Affiliation Program Terms and Conditions

The following is an agreement (this “Agreement”) by and between ourselves, operating the PokerKing Partners, and You (“Affiliate”), which contains the terms and conditions that apply to all members of our PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program.

Please carefully read this Agreement in its entirety. By submitting the Agreement, you will be deemed to have agreed to join our PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program and to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, and this Agreement will become valid and binding as between you and us.

For every new member you refer to us, who registers for a PokerKing account and plays on our tables, we will pay you referral commission on a monthly basis. The more members you refer, the higher your commission becomes.

The following terms shall have the meaning as described here under:

Chargeback

is a credit card transaction which is not collectable by the credit card company as a result of customer non-payment or fraudulent credit card use.

Commission

is the subject to the Affiliate’s compliance with the terms of this Agreement, PokerKing undertakes to pay the Affiliate a commission which shall be either CPA Commission or Revenue Share as indicated and detailed by PokerKing in its notification of its acceptance of the Affiliate’s application to the Program (the “Commission”).

CPA Payment

calculated on the basis of the number of Qualified Poker Players per month.

Deposits

are the funds transferred by Players to their player accounts at the relevant Sites.

Effective Date

shall mean the date of executing this Agreement by registration or IO signing.

Expenses

should mean direct players costs such as bonus money freed and promotional amounts given to the player, used RoyaltyPoints, freeroll winning, uncollectible revenues (including any chargebacks, payment reversals etc.), a fixed amount for legal, branding and operational costs, applicable local gaming taxes payable by PokerKing (at the rate in force on the date of due payment) and/or reasonable payment processing services charges that are paid by PokerKing to third parties in respect of the player’s deposits and cashouts.

Fraud

means an actual or attempted act by you or any Player which is (i) illegal in any applicable jurisdiction, (ii) made in bad faith, or (iii) intended to defraud us or any of the Sites and/or circumvent any contractual or legal restrictions, regardless of whether such act or attempted act actually causes us or any of the Sites any damage or harm. Fraud shall include, without limitation, collusion; abuse of bonuses or other promotions; violation of money-laundering or other laws and regulations; Spamming; false, misleading or unauthorized advertising or representations; use of stolen credit cards; and unauthorized use of any intellectual property rights (including third parties’ and any of our or the Sites’ rights).

Gross Revenue

shall mean the aggregate of a Poker Player’s Ring Game Gross Revenue and Tournaments fee Gross Revenue.

Net Revenue

shall mean the revenue calculated on the basis of monthly Gross Revenue minus monthly Expenses (see Expenses)

Player

is a person that enters Site via your Tracker(s), has opened a new player account with such Site and is qualified and authorized to access and use the Site in accordance with the terms and conditions of use of such Site and with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Promotion Mails

means graphical artwork or text regarding specific promotion campaigns, sent by us from time to time for dissemination by you.

Qualified Poker Player

shall mean an Internet user without a prior user account on any site owned or operated by PokerKing including a User Account who (i) accesses the Site(s) directly through a Link or enters a Marketing Code and downloads and installs the software; (ii) opens a new User Account; and (with respect to CPA Commission only) (iii) makes a minimum required deposit (iiii) earns the minimum amount of Rake required by CPA Payment Plan assigned to Affiliate.

Rake

shall mean the proportion retained by or on behalf of PokerKing or one of its affiliated companies from the Pot. Does not include the part of the pot taken to fund various jackpots (BBJ, rake race, etc).

Revenue Share

means splitting of the revenue between PokerKing and the Affiliate. The Revenue Share is calculated on specific percentage of Gross Revenue or Net Revenue.

Ring Game Gross Revenue

means the total sum of Player’s contributions to Rakes in cash games while playing on software downloadable from the Site(s).

Sites

are the websites (and all their related pages) promoted by us and offered within the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program.

Spam

means emails and messages that meet any one or more of the following criteria: (i) unsolicited mailing, usually sent to a large number of addressees; (ii) contains false or misleading statements; (iii) does not truthfully identify the source or the originating IP Address and / or the originating email address; (iv) does not contain an online and real time Remove option, (v) bundles certain software with other software, or (vi) inserts icons or causes software download or installation or similar action without the consent of the addressee.

Sub-Affiliates

mean persons who join our PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program through your unique trackers as regular affiliates, and in respect of which we shall pay you certain commissions, as further described in this Agreement.

Text Links and Banners

means the hyper-linked graphical artwork or texts that are used to direct Players from your website to our Sites using Trackers.

Tournament Gross Revenue

means the sum total of the Tournament Fees paid by a Poker Player while playing in tournaments on software downloadable from the Site(s).

Trackers

are the unique tracking URLs that we provide exclusively to you for the term of this Agreement, through which we track Players and calculate your CPA Payment, as applicable.

Trademarks

means any logo, trade mark, trade name, design, domain name or similar identifying material that are owned or licensed by us or by any Site.

Withdrawals

are the funds transferred by Players from their players’ account to themselves either directly or through a Payment Provider.

Joining the Affiliate Program

Appointment as an Affiliate. Following receipt of your application form and by this Agreement, we will consider accepting you as an affiliate in our PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program. Should we decide, in our sole and absolute discretion to accept you as an affiliate, this agreement will become binding between you and us, and we will grant you the non-exclusive, revocable right to direct potential players to the Sites, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement does not grant you an exclusive right to direct potential players to the Sites or any other exclusive right in connection with the Sites or with the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program. Other than the Revenue Share and CPA Payment, as applicable, you will not have any rights relating to any Players. We may operate additional affiliate programs in connection with the Sites or any other sites, and you will have no right with respect to such other programs, except for those rights we may expressly grant to you.

Affiliate Duties and Rights

Marketing, Promotion and Link to Sites. With this Agreement and by joining our PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program, you agree to market, promote and refer potential Players to the Sites, by creating and maintaining a unique link from your site to the Sites and by disseminating Promotion Mails received from us. This link may be established with one or more of our Text Links and Banners. You will be solely liable for the content and manner of your marketing and promotion activities. All such activities must be conducted at all times in a professional and lawful manner and pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Following receipt of our written permission, you may link directly to the Sites’ downloadable .exe file, and in this case we may ask you to comply with additional relevant requirements.

Other Marketing or Other Activities Are Not Allowed. The only methods by which you may advertise, market and promote the Sites are the establishment and maintenance of the unique link from your site to the Sites using the Text Links and Banners, and the dissemination of Promotion Mails, unless we give you our prior written authorization for any other activity.

Permitted Layouts. You will use only our approved Text Links and Banners and Promotion Mails and will not alter their appearance, design or content, unless we give you our prior written authorization otherwise. At your request, we will provide you with a code that will enable you to post in your sites rotating banners from our marketing material. You understand and acknowledge that the appearance and contents of our Text Links and Banners and Promotion Mails constitute the only authorized and permitted representation of the Sites.

Legality of Use. You accept sole responsibility for determining whether your participation in our Affiliate Program is legal under any laws that apply to you. You understand that we do not provide you with any legal recommendation or assurance regarding such legality. Please consult legal counsel in the applicable jurisdiction if you have any doubts about the legality of your participation in our Affiliate Program or the receipt of any payments from us, under any applicable laws.

No Fraud. We have zero tolerance for inappropriate conduct and Fraudulent activity. You will not engage in, allow, assist, promote, encourage or benefit from, directly or indirectly, any act or traffic that involves Fraud. You will act at all times to refrain from, immediately stop and not allow any act or traffic that involves Fraud or that you believe or should reasonably believe to potentially involve Fraud, or any act or traffic that we inform you is suspected by us, in our discretion, to involve or potentially involve Fraud. PokerKing retains the right to review all Commission for possible fraud on the part of the Affiliate or on the part of the Qualified Poker Player. In the event that PokerKing reasonably deems that fraud has occurred in relation to the generation of the Commission, PokerKing shall be entitled to withhold such Commission or set-off an appropriate amount from future payments of Commission. For the purpose of this Agreement and by way of example only the term “fraud” shall include, but shall not be limited to, actual or attempted (i) chargeback by a Qualified Poker Player in relation to their initial deposit, (ii) collusion on the part of the Qualified Poker Player with any other player on the Site(s); (iii) the offering or providing by the Affiliate or any third party of any unauthorised incentive (financial or otherwise) to potential Qualified Poker Players (including, without limitation, the sharing by the Affiliate of any Commission earned by the Affiliate through its promotions); (iv) the creation by Qualified Poker Players of multiple user accounts in order to abuse promotions or bonuses on offer to players or (v) the abuse by Qualified Poker Players that we do not deem genuine that participate in the CPA program to take advantage of the CPA plan to benefit  himself and/or the affiliate. King Enterprises N.V. is for profit organization whose goal is to succeed in business and generate a return on investment for its shareholders. King Enterprises N.V. affiliate program is designed to reward our genuine PokerKing Partners, attract new genuine players to our poker room and are not intended for anything else other than that.

Limitation of Age. You can only participate in our Affiliate Program if you are of the legal age determined by any applicable laws in your jurisdiction. In any event and under any circumstances, you cannot participate in our Affiliate Program if you are under 18 years of age. We reserve the right to ask for proof of age from you and your account may be suspended until a satisfactory proof of age is provided to us. You will not by yourself, nor will you allow, assist or encourage others to, market and promote the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program or any of the Sites, directly or indirectly, to persons that are less than 18 years of age or such higher age as may apply in the jurisdiction that you are targeting, or develop or implement marketing and promotion strategies in respect thereof.

Excluded Territories. You will not market or promote any Site within or to persons from any Excluded Territories; or be involved in any traffic coming from any Excluded Territories; or allow, assist or encourage circumvention of any restriction put in place by us and/or any Site in connection with Excluded Territories. “Excluded Territories” include the territories indicated in the list below, which may be changed by us from time to time.
The Excluded Territories are as follows: United States and United States Territories, Spain and Spanish Territories, Belgium, France and French Territories, Netherlands and Netherland Territories, Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria and Australia.

Sole Responsibility for Your Site. You will be solely responsible for the operation and content of your site, including for ensuring that materials posted on your site are not libelous, obscene, sexually explicit, violent or otherwise illegal, or, if notified by us in our discretion, otherwise unsuitable. You will be solely responsible that all the content of your site is original or otherwise is permitted to be published by the owner thereof. You will not make any claims, representations or warranties in connection with us or any of the Sites, and you will not be authorized to make any commitment or assume any liability or obligation on our behalf or on behalf of any of the Sites.

No Negative Carry Over in Casino. No negative Carry Over in Casino. Negative earning are not carried forward in Casino. If Affiliate closes the month with a negative balance, this balance will not be carried forward to the next month, and Affiliate will begin next month on a zero balance. Negative earnings are carried over just in Poker.

No Rake back or Other Incentives to Players. You may not at any time make rake back payments or other form of payment or financial incentive to your Players. You will also not advertise or be engaged with any site that offers rake backs. We reserve the right to withhold any amounts due to you if we believe you were involved in any rake back activity.

Additional Restrictions. In addition and without derogating from any of the above, you will not at any time by yourself, nor will you allow, assist or encourage others to, do any of the following:

1. Use or cause Spamming;
2. Do any act that disparages us or any of the Sites or that otherwise is damaging or is reasonably expected to be damaging to our goodwill or to the goodwill of any Site;
3. In any way alter, affect or interfere with the operation or accessibility of the Sites or any page thereof;
4. Do any act which causes your site or any other site to copy any material including but not limited to content, graphic, design or any part thereof or resemble the look and feel of any of the Sites or attempt to pass as any of the Sites or create the impression that any such sites are the Sites or otherwise confuse potential Players in connection therewith;

Our Duties and Rights

Registering and Tracking Players. We will register your Players and track their play, and will calculate the amounts payable to you in accordance with the applicable payment plan. We reserve the right to require the Sites to refuse new Players or to close the accounts of existing Players if necessary in our sole discretion in order to comply with any requirements we may periodically establish, including without limitation with regard to Fraud, unlawful activity, breach of the respective Site’s terms and conditions of use, or otherwise.

Payments. We will make payments to you in accordance with the applicable payment plan, as set forth in detail below.

Recording Calls. All telephone conversations between you and any of our staff may be recorded, and you hereby consent to such recording. Any recordings will be treated in the strictest confidence and may be used by us in events of misunderstanding or dispute.

Reports. We will provide you with remote online access to reports regarding Player activity, player revenue and the CPA generated (if applicable). The form, content and frequency of the reports will be subject to change in our discretion. We will not be liable for the completeness or accuracy of any reports.

Commitment for Confidentiality. We are committed at all time to protect your identity and your personal information through our secrecy and confidentiality. However, We shall be entitled to inform relevant authorities, online casino operators, other online service providers and banks, credit card companies, electronic payment providers or other financial institutions of your identity and of any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity, and you will cooperate fully with us to investigate any such activity.

Proprietary Rights

License to Use Trademarks. We hereby grant you a non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable sublicense, for the term of this Agreement, to use any Trademarks solely for the display of the Text Links and Banners on your sites. This sublicense cannot be sublicensed, assigned or otherwise transferred by you, unless approved in writing by us. Your right to use the Trademarks is limited to and arises only out of the sublicense herein granted. We have the right to terminate this sublicense at any time by written notice to you. This sublicense will be terminated automatically upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason. You shall not assert the invalidity or unenforceability, or otherwise contest the ownership of the Trademarks, in any action or proceeding of whatever kind or nature, and shall not take any action that may prejudice our or any of the Sites’ rights (as an owner or licensee) in or to the Trademarks, or the right of any owner thereof, or render the same generic, or otherwise weaken their validity or diminish their associated goodwill. You shall not register or attempt to register any logo, trade mark, trade name, design, domain name or similar identifying material that contain, are confusingly similar to or are comprised of any Trademarks.

Only Commercial Use is Allowed. The marketing opportunity presented in our Affiliate Program is for commercial use only, and you, your family members, friends or associates may not make Deposits, directly or indirectly, through any of your Trackers for your or their own personal use or to increase the amounts payable to you under this Agreement by any act which involves Fraud.

Data Relating to Players. It is clarified that any and all data relating to the Players shall be and remain our exclusive property.

Affiliate Identity

Verification of Identity. It is our policy to prohibit and actively prevent money laundering and any activity that facilitates money laundering or funding of terrorist or criminal activities. We will verify your identity through the information provided by you and by obtaining information from public sources and data. We will make our best efforts to reasonably ensure that we know the true identity of any of our affiliates.

Supporting Documentation. You agree to provide us any supporting documents requested by us. You are aware that we have the right to delay payments if supporting documents are not provided. Supporting documents may include any or all of the following for individuals: valid passport copy; valid driving license copy; a copy of a utility bill; a letter of reference from your bank; and a copy of a bank statement. For a company, supporting documentation may include a copy of the company’s certification of incorporation; articles of association (or equivalent document); duly approved corporate resolution; a certificate of good standing; power of attorney; and information regarding the identity of the beneficiary owner of the company and the identity of the directors of the company.

Payments and Fees

Alternative Payment Plans. The payment due and payable to you at the end of each calendar month will be determined according to the payment plan you have.

CPA Payment Plan. Under the CPA payment plan, you will receive a one-time payment for every new Qualified Player that you direct to our Site or Sites. A CPA payment will be due and payable to you if and when a qualifying Player completes first registration on one of the Sites, deposits the minimum required amount and meets the minimum player activity requirements as agreed upon in writing with your affiliate manager.
Please note the following with regard to the CPA payment plan:

1. In any event of a Chargeback or issuance of credit to a qualifying Player, such a Player will not be considered for the purpose of the CPA plan, and any CPA Payment made to you in respect of such Player shall be deducted from future payments to you;
2. A CPA Payment will be due and payable to you in respect of a qualifying Player only upon the first registration of such Player in one of the Sites and the depositing of the minimum required amount specified in the CPA tables above. Any subsequent activities of such Player in that Site or in other Sites will not entail any payment to you. A CPA Payment will be paid to you only once for each qualifying Player.

 

Revenue Share Payment Plan. Under the Revenue Share Payment Plan you will receive monthly payments calculated on the basis of monthly Gross Revenue or monthly net revenue in accordance to your contract.

Final and Binding Data and Calculations. All calculations in connection with the amount payable to you will be made by us and based solely on our systems’ data and records, and our calculations will be final and binding.

Change of Payment Plan. We reserve the right to change your chosen payment plan or plan’s conditions upon notice to you. Any such change will take effect only from the date of such notice.

Payment Procedure. An account balance statement will be sent no later than the 15th of each month or 15 days after fullfilling any contract not starting and ending the first and last of each month. You will have 48 hours to review the statement and notify your affiliate manager of any discrepancies. If you do not submit an amended statement within this 48 hour period, the original will be deemed as approved and you will be paid accordingly. If minimum amount of $100 is not reached in a particular month, we will be entitled to withhold payment and carry the amount due to you to the next calendar month and so on, until the minimum amount is reached. All payments will be due and paid in USD or in any other currency in our discretion. We will transfer funds only to the designated account appearing in your application form.

Expences and Other Charges. You are fully responsible for all expenses and other fees to and arising from any payments made to you under this Agreement, including without limitation processing fees. You will indemnify and reimburse us for any expenses costs or losses that may be caused to us as a result of any claim or demand made by any governmental or other authority, with regard to tax withholding obligations or similar obligations to which we may be subject in connection with making payments to you. We will be entitled to withhold or set-off any such amounts from the payments made to you.

Right to Withhold Amounts. We reserve the right to withhold all amounts due and payable to you under this Agreement if we believe that any Fraud has taken place or is contemplated which involves you, whether or not the withheld amounts relate to the event in question. If we believe that a Fraud has taken place or is contemplated by any Player without your knowledge, we will be entitled to withhold any amounts due to you in connection with such Fraud. We will also be entitled, in the foregoing events, to set-off from future amounts payable to you any amounts already received by you which can be shown to have been generated by Fraud. We will also have the right to withhold any amounts payable to you in the event that you pay any of your Players any rake-back or other payment or financial incentive.
We do not support nor give hand to any kind of content stealing or copying (site scraping), and we reserve the right to close your account with us if you will be proven to use such methods, and/or to transfer the amounts payable to you to the original content creator.
We reserve the right to delay or withhold payments if any supporting documents are not provided to us upon request.
If we determine, in our sole discretion, that you have engaged in any activity forbidden in this Agreement, including without limitation activity that involves Excluded Territories or that you have otherwise breached any of your representations, warranties or undertakings in this Agreement, we (without limiting any other rights or remedies available to us)

1. may terminate this Agreement immediately
2. withhold any amounts due and payable to you hereunder, whether or not generated by such forbidden activity or breach.

 

Chargebacks and Credits. All Chargeback and credit amounts will be deducted from your payment or the reserved funds. Chargeback and credit fees will be paid to the credit card companies and will be administered by us.

Sub-Affiliates

Any person who was introduced to us by you and joins the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program as an affiliate thereof, by submitting to us the standard application form through the Sub-Affiliate link on the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program site, will be considered, subject to our prior approval, to be your Sub-Affiliate and tracked as such. Any Sub-Affiliate will be treated as a regular affiliate in the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program and will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and you will be liable to us, jointly and severally with any Sub-Affiliate, for the performance of such Sub-Affiliate’s obligations under the Agreement.
To reward you for your Sub-Affiliates and to incentivise you to obtain additional Sub-Affiliates, in addition to paying the Sub-Affiliate (as an affiliate of ours) the commissions set forth in this Agreement, we will also pay you an additional commission in respect of the payments made to the Sub-Affiliate, when approved by us as such, as set forth in the table below.
You may not refer to us as your Sub-Affiliates any persons or entities that were registered as our affiliates in the past, and any such persons or entities will not be considered your Sub-Affiliates under this Agreement.

Term and Termination

Term and Termination. The term of this Agreement will begin when you submit your affiliate application form located here and will continue until either party notifies the other party that it wishes to terminate the Agreement, with or without cause, in which case this Agreement will be terminated immediately. Termination is at will, for any reason or for no reason, by either party.
For purposes of notification of termination, sending a notice via email is considered a written and immediate form of notification.
Without derogating from the termination at will provision above, we will immediately terminate this Agreement if we determine, in our sole discretion, that you or any of your Players are engaged in Fraud, or that you have paid any of your Players rake-backs or other payments or financial incentives, that we have doubt in respect of your true identity, any of your activities pose any risk to the integrity of the Affiliate Program or if your site is aimed at minors (below the age of 18 or a higher age as determined in any applicable jurisdiction); involves Excluded Territories; promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; violates intellectual property rights (of ours, any Sites’ or any third party’s); includes content which is libelous, obscene, sexually explicit or violent; promotes any unlawful activities; or is unsuitable or inappropriate in our discretion.
If there is no activity in your account for 60 days, we will deem this Agreement to have been terminated by you without notice.

Results of Termination. Immediately following the termination of this Agreement for any reason, you must remove all of our Text Links and Banners from your site, as well as any other marks, names, symbols, logos, designs or any other material, graphics and content owned, developed, licensed or created by us and/or provided to you by us in connection with this Agreement. You must also disable any links from your site to any Site, and stop any activity relating to Promotion Mails. All rights and licenses given to you in this Agreement shall immediately terminate.
If you have failed to fulfill your obligations and responsibilities, we will not pay you the any commission otherwise owing to you on termination or thereafter, if applicable.
We may withhold your final payment for a reasonable time to ensure that the correct amount is paid and that there are no debts or liabilities owing from you to us. We will be entitled to deduct from any payments due and payable to you, any such debts and liabilities due to us, if any.
Any continued access and use by Players of any of the Sites following the termination of this Agreement, if any, shall not constitute continuation or renewal of this Agreement or a waiver of its termination.

Affiliate Representations and Warranties

Without derogating from, and in addition to, any of your other representations, warranties, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, you hereby represent and warrant to us the following:

 

1. the execution, delivery and performance by you of this Agreement and the consummation by you of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or violate any provision of law, rule, regulation or agreement to which you are subject to;
2. you are not under the age of either 18, or the age at which gambling activities are legal under the law of the jurisdiction that applies to you, whichever is greater;
3. you are not involved or intend to be involved in or are aware of any act or traffic that involves your site and that constitutes or can be reasonably expected to constitute Fraud or illegal activity, including but not limited to money laundering, under any applicable law, rule or regulation;
4. by participating in our Affiliate Program, you acknowledge that you do not find our services to be offensive, objectionable or unfair in any way.

No Warranties

Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, we make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program or to any arrangements contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation with regard to their functionality, fitness for a particular purpose, suitability, merchantability, legality or non-infringement. In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.

Indemnity

You will defend, indemnify, and hold us and our affiliates, and our and their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, resulting from, arising out of, or in any way connected with

 

1. any breach by you of any warranty, representation, or agreement contained in this Agreement;
2. the performance of your duties and obligations under this Agreement;
3. any claim or demand relating to the development, operation, maintenance, or contents of your site.

No Liability for Promoted Sites

We are not liable in any way, nor do we assume any responsibility for or make any representations or warranties with regard to, any of the Sites, their operations, contents or any other aspect related thereto.

Limitation of Liability

Any liability to you arising from this Agreement and the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program is limited to direct damages only. We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damage or loss of any kind, including without limitation loss of business, profits, revenue, contracts or anticipated savings, or arising from loss, damage or corruption of any data, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to provide any rights, remedies or benefits to any person or entity not a party to this Agreement.

The Parties Relationship

We and you are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties.
You will have no authority to make or accept any offers, representations or obligations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that could be reasonably construed to contradict the foregoing.

Confidentiality

During your participation in our Affiliate Program, we may disclose to you or you might otherwise obtain certain information which is either marked or by its nature is confidential and proprietary to us (herein referred to as “Confidential Information”). You shall keep all such Confidential Information in strict confidence and not use any part of it, directly or indirectly, for any purpose other than the purpose of this Agreement. Confidential Information shall not include any information that is generally known or available to the public, or information required to be disclosed by applicable law or any legal agency having jurisdiction over you (in which case you will give us prompt notice of such requirement).

Acknowledgement and Independent Evaluation

You acknowledge that:

1. YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS;
2. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR AFFILIATE PROGRAM AND THAT YOU ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE, OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.

You understand that we may at any time (directly or indirectly) solicit customer referrals on terms that may differ from those contained in this Agreement, or operate or contract with web sites that are similar to or compete with your site.

Amendments to Agreement

Amendments. We may amend any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting the amended agreement on this “Terms and Conditions” page on our site. Any changes will take effect from the date specified at the head of the Agreement and you are solely responsible for learning of any such amended versions and changes. It is important, therefore, that you log in from time to time to this page on our site and check to see whether there is any amended version. Amendments may include, for example, changes in the commission amounts payable under this Agreement, payment procedures, restrictions on operation and any other PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program rules. None of our employees, officers or agents may orally amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement.
If any amendment is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the PokerKing Partners Affiliate Program following our posting of any amendment agreement on our site will constitute a binding acceptance of the amended agreement, whether or not you have actually learned or read the relevant changes.

Miscellaneous

Governing Law. The construction, validity and performance of this Agreement will be governed by the laws of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Jurisdiction. The competent court in Curacao will have exclusive jurisdiction in any matter arising from or related to this Agreement. This, however, shall not prevent us from bringing any action in the court of any other jurisdiction for injunctive or similar relief. The English language version of this Agreement will prevail over any other language version issued by us.

No Waiver. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.

No Assignment. You may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any part thereof without our prior written consent.

Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall 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.

Remedies and Injunctive Relief. Our rights and remedies hereunder shall not be mutually exclusive, i.e., the exercise of one or more of our rights or remedies in connection with this Agreement shall not preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy. You acknowledge, confirm and agree that damages may be inadequate for a breach or a threatened breach of this Agreement and, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by you of any provision of this Agreement, our rights and obligations may be enforceable by specific performance, injunction, or other equitable remedy. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit or affect any of our rights at law, contract or otherwise, for a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement, it being the intent of this provision to make clear that our respective rights and obligations shall be enforceable in equity as well as at law or otherwise.