EUMBC Gaming Ltd. Standard Affiliate Agreement
This Standard Affiliate Agreement ("Agreement") contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to
an individual's or entity's participation in the EUMBC Gaming Ltd. (the "Website")
affiliate program ("Filizone"). As used in this Agreement, "we", "us" and "EUMBC
Gaming Ltd." means the website bella/blue1partners sites and its operator, Parabol
LTD, and "you" and "Affiliate" mean the individual or entity which applies for affiliate
payment in accordance with the terms and conditions herein.
GENERAL
1.1. This is the most recent version of the Agreement, as released and posted as
of May 2009. This version modifies, replaces and supersedes all prior versions of
this Agreement.
1.2. By marketing for and referring new Players to EUMBC Gaming Ltd. through a Tracker,
YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT. On your acceptance of this
Agreement Online, we will automatically become counter-parties to this Agreement.
1.3. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT PROMOTE EUMBC GAMING
LTD’S PRODUCTS.
DEFINITIONS
2.1. "Account" is the uniquely assigned account that is created for a Player when
he/she opens an account at the Website.
2.2. "Affiliate ID" means the numeric code you are assigned when you sign up as
a participant in the Affiliate Program.
2.3. "Affiliate Commission" is the amount due and payable to you, based solely on
EUMBC Gaming Ltd’s system data, in accordance with the payment plan you selected
on the Affiliate Sign Up Form when signing up and/or activating additional Trackers.
2.4. "Banners and Text Links" means the graphical artwork or text that you use to
hyperlink Players from your site to the Website.
2.5. "Revenue" is calculated as the sum total of all Players' contribution to “gross
hold” in the casino and bingo which such Players were involved in while playing
at one of EUMBC Gaming Ltd’s products, less any credits, bonus or promotional amounts
given to Players, processing charges, charge backs, or any un-collectable revenue
attributable to the Player. On the casinos and bingos, the ‘gross hold’ is defined
as all deposits minus withdrawals minus cash held in the wallets.
2.6. "Revenue Share Plan" means we pay you based on a percentage of the Revenue
generated by Players in accordance with the calculation structure outlined on the
commission’s page on Filizone.
2.7. "Fraud Traffic" means deposits, Revenue or traffic generated at the Website
through illegal means or in bad faith to defraud us, regardless of whether or not
it actually causes us harm. Fraud Traffic includes but is not limited to spam, false
advertising, deposits generated on stolen credit cards, collusion, manipulation
of the service, system, bonuses or promotions, offers to share the Affiliate Commissions
directly or indirectly with Players, and any other unauthorized use of any third
party accounts, copyrights or trademarks.
2.8. "Monthly Revenue" means Revenue as calculated at the end of each calendar month
for calculation of your Affiliate Commission, which is typically paid shortly after
the end of each calendar month.
2.9. "Player(s)" or "Player's Account" means the Account(s) opened at EUMBC Gaming
Ltd by Real Money Players via a Tracker assigned to you. Real Money Players are
defined as persons who make the minimum required deposit within 60 days of opening
the Account.
2.10. "Bonus Codes" are unique alphanumeric codes that Players may enter when opening
an Account. When entered, the system automatically logs the Bonus Codes and records
you as the Affiliate. To encourage potential Players to use Bonus Codes, extra cash
or other Bonus Incentives may be given to Players that enter Bonus Codes.
2.11. "Bonus Incentives" are special offers to Players that give them extra cash
or giveaways when they enter a Bonus Code when opening an account or making a real
money deposit.
2.12. "Website" means the EUMBC Gaming Ltd products located at, http://www.filizone.com
and its related pages.
2.13. "Spam" or "Unsolicited Promotions" means emails or any other messages that
are circulated by you, directly or indirectly, including messages that are posted
on newsgroups, chat boards and other types of Online forums and which: 1), are directed
at people who have not consented to receiving promotional messages from you; 2)
contain false or misleading statements; 3), do not truthfully identify the source
or the originating IP Address; or 4), do not provide the recipient with an option
to easily "Remove" them from receiving future mailings or promotions.
2.14. "Tracker(s)" means the unique Tracking Codes or Bonus Code(s) that we provide
exclusively to you, through which we track and calculate Affiliate Commissions.
2.15. "Tracking Code" means a unique hyperlink (URL) to the Website through which
you refer potential Players from your Website. When the Player opens his/her Account,
the system automatically logs the Tracking Code and records you as the Affiliate.
2.16. "Sub-Affiliate" means a person that you have referred to (and that has successfully
joined) the Affiliate Network in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.17. "Sub-Affiliate Accruals" means the Affiliate Accruals due to any Sub-Affiliate
as set out in their chosen payment plan.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
3.1. Identity and Disclosure.
You must provide true and complete information to us at all times; including but
not limited to, your identity, contact information, payment instructions, nationality,
residency, location and nature of your marketing activities, and any other information
that we may request from time to time.
3.2. Marketing Activities and Responsibilities.
You will, at your own cost and expense, market to and refer potential Players to
the Website. You will be solely responsible for the content and manner of your marketing
activities. All marketing activities must be professional, proper and lawful under
applicable rules or laws. You represent and warrant that you will not place Banners
or Text Links to us on any website, or use any media or medium, which is libelous,
discriminatory, obscene, unlawful or otherwise unsuitable or which contains sexually
explicit, pornographic, obscene or graphically violent materials. You will not actively
target your marketing to any persons who are less than 18 years of age, regardless
of the age of majority in the location you are marketing. You will not use Spam,
Adware or Spyware in your marketing attempts. Violation of this provision will cause
you to forfeit all Affiliate Commissions that you have earned.
3.3. Approved Marketing Materials.
You will only use the Banners and Text Links and any other marketing materials that
have been provided by us and/or pre-approved by us (collectively the "Marketing
Materials"). You will not modify the Marketing Materials without our prior written
consent. During the term of this Agreement, we grant you a terminable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable right to use the Marketing Materials for the sole purpose of marketing
to and referring potential Players to the Website. Generally we will provide you,
without charge, the guidelines, graphical artwork and permitted text to use in promotional
materials. However, CDs and other customized promotional materials provided to you
will be AT COST and deducted from Affiliate Commissions payable to you. Under no
circumstance are you allowed to use the Marketing Materials and any other promotional
materials provided by us in a manner that may potentially confuse a potential Player.
Violation of this provision will cause you to forfeit all Affiliate Commissions
that you have earned.
3.4. Competitive Marketing.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that you shall not be entitled
to market to potential Players on any Internet site on which we promote the Website;
or in any other manner which results in you competing with us in relation to the
promotion of the Website. In the event that you are in breach of the foregoing provisions,
we reserve the right to render the Tracking Code(s) assigned to you inoperative
and you will forfeit all Affiliate Commissions that you have earned.
3.5. Non Assignment.
Trackers are for your sole use and are not to be assigned to others without our
written consent.
3.6. Commercial Use Only.
This Marketing opportunity is for commercial use only, and you may not sign up or
make deposits to any Account, directly or indirectly, through your Tracker(s) for
your own personal use, to fraudulently increase the Affiliate Commissions payable
to you or to otherwise defraud us. In no event are you to receive Affiliate Commissions
on Revenue generated on your own Player Account. Violation of this provision constitutes
Fraud Traffic and will grant to us the right to immediately terminate this Agreement
and you will forfeit all Affiliate Commissions that you have earned.
3.7. Good Faith Marketing.
You will not knowingly or unknowingly benefit from any known, unknown, suspected
or unsuspected Fraud Traffic. For clarity, we reserve the right to withhold or back
out amounts generated by Fraud Traffic from Affiliate Commissions on the Trackers,
regardless of whether you participated in or knew about the Fraud Traffic. In the
event that we determine that you have knowingly participated in, or knowingly benefited
from, Fraud Traffic with the intent to defraud us, then we may terminate this Agreement
effective immediately and you will forfeit all Affiliate Commissions that you have
earned.
3.8. Player Information.
By opening an Account at the Website, Players will be subject to all of our rules,
policies and operating procedures that govern their activity at the Website. We
reserve the right to refuse service to any potential Player and to close the Account
of any Player, at any time, at our sole discretion. All data relating to the Players
will remain our sole and exclusive property and you acquire no right to such information,
except as expressly stated herein.
3.9. Sub-Affiliates.
You may refer other persons to us so that they may also apply to join our Affiliate
Network. If any such person successfully joins our Affiliate Network we will pay
you in respect of the activities of such Sub-Affiliate in accordance with the Payment
Plan, provided that you register them through the "Register Sub-Affiliate" function
within the Affiliate Area of the Website. You will only receive credit for sub-affiliates
which comply with all applicable terms of this Agreement. Any person registered as an Affiliate cannot subsequently
be reclassified as a Sub-Affiliate. You shall not:
I. Register yourself or any person controlled by you as your own Sub-Affiliate.
II. Use fictitious or alias names for the registration of Sub-Affiliates.
III. Offer any type of enticement of money or otherwise of monetary value or otherwise
to potential Sub-Affiliates unless such enticements are approved in writing by us.
IV. Attempt to introduce any addition or variation to our terms in relation to any potential
Sub-Affiliate.
V. Receive Payment on behalf of your Sub-Affiliate(s) and for the avoidance of doubt,
the payment and contractual relationship in regard to the Affiliate Network shall
remain between the Sub-Affiliate and us.
REPORTS & PAYMENTS
4.1. Reports.
We will track and report Player activity for purposes of calculating your Affiliate
Commissions. The form, content and frequency of the reports may vary from time to
time at our sole discretion. At a minimum, you will receive a monthly report with
your payment indicating the total amount of Monthly Revenue collected from Players
that month per Tracker. As we deem appropriate, and at our sole discretion, we may
distribute reports more frequently than monthly.
4.2. Affiliate Commissions.
You will be paid in accordance with the std. reward plan found on Filizone unless
another is directly agreed to in writing by e-mail. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
we may elect to not accept your preferred payment plan and we shall notify you of
such decision within seven (7) days of your application to join the Affiliate Program.
4.3. Time and Minimum Amount of Payment.
Affiliate Commissions will be paid and sent out to you within ten (15) days of the
close of each calendar month, except that, if the total amount due is less than
USD$50, the balance will be carried over and added to the next month's Affiliate
Commissions until the total amount is more than USD$50. In the event, the balance
amount carried over does not total USD$50 within a consecutive three (3) month period,
then the amount due will be voided and cancelled, and we may terminate this Agreement.
4.4. Holdover for Fraud Traffic.
In the event of any activity deemed suspicious by us, in your Account or in multiple
Accounts, then we may delay payment of the Affiliate Commissions to you for up to
one hundred and eighty (180) days to verify the relevant transactions and in the
event that we determine the activity to constitute Fraud Traffic, we shall be entitled
to recalculate or withhold your Affiliate Commissions accordingly and in our sole
discretion.
4.5. Method of Payment.
All payments will be due and payable in United States Dollars only. At our sole
discretion, and as we deem appropriate, we may accommodate other methods of payment.
Any charges incurred for other methods of payment will be covered by you and deducted
from your Affiliate Commissions.
4.6. Player Tracking.
You understand and agree that potential Players must link through a Tracking Code
or enter a Bonus Code when they sign up in order for you to receive Affiliate Commissions
in relation to such potential Players. In no event are we liable for your failure
to use the right Trackers, for potential Players' failure to properly enter Bonus
Codes, or for system malfunctions that cause Trackers, Bonus Codes or hyperlinks
to be deleted, corrupted or unusable.
4.7. Disputes.
Deposit of payment, acceptance of payment transfer or acceptance of other payment
by you will be deemed full and final settlement of Affiliate Commissions due for
the month indicated. Hence, if you disagree with the reports or amount payable,
do NOT accept payment for such amount and immediately send us written notice of
your dispute. Dispute notices must be in writing received within thirty (30) days
of the end of each month for which payment is made, or your right to dispute such
report or payment will be deemed waived and you shall have no claims in such regard.
4.8. Player Verification.
Affiliate Commissions in relation to new Players will be dispatched only following
our verification and investigations concerning all new Players.
4.9. Negative Revenue:
In the event that the Revenue quotient is a negative amount during any given period(s),
such negative amount shall NOT be carried forward and deducted from the Revenue
amount of the relevant subsequent period of time. In the event that the Revenue
quotient is a negative amount for three (3) consecutive calendar months, we shall
be entitled to terminate this Agreement.
4.10. Sub-Affiliate Accruals.
Subject to Section 3.10, you will receive, in accordance with the Payment Plan,
your commission on the Affiliate Accruals due and payable to your Sub-Affiliate(s)
for Real Money Players they refer to our Sites.
TERM AND TERMINATION
5.1. Term and Termination.
This Agreement will take effect when you receive your Trackers from us and when
you start promoting the Website. This Agreement will be continuous until terminated.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and during a period of seven (7) days following your
receipt from us of your Trackers, we reserve the right to refuse your application
to join the Affiliate Program. In the event that we elect to refuse your application
subsequent to your receipt of the Trackers, we shall notify you of the same and
we shall be entitled to render the Trackers inoperative.
5.2. Termination By You.
You may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, immediately upon written
notice to us. In addition, you may cease marketing the Website any time you want.
5.3. Termination By Us.
We may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days written
notice to you. Further, we may terminate this Agreement immediately, without notice,
in the following events:
I. You materially breach this Agreement;
II. The total cumulative balance of Affiliate Commissions due to you is less than
USD$50 for three (3) consecutive months;
III. We determine, in our reasonable discretion, that you knowingly benefited from
Fraud Traffic as set forth in Section 2.7 herein;
IV. The total number of new Players introduced by you in a sixty-day period is less
than 1;
V. We determine that you have used Spam, Adware, Spyware or have engaged in an unacceptable
marketing technique as set forth in Section 3.2 herein.
5.4. Effect of Termination:
The following will apply upon the effective date of termination:
You will cease promotional activity and all rights and licenses given to you under
this Agreement will terminate immediately, except as expressly stated herein;
You will return all confidential information and cease use of any of our trade names,
trademarks, service marks, logos, banners and other designations of EUMBC Gaming
Ltd;
We may leave open, redirect or deactivate any Trackers in our sole discretion without
any obligation to pay you on new Players who come in or would have come in on those
Trackers;
We may at our discretion, decide to continue payment of Affiliate Commissions for
all existing Players who signed up through your Tracker prior to the effective date
of termination as long as they continue to play in accordance with this Agreement
and any other agreements to which they have agreed to. Such payments will not exceed
a period of 3 months following the effective date of termination. However, if this
agreement is terminated due to your willful breach of the terms and conditions herein, then
you will forfeit all non-paid Affiliate Commission that you have earned. If we suspect
Fraud Traffic, we may withhold payments for up to one hundred eighty (180) days,
from the original due date, to ensure that the payment is correct and that any fraud
has been reversed out;
In the event we determine, in our reasonable discretion, that you knowingly participate
in Fraud Traffic, as set forth in Section 2.7 herein, you will forfeit all Affiliate
Commissions that you have earned.
LIABILITIES
6.1. No Warranties.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SYSTEM, NETWORK, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE (OR THAT PROVIDED
TO US BY THIRD PARTIES) WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR SUITABILITY OF OUR SYSTEM, NETWORK, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE (OR THAT PROVIDED
TO US BY THIRD PARTIES). WE (OR OUR PROVIDERS OR UNDERLYING VENDORS) ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO MAINTAIN REDUNDANT SYSTEM(S), NETWORK, AND SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE.
6.2. Billing and Collection Limitations.
We may in our sole discretion, with or without notice, use any available means to
block or restrict certain Players, sign ups, deposits or play patterns so as to
reduce the number of fraudulent, unprofitable transactions or for any reason whatsoever,
including but not limited to daily or monthly purchase limits, address verification
or negative and positive credit card databases. We do not guarantee or warrant the
success of such fraud prevention efforts.
6.3. Liability Limitations.
Our obligations under this Agreement do not constitute personal obligations of the
directors, officers, employees or shareholders of EUMBC Gaming Ltd. and Parabol
Ltd. Any liability arising under this Agreement will be satisfied solely from the
revenues generated hereunder. Our liability is limited to direct damages, and in
no event will we be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, consequential
or punitive loss, injury or damage of any kind (regardless of whether we have been
advised of the possibility of such loss).
6.4. Indemnification.
You will defend, indemnify and hold us and our officers, directors, employees and
representative harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages
and costs, resulting from or arising from, your breach of this Agreement.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION
7.1. Independent Investigation. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT
AND AGREE TO ALL ITS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY
OF MARKETING THE WEBSITE AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR
STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
7.2. Independent Research. You understand that gambling laws may vary from city
to city, state to state and country to country. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED
THE LAWS IN YOUR LOCALE WHICH APPLY TO YOUR ACTIVITIES AND BELIEVE THAT YOU MAY
PARTICIPATE IN OUR Affiliate Program WITHOUT VIOLATING ANY APPLICABLE RULES OR LAWS.
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1. Notices.
All notices pertaining to this Agreement will be given by email as follows: to us
at affiliates@filizone.com and, to you at email provided on the Affiliate Sign up
Form (or as subsequently updated by you to us in the event of change).
8.2. Relationship of Parties. There is no relationship of exclusivity, partnership,
joint venture, employment, agency or franchise between you or us under this Agreement.
Neither party has the authority to bind the other or to incur any obligation on
the other's behalf, except as expressly provided herein. Nothing in this Agreement
will be construed to provide any rights, remedies or benefits to any person or entity
not a party to this Agreement.
8.3. Non-Exclusive.
You understand that we may at any time (directly or indirectly), enter into marketing
terms with other
Affiliates on the same or different
terms as those provided to you herein and that such Affiliates may be similar,
and even competitive, to you. You understand that we may re-direct traffic and users
from our site to any other website that we deem appropriate in our sole discretion,
without any additional compensation to you.
8.4. Confidentiality and Non Disclosure.
As a marketer of the Website you will receive confidential information from us as
to our marketing plans, marketing concepts, structure and payments. This information
is confidential to us and constitutes our proprietary trade secrets. Therefore,
you will not disclose this information to third parties without our express written
consent.
8.5. Press.
You may not issue any press release with respect to this Agreement or your participation
in this Affiliate Program without our prior written consent.
8.6. Assignment.
This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned by you
without our express written consent.
8.7. Governing Law.
The validity of this Agreement, its construction, interpretation, and enforcement,
and the rights of the parties hereto will be determined under, governed by, and
construed in accordance with the laws of Costa-Rica.
8.8. Arbitration.
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or breach
of this Agreement, will be settled by binding arbitration, and judgment on the award
rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. There
will be one arbitrator, mutually agreeable to you and us, or if we/you cannot agree
on an arbitrator, then one will be appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The losing party will pay all the expenses of the arbitration, including attorney's
fees.
8.9. Force Majeure.
The parties' obligations under this Agreement are subject to and neither party will
be liable for, failure to perform, damage, or malfunction of any equipment, or any
consequences thereof occasioned by or due to fire, flood, water, the elements, labor
disputes, power failures, explosions, governmental actions, unavailability of transportation,
acts or omission of third-parties, or any other causes beyond the party's reasonable
control.
8.10. Severability/Waiver.
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will 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.
8.11. Modification.
We may modify any of the terms of this Agreement at any time, in our sole discretion, by either (i)
E-mailing you a change notice or (ii) by posting the new version of the Agreement
on our Website. It is your responsibility to visit the Website frequently to make
sure you are up to date with the latest version of the Agreement and its provisions.
IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE THIS
AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM FOLLOWING POSTING
OR NOTICE OF CHANGE WILL BE DEEMED BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFICATION.
8.12. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and pre-empts any
prior understandings or agreements between the parties, written or oral, which may
be related to the subject matter hereof. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and will have no effect on the construction of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHERE OF, you expressly agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement by submitting the Affiliate Sign Up Form.