject to such an
error.
4.16 You are responsible for all activities that occur under
your account.
Security Features
4.17 We recommend
that you enable two-factor authentication to enhance the security
of your account.
4.18 We may provide other security measures from time to
time, and we encourage you to use them.
Suspension and
Closure by Stake
4.19 Stake shall be entitled to close or suspend Your Stake
Account if:
a) Stake considers that You are using or have
used the Website in a fraudulent or collusive manner or for
illegal and/or unlawful or improper purposes;
b) Stake
considers that You are using or have used the Website in an unfair
manner, have deliberately cheated or taken unfair advantage of
Stake or any of its customers or if Your Stake Account is being
used for the benefit of a third party;
c) Stake is requested
to do so by the police, any regulatory authority or court or if
Stake is unable to verify Your identity, profession or source of
funds as is expressly required by the applicable regulations;
d) You are in breach of these Terms and Conditions, the
applicable regulations or the fair use of our services, or Stake
has concerns that You are a compulsive problem gambler without
being self-excluded;
e) Stake considers that any of the
events referred to in (a) to (e) above may have occurred or are
likely to occur.
4.20 If Stake closes or suspends Your Stake Account for any
of the reasons referred to in 4.19, You shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable laws, be liable for any and all claims,
direct losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses incurred
or suffered by Stake (together, the “Claims”) arising therefrom
and shall, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, indemnify
and hold Stake harmless on demand for such Claims.
4.21 In the circumstances referred to in 4.19, Stake shall
also be entitled to void any bets placed by You following such
actions by You or to withhold and/or retain any and all amounts
which would otherwise have been paid or payable to you (including
any winnings) to the extent permitted by law.
4.22 We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your
account at any time, with or without notice, if we suspect that
you account has been compromised or is being used in breach of our
Terms of Service.
4.23 If Stake closes Your Stake Account it will inform You
of the available means to withdraw the remaining balance on Your
Stake Account.
Our Liability
4.24 We take no
responsibility for any loss or damage that you may suffer as a
result of unauthorised access to your account.
4.25 We take no responsibility for any loss or damage that
you may suffer as a result of your failure to keep your login
secure and private.
5. YOUR WARRANTIES
5.1 Prior to your use of the
Service and on an ongoing basis you represent, warrant, covenant
and agree that:
Capacity
a) You are over 18 or such
other legal age of majority as determined by any laws which are
applicable to you, whichever age is greater;
b) You have
full capacity to enter into a legally binding agreement with us
and you are not restricted by any form of limited legal capacity;
c) You are not diagnosed or classified as a compulsive or
problem gambler;
d) You are not currently self-excluded from
any gambling site or gambling premises. You will inform Stake
immediately if you enter into a self-exclusion agreement with any
gambling provider.
Jurisdiction
e) You are accessing
stake-com.us from a jurisdiction in which it is legal to do so;
f) You will not use our services while located in any
jurisdiction that prohibits the placing and/or accepting of bets
online and/or playing casino and/or live games;
g) You
accept and acknowledge that we reserve the right to detect and
prevent the use of prohibited techniques, including but not
limited to fraudulent transaction detection, automated
registration and signup, gameplay and screen capture techniques.
These steps may include, but are not limited to, examination of
Players device properties, detection of geo-location and IP
masking, transactions and blockchain analysis;
Funds &
Tax
h) You are solely responsible for reporting and
accounting for any taxes applicable to you under relevant laws for
any winnings that you receive from us;
i) You are solely
responsible for any applicable taxes which may be payable on
cryptocurrency and FIAT awarded to you through your using the
Service;
j) There is a risk of losing cryptocurrency and
FIAT when using the Service and that Stake has no responsibility
to you for any such loss;
k) You will not deposit funds
which originate from criminal or other unauthorised activity;
l) You will not deposit funds using payment methods that do
not belong to You;
m) All the funds deposited shall
exclusively be used for Services available on the Website;
n) You will not withdraw or try to withdraw to a payment
methods that do not belong to You;
o) You understand that by
participating in the Services available on the Website, You take
the risk of losing money deposited.
p) You accept and
acknowledge that the value of cryptocurrency can change
dramatically depending on the market value;
q) Stake shall
not be treated as a financial institution;
Others
r)
Your use of the Service is at your sole option, discretion and
risk;
s) You will not conduct criminal activities through the
Stake Account;
t) All information that you provide to us
during the term of validity of this agreement is true, complete,
correct, and that you shall immediately notify us of any change of
such information;
u) You participate in the Games strictly in
your personal and non-professional capacity and participate for
recreational and entertainment purposes only;
v) You
participate in the Games on your own behalf and not on the behalf
of any other person;
w) You have only one account with us and
agree to not to open any more accounts with us;
x) The
telecommunications networks and Internet access services required
for you to access and use the Service are entirely beyond the
control of Stake and Stake shall have no liability whatsoever for
any outages, slowness, capacity constraints or other deficiencies
affecting the same;
y) You will not be involved in any
fraudulent, collusive, fixing or other unlawful activity in
relation to Your or any third parties’ participation in any of the
games and/or services on the Website, and shall not use any
software-assisted methods or techniques or hardware devices for
Your participation in any of the games and/or services on the
Website;
z) If you have access to non-public information
related to an event or that can impact the outcome of an event or
bet type, You will not bet on any event overseen by the relevant
sport/event governing body;
aa) If You are an athlete, coach, manager, owner, referee,
or anyone with sufficient authority to influence the outcome of an
event You will not bet on any event overseen by the relevant sport
or event of the governing body;
bb) If You are an owner (a person who is a direct or
indirect legal or beneficial owner of 10 percent or greater) of a
sport governing body or member team You will not bet on any event
overseen by the sport governing body or any event in which a
member team of that sport or event governing body participates;
cc) If You are involved in a sport or event You will not be
involved in compiling betting odds for the competition in which
You are involved.
5.2 In case of a breach of any of the representations,
warrants or covenants mentioned in 5.1, Stake reserves the right
to close or suspend Your Stake account at its own discretion and
void any bets to the extent applicable by law.