RakebackPoker Terms & Conditions

(1) Agreement between user and Rakebackpoker.com

The Rakebackpoker.com Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

(2) MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE

Rakebackpoker.com reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site is offered at any time with notice. These updates will take effect as soon as they are posted here. It is your responsibility to check back regularly for any changes. Please note that the rates of rakeback we pass on to you are determined by the rate of commission that we get from the Poker Rooms. On occasion a poker room may offer us a higher rate of commission in order to attract more traffic to their site. This enables us to offer you (the player) a higher rate of rakeback. If for any reason the Poker room decides to reduce this rate at a later date for any reason, we will correspondingly reduce the rate of rakeback to you by the same proportion. At no stage can Rakebackpoker.com pay rakeback to a client of a percentage amount higher than that percentage amount it is receiving from the Poker Room. You will always be given written notice of any change in your rate within 7 working days of us finding out the same from the Poker Room. As way of an example if a poker site offers Rakebackpoker.com a 30% commission return and we in turn offer you 25%, then if the poker room reduces their percentage to us by 5% (to 25%) we will correspondingly reduce our percentage to you by 5% (to 20%) after giving you written notice. It is your responsibility when signing up to a poker room to make sure that you are not contravening any rules/laws that the poker room or the territory/state/country (in which you are resident) have governing an account such as age. If for whatever reason a poker room offering rakeback defaults on its agreement to pay rakeback either directly to players of via the RAKEBACKPOKER.COM medium, RAKEBACKPOKER.COM shall not be liable for any outstanding rakeback monies owed to any player by that room.

(3) CHARGEBACKS AND PAYMENTS

All Poker rooms have the right to withhold payments from Rakebackpoker.com in the event they believe that there is reason to believe that a player is using their poker account for fraudulent purposes. In this event they can refuse to release commission to Rakebackpoker.com. Whilst these occurrences are few and far between, they are nonetheless possible and Rakebackpoker.com reserves the right to pass these on to this player. Rakebackpoker.com depends on reports from its poker room partners to determine the amount of rakeback owed to our players. The gross/rake numbers we receive from the poker rooms at the month end are subject to change at any time on account of extra/missing data, fraud and chargebacks. Poker software systems such as Poker Tracker and Poker Office do NOT provide accurate data. See FAQs for more information on this. The month end reports that we get from the poker rooms are final and Rakebackpoker.com are unable to enter into any discussion with any poker room on this issue as this would breach the poker room’s player confidentiality rules. If you feel that the amount of rake you have generated in any given month is wrong, you will need to consult directly with the poker room before talking to Rakebackpoker.com. In order for a player to receive payments, Rakebackpoker.com need to access online reports from the Poker Rooms they are affiliated with. These reports in the various forms show some, or a combination, of the following information: Player Name, player email, Player ID Number, Number of raked hands played, Rake generated in a given month, Overall Rake generated. By signing up with a poker room for rakeback through RAKEBACKPOKER.COM you are granting us permission to view these reports and are also granting permission for the respective poker room to allow us access to see said reports and the information contained therein. PayPal – Please note if you choose PayPal as your payment option and for any reason you refuse a payment from us, this must be done within 24hours of us initialising the payment. If you refuse it after 24 hours you will be liable for any charges that we might incur from PayPal due to currency conversion rates and fees.

(4) BONUSES AND TRANSACTION CHARGES

All rakeback payments are calculated upon net rake. On occasion this is done once player retention bonuses, any other site give-aways and transaction charges have been deducted by the Poker Rooms. Some rooms do not deduct bonuses. At some rooms negative net rakes at the end of a month are carried forward to the next month regardless of whether the associated poker room resets negative balances for Rakebackpoker.com to zero. This is because Rakebackpoker.com net rake for a poker room is calculated as a total of all players belonging to that room. Therefore a net negative rake player will offset a player with a positive rake and whilst RAKEBACKPOKER.COM has to pay rakeback to the positive rake player, RAKEBACKPOKER.COM does not receive an equivalent rake from the poker room because of the other player’s negative contribution. Therefore negative rake must be carried forward to make up for the losses incurred by RAKEBACKPOKER.COM. Players registered to more than one account through RAKEBACKPOKER.COM will have their net rakes combined. If a player signs up for poker rakeback and also chooses to play at that Poker room’s casino (if it has one) they will not be entitled to cashback on any losses they occur at the casino. A player who signs up through a RAKEBACKPOKER.COM poker link will only be entitled to rakeback on poker providing the room they have chosen caters for it. Some poker rooms offset a player’s casino play against their rake generation. If this is the case casino winnings are offset against poker rake generated and so a player may find that they receive reduced or no rakeback at all in a given month.

Absolute Poker – Absolute also make deductions for transaction charges (currently only for US players) – these vary between 5-10% depending on your method of deposit. Negative balances at the end of the month are carried forward to the following month.

UltimateBet Poker – Ultimate also make deductions for transaction charges (currently only for US players) – these vary between 5-10% depending on your method of deposit. Negative balances at the end of the month are carried forward to the following month.

Full Tilt – Please note that Full Tilt deduct transaction charges for deposits and some withdrawals, points used for merchandise in the stores and contributions for overlay freerolls from a player’s MGR. Please also note that if your account at FT is closed due to already having a primary account you will not be entitled to any further rakeback on that account. Whatever amount you have received up until that point you can keep but you will not be able to get any balance owed transferred to another account. Duplicate real money accounts are against FT’s Terms & Conditions. Negative balances at the end of each week are carried forward by FT.

Cake Poker – Cake also make deductions for transaction charges, store purchases and gold chips etc from your rake before they calculate rakeback.

Cheques – Players requesting payments by cheque should be advised that their bank may charge them for receiving a cheque from a non US bank. Our cheques are issues in Sterling GBP. We always advise all players to select the most economical method of receiving their rakeback. This is usually via transfer to a poker account.

Paradise Poker – We advise players at Paradise NOT to exchange their FPP (Frequent Player Points) for tournament entries as this conversion is done at €0.25 per point and so each point will cost you €0.075 in rakeback. Paradise also deduct FPPS that you spend in their store from your rake before rakeback calculations are made at the same rate. So you should be sure that the item you are buying is worth the same as the amount of rake that is being deducted.

PlayersOnly – PlayersOnly make deductions for transaction charges, store purchases and gold chips etc from your rake before they calculate rakeback.

(5) REFERRAL AND AFFILIATE MARKETING

You may use Marketing Materials for the sole purpose of marketing to and referring potential players to Rakebackpoker.com. You will only use marketing materials that have been provided by us and/or pre-approved by us (collectively the “Marketing Materials”). You will not modify Rakebackpoker.com marketing materials without our prior written consent.
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 Rakebackpoker.com on any website, or use any media or medium, that 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 (or such higher age as may apply in the jurisdiction that you are targeting), regardless of the age of majority in the location you are marketing.
You will not use Spam, Adware or Spyware in your marketing attempts. This includes but it is not limited to, talking about rakeback
Under no circumstance are you allowed to use the Marketing Materials or any other promotional materials provided by us in a manner that may potentially confuse a potential player or third party.
Violation of any provision set out above will cause you to forfeit all outstanding monies, including any rakeback earned, referral fees and any outstanding prizes. This may extend across all poker rooms and networks covered by RAKEBACKPOKER.COM.
There are some rooms where we are unable to provide referral fees for players you may have referred. These rooms are those which do not provide us with any player by player breakdown of rake due to network rules etc. These include but are not limited to Hollywood Poker and Party Poker. In these cases it is not possible to pay referral fees since we do not have access to the data.

(6) LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

The Rakebackpoker.com Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites (”Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Rakebackpoker.com and Rakebackpoker.com is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Rakebackpoker.com is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Rakebackpoker.com is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Rakebackpoker.com of the site or any association with its operators.

(7) NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site, you warrant to Rakebackpoker.com that you will not use the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Rakebackpoker.com Web Sites.

(8) LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. Rakebackpoker.com AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE AT ANYTIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THIS VERSION MODIFIES, REPLACES AND SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR VERSIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Rakebackpoker.com AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. Rakebackpoker.com AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Rakebackpoker.com AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Rakebackpoker.com OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE Rakebackpoker.com WEB SITE.

(9) COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES

All contents of the Rakebackpoker.com Web Site are: Copyright 2004 Rakebackpoker.com and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved.

(10) TRADEMARKS

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

(11) GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales as are in force from time to time including, without limitation, the Electronic Communications Act, 2000 (C.7). By accepting this Agreement, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the location that we determine in our sole discretion in respect of any disputes arising out of, or connected with, this Agreement. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent us from applying to the courts of any jurisdiction for such provisional or protective measures as are available under the laws of that jurisdiction.