Op de website pokerstars.eu staat een zogenoemde End user license agreement (ook genoemd Terms of Service; hierna: End user license agreement). Daarin is – voor zover hier van belang – het volgende vermeld:
“This end user license agreement (the “Agreement”) should be read by you (the “User” or “you”) in its entirety prior to your use of PokerStars’ service or products. Please note that the Agreement constitutes a legally binding agreement between you, Rational Gaming Europe Limited (“Rational Gaming”) and Rational Social Projects Limited (“Rational Social”) (Rational Gaming and Rational Social together being referred to herein as “PokerStars”, “us” or “we”).
Rational Gaming is a company registered in Malta (C54266), with registered address at Villa Seminia, 8, Sir Temi Zammit Avenue, Ta’Xbiex, XBX1011 Malta and licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority (CL3/795/2011) pursuant to which it operates the real money poker games (“RM Games”) offered to you on the Internet site found at www.pokerstars.eu (the “Site”). The terms and conditions governing your play on RM Games follow below. Rational Social operates the “play money”/“play for free” poker games (“PM Games”) offered to you on the Site. Click here for the PM Games Terms and Conditions governing your playing on PM Games. (…)
By entering into this Agreement, you acknowledge that PokerStars is part of a group of companies. As such, where used and the context allows, the term “Group” means PokerStars together with its subsidiaries and any holding company of PokerStars and any subsidiary of such holding company and any associated company with PokerStars including, but not limited to, associated companies providing services under the trade mark “Full Tilt Poker”. In addition to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please review our Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, the PM Games Terms and Conditions, the Poker Rules, the Game Rules, the FAQs, the Sports Betting Rules, the Real Money Processing and Currency Exchange terms and conditions and the VIP Club terms and conditions as well as the other rules, policies and terms and conditions relating to the games and promotions available on the Site as posted on the Site from time to time, which are incorporated herein by reference, together with such other policies of which you may be notified of by us from time to time.
By clicking the “I Agree” button below as part of the software installation process and using the Software (as defined below), you consent to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, the PM Games Terms and Conditions, the Poker Rules, the Game Rules, the FAQs, the Sports Betting Rules, and the Real Money Processing and Currency Exchange terms and conditions as each may be updated or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions below and therein.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the definition of “Software” will include the PokerStars poker software downloadable to your personal desktop or laptop computer (“PC”) from www.pokerstars.eu (the “PC Software”) and the PokerStars mobile software application (the “Mobile Software”) downloadable to a mobile device (including, without limitation, a cellular phone, PDA, tablet, or any other type of device now existing or hereafter devised) (each, a “Device”) as well as all ancillary software to the poker software (whether web-based software or client/server software).
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