affiliate Program

Affiliate Terms

Please read these Affiliate Terms carefully before applying to become an Affiliate, as they set out our and your legal rights and obligations in relation to our Affiliate Programme. You will be asked to agree to these Affiliate Terms before becoming an Affiliate.

NOTE: In accordance with guidance from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), The Betzone Affiliate Programme will operate on a “one strike and you’re out basis” on any breaches, including inadvertent, of UK gambling legislation or codes listed below.

If you have any questions or comments about the Betzone Affiliate Programme, please contact us by writing to our Affiliate Team at affiliates@Betzone.co.uk

Definitions and interpretation

1.1 In the Agreement:

"Acceptance Email" means an email sent by the Company to an Affiliate in accordance with Clause 2.3 confirming that the applicant has been accepted into the Affiliate Programme;

"Affiliate" means the person (natural or legal) specified as the applicant for our Affiliate Programme on the Registration Form;

"Affiliate Programme" means the Company's website affiliate programme for the Betzone.co.uk gambling site, which operates in partnership and as part of the Income Access Network;

"Affiliate Website" means the website or websites owned and operated by the Affiliate and specified on the Registration Form;

"Agreement" means the agreement between the Company and the Affiliate incorporating these Affiliate Terms, the Registration Form and the Acceptance Email, and any amendments to it from time to time;

"Company" means Betzone Limited, a company registered in England & Wales (reg no: 12976148)

"Effective Date" means the date the Agreement comes into force as specified in Clause 2;

"Force Majeure Event" means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the Party affected (including failures of or problems with the internet or a part of the internet, hacker attacks, virus or other malicious software infections or attacks, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third Party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);

"Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and the "intellectual property rights" referred to above include copyright and related rights, moral rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, domain names, trademarks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs);

"Leads" means the tracked persons using the Betzone Website as a result of promotion by the Affiliate;

"Link" means a hyperlink (whether embedded in text or an image or otherwise) from the Affiliate Website to the Betzone Website in the form, of the design, and in a position on the Affiliate Website specified on the Betzone Website;

"Parties" means the Affiliate and the Company. The Affiliate and the Company may be referred to individually as a "Party" or collectively as the "Parties";

"Payments" means payments of a bounty payment for every new registration that deposits and places at least one wager or on the Affiliate’s prior written election, a % of Net Gaming Revenue. This method of payment will be confirmed in the acceptance email which will be sent by the Company to the Affiliate in respect of each Payment Trigger during the Term (subject to the provisions of the Agreement);

"Net Gaming Revenue" (or otherwise “NGR”) shall be defined as the total amount wagered by the Leads less total amount won in the period after the deduction of all taxes and duties (or its equivalent or replacement, at the then prevailing rate), and other disbursements, to include:

Gross Win, less;

Progressive Contributions

Non-Cash items

Bonuses Awarded

Deductible Costs

Fraudulent activity, such as chargebacks

All applicable taxes

"Payment Trigger" means wagering on the Betzone Website by a user who [first] visited the Betzone Website by means of a Link and who made such wager within 30 days of the date of that first visit;

"Prohibited Materials" means content, works or other materials that the Company determines (acting reasonably) constitute:

(a) indecent, obscene, pornographic or lewd material;

(b) material that breaches any applicable laws, regulations or legally binding codes;

(d) material that is offensive or abusive, or is likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety to another internet user;

(e) computer viruses, spyware, trojan horses or other malicious or harmful routines, programs or software;

(f) spam or bulk unsolicited email; and/or

(g) any material that contravenes guidance, code or regulation in UK gambling advertising including material that is likely to be considered of appeal to children, or contains images of people under 25, or suggests gambling can solve financial problems.

All materials must be signed off by a member of the Betzone affiliate team; failure to do so may result in a loss of earnings.

"Registration Form" means the form on the Betzone Website enabling users to apply to become Affiliates;

"Term" means the term of the Agreement; and

"Betzone Website" means the website accessible via the URL http://www.betzone.co.uk, owned by Betzone Limited and operated by Playbook Gaming Ltd, trading as Playbook Engineering Ltd, (licence number 50122) and licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission.

1.2 In the Agreement, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:

(a) that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and

(b) any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.

1.3 The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of the Agreement.

1.4 Negative Carryover (NCO) and High Roller (HR) Policies - where the terms of the agreement state that our HR and/or NCO Policy applies then those policies are defined as follows;

NCO will only apply per affiliate, to aggregated monthly commissions of -£3,000 (Negative) or less.

A High Roller (HR) is defined as a single lead introduced an affiliate who has solely generated monthly negative commissions of -£3,000 or less.

NCO Policy: Where an affiliate’s monthly commissions have become negative to -£3,000 or less, then the Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to carry over any qualifying negative commissions and offset it against commissions earned the following month.

HR Policy:

(a) Where an affiliate’s monthly commissions fit the NCO threshold (-£3,000) and encompass one or more HR, then the NCO will apply only to those HR(s) future commissions and not the overall commissions of the affiliate provided that, without the HR(s), the affiliate would not otherwise fit the NCO threshold.

(b) The NCO will be the greater (i.e. less negative) of either the aggregated monthly commissions or the value of the negative commissions generated by HR(s).

(c) If, in the following month, any NCO from the previous month’s HR(s) cannot be wholly offset against that HR’s commission generated, then it will continue to carry over until such time as the balance reaches zero.

(d) If there is more than one High Roller, the negative balance carried forward will be split proportionally between them until the combined balance reaches zero.

(e) If in any month, the commission generated by previous month’s HRs is not adequate to offset 25% of the associated carryover, then the difference will be offset (up to 25%) against the aggregated commissions from the affiliate’s leads.

The aim of these policies are to ensure that the trading risk to the Company is mitigated, whilst still allowing affiliates to earn regular commissions on the vast majority of their leads.

The Agreement

2.1 In order to apply to become an Affiliate, the applicant must complete and submit the Registration Form and accept these terms and conditions during the registration process.

2.2 If the applicant makes any input errors during the process, these may be identified and corrected by the applicant before the Registration Form is submitted.

2.3 The Agreement will come into force if and when the Company sends to the Affiliate the Acceptance Email, following the submission of a completed Registration Form by the Affiliate.

2.4 The Agreement will continue in force indefinitely, unless and until terminated in accordance with Clause 11.

Affiliate Programme

3.1 The Affiliate will within 7 days following the Effective Date include one or more Links on the Affiliate Website, and will maintain those Links on the Affiliate Website during the Term.

3.2 The Company may from time to time during the Term request amendments to the Links and/or the Affiliate Website for the purpose of ensuring consistency and quality in the use of the Company's trademarks and branding, and to the extent that such requests are reasonable the Affiliate will make such amendments within 7 days of the request.

Affiliate obligations

4.1 The Affiliate will provide the Company with:

(a) such co-operation as is required by the Company (acting reasonably) in connection with the Affiliate Programme; and

(b) all information and documents required by the Company (acting reasonably) in connection with the Affiliate Programme including documents required for KYC checks.

4.2 The Affiliate must:

(a) keep the Affiliate Website up-to-date and in good working order;

(b) ensure that the quality of design, content and functionality on the Affiliate Website does not materially deteriorate during the Term;

(c) ensure all marketing of or relating to the Affiliate Website (both online and offline) is in accordance with applicable law or codes including (i) Consumer Protection Legislation: (ii) any present or future applicable code of practice or adjudication of the Committee of Advertising Practice or the Advertising Standards Authority; (iii) any present or future applicable code of practice of the Gambling Commission, including the LCCP, and good industry practices generally.
In particular the following must be displayed on all advertising -
(i) www.gambleaware.co.uk
(ii) 18+ only
(iii) “Terms and conditions apply” – from which any single “click” will lead to the full terms of the promotion being made available.

(d) only use tracking links, content – including but not limited to banners, text links, descriptive copy, mailers, video as made available to the Affiliate and approved by the Company prior to publication.

4.3 The Affiliate must not:

(a) include any Prohibited Materials on the Affiliate Website, or include any hyperlink to any Prohibited Materials on the Affiliate Website;

(b) market the Affiliate Website using spam or unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications, or using any form of spyware, parasiteware, adware or similar software, or using any other antisocial or deceptive methods;

(d) make any public disclosure relating to the Agreement (including press releases, public announcements and marketing materials) without the prior written consent of the Company;

(e) include any hyperlink to the Betzone Website from the Affiliate Website that is not a Link; or

(f) include any reference to the Company or the Betzone Website on the Affiliate Website or other channels including websites, social media, blogs or vlogs owned by the affiliate which may be deemed as negative;

4.4 The Affiliate will not take any action in connection with the Affiliate Programme which might reasonably be expected to lead to the possibility of damage to the reputation and goodwill of the Company and/or the Betzone Website.

4.5 Affiliate may not modify, impair, disable or otherwise interfere with any tracking codes and/or other technology required by Income Access in order to ensure proper tracking.

4.6 Affiliates must not "spam" and/or use unsolicited email. If the Company reasonably believes that an Affiliate is knowingly sending spam and/or unsolicited email, the Company, may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate such Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program.

4.7 Each Affiliate is responsible for the quality and origin of the traffic that it provides to the Company's Website and the Affiliate will always remain responsible for the quality and origin of that traffic. If an Affiliate knowingly sends traffic of a questionable quality and/or origin to the Company, the Company may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate such Affiliate's Participation in the Affiliate Program.

4.8 If an Affiliate accidentally or unknowingly directs traffic of a questionable quality and/or origin to the Company's Website, the Company may issue a written warning to Affiliate, notifying the Affiliate of the questionable traffic. If, after three (3) written warnings, the Affiliate still directs traffic of a questionable quality and/or origin to the Company's Website, the Company may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate such Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program.

4.9 Affiliates are not permitted to copy any other affiliate's website. The Company reserves the right to suspend and/or terminate an Affiliate's participation in the Affiliate Program if they are found to have copied another affiliate's website.

4.10 Affiliates will comply with all applicable legislation and/or regulations relating to the use of cookies and will use all necessary notification procedures regarding the use of cookies to all visitors to the Affiliate Website.

4.11. Affiliates will not purchase, bid for, register or otherwise acquire domain names or any keywords, adwords, search terms or other identifiers for use in any search engine, portal, sponsored advertising service or other search or referral service which are identical or similar to any of Betzone trademarks or intellectual property rights (whether registered or unregistered). However, this does not extend to the use of metatags on an affiliate website.

4.12 Affiliates must not act or attempt to act in a way which is reasonably deemed by the Company to be (i) illegal in any applicable jurisdiction; (ii) in bad faith; or (iii) intended to defraud the Company and/or circumvent any contractual or legal restrictions, regardless of whether such act or attempted act actually causes the Company any damage or harm. Affiliate Fraud shall include, without limitation: collusion; abuse of bonuses or other promotions; abuse of the Affiliate remuneration structure; violation of money-laundering or other laws and regulations; false, misleading or unauthorised advertising or representations; use of stolen credit cards; rake-back activity.

Intellectual Property Rights

5.1 The Company grants to the Affiliate during the Term a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to reproduce electronically and publish on the Affiliate Website only the Links.

5.2 The Company does not warrant that the use of the Links by the Affiliate will not infringe any third party Intellectual Property Rights or give rise to any other liability on the Affiliate.

Payments

6.1 In respect of each Payment Trigger which can be verified by the Company (acting reasonably) the Company will make a Payment to the Affiliate. Affiliates should not send an invoice until the Company closes the payment file for a particular calendar month.

6.2 The Company will account to the Affiliate for all Payments due in respect of a calendar month within 30 days of the end of the following calendar month, unless the amount due is less than £100.00, in which case the Payments may be held over to the next payment date.

6.3 All Payments stated in or in relation to the Agreement are stated inclusive of VAT where relevant, and the Affiliate is solely responsible for paying VAT.
For UK-based affiliates, with a valid UK VAT Number, the Company will pay UK VAT on commissions but will charge an additional 17% admin fee on commissions earned due to the higher costs associated with those affiliates.
Without a valid VAT Number provided upon registration, no VAT will be paid on any invoice. The Company will not pay VAT on invoices submitted retrospectively. [Note that neither Betzone Ltd no its parent company are registered for UK VAT]

6.4 If the Company is required by law to deduct withholding tax or any other taxes or duties from any Payments, then the Company will deduct such amounts from the Payments before paying them to the Affiliate and the

Company shall have no liability to the Affiliate for such deductions nor any obligation to gross up any Payments for such deductions.

6.5 Payments to the Affiliate will be made in UK Pounds Sterling by bank transfer (using such payment details as are provided by the Affiliate on the Registration Form).

6.6 No Payments will be due in respect of:

(a) any wagers on the Betzone Website made by or on behalf of:

(i) the Affiliate;

(ii) any parent undertaking or subsidiary of the Affiliate;

(iii) any employee, agent or officer of the Affiliate or any parent undertaking or subsidiary of the Affiliate;

(iv) by any natural person related any of the above;

(b) any amount received by the Company by means of the fraudulent or unlawful use of a credit, debit or other payment card, or by any other fraudulent or unlawful means;

(c) any purchases on the Betzone Website which are subsequently cancelled, refunded, reversed, or charged-back (and the Company will be entitled to require repayment of Payments made as a result of such purchases).

6.7 Both before and after termination, the Company will be entitled to set off any amount owed to the Affiliate against any amount the Affiliate owes to the Company whether under the Agreement or otherwise, and against any loss or damage suffered by the Company whether in relation to the Agreement or otherwise arising out of the Affiliate's acts or omissions.

Warranties

7.1 Each Party warrants to the other Party:

(a) that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreement; and

(b) that it will perform its obligations under the Agreement with reasonable care and skill.

7.2 All of the Parties' liabilities and obligations in respect of the subject matter of the Agreement are expressly set out in the terms of the Agreement. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other terms concerning the subject matter of the Agreement will be implied into the Agreement or any related contract.

Indemnity

The Affiliate will indemnify and keep indemnified the Company, and the Company's officers, employees, representatives, agents and subcontractors, against all damages, losses and expenses (including legal expenses) arising as a result of any breach by the Affiliate of any term of the Agreement.

Liability

9.1 Nothing in the Agreement will exclude or limit the liability of either Party for:

(a) death or personal injury caused by that Party's negligence;

(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of that Party; or

9.2 Subject to Clause 9.1, the Company's liability to the Affiliate under or in connection with the Agreement or any collateral contract, whether in contract or tort (including negligence), will be limited as follows:

(a) the Company will not be liable for any:

(i) loss of profits, income or anticipated savings,

(ii) loss or corruption of any data, database or software,

(iii) reputational damage or damage to goodwill;

(iv) loss of any commercial opportunity, or

(v) indirect, special or consequential loss or damage;

(b) the Company will not be liable for any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event;

(c) the Company's liability in any calendar year will in no circumstances exceed the total amount paid (or, if greater, payable) by the Company to the Affiliate under the Agreement during that calendar year; and

(d) the Company's aggregate liability will in no circumstances exceed the total amount paid by the Company to the Affiliate under the Agreement.

Force Majeure Events

10.1 Where a Force Majeure event gives rise to a failure or delay in either Party performing its obligations under this Agreement, those obligations will be suspended for the duration of the Force Majeure event.

10.2 A Party who becomes aware of a Force Majeure event which gives rise to, or which is likely to give rise to, any failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement, will promptly notify the other.

10.3 The affected Party will take reasonable steps to mitigate the effects of the Force Majeure event.

Termination

11.1 Either Party may terminate the Agreement forthwith at any time by giving written notice to the other Party.

11.2 The Company may terminate the Agreement immediately (with or without giving written notice to the Affiliate) if the Affiliate:

(a) commits any breach of any term of the Agreement;
(b) does not pass enhanced ‘due diligence’ checks carried out by Playbook Gaming Ltd including, but not limited to the Affiliate’s history on other websites operated by Playbook Gaming Ltd.

(d) (where the Affiliate is an individual) the Affiliate dies, or as a result of illness or incapacity becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs, or is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order.

11.3 If an Affiliate does not generate any registrations for the Company for greater than a three (3) month period, the Company may terminate this Agreement with or without notice to Affiliate;

Effects of termination

12.1 Upon termination all the provisions of the Agreement will cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of the Agreement will survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 8, 9, 12 and 13.

12.2 If the Agreement is terminated by the Company under Clause 11.2, the Company will not have any obligation to make any further Payments to the Affiliate.

12.3 Subject to Clause 12.2:

(a) the Company will pay to the Affiliate all Payments arising from Payment Triggers activated on or before the date of effective termination of the Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Agreement; and

(b) termination of the Agreement will not affect either Party's accrued rights as at the date of termination.

12.4 Provided that the Company has paid or do pay to Affiliate such sums as are properly due and owing at the date of termination which shall be subject to any rights the Company has to make deductions whether under this Agreement or otherwise, the Company shall have no further liability to pay Affiliate any further sums.

12.5 In the event that the Affiliate commits an egregious breach of any term of the Agreement, as solely determined by the Company, the Company reserves the right to terminate the Agreement without any obligation to make further Payments to the Affiliate, whether accrued or otherwise.

(a) Prior to invoking this clause, the Company will undertake a thorough investigation to substantiate the breach.

(b) The Affiliate shall fully cooperate with the Company during such investigations, providing all requested materials without redaction or delay.

(c) A defined timeframe for Affiliate compliance with the investigation shall be 14 days from the date of written notice. Non-compliance within this timeframe may result in immediate termination under this clause, especially if the Affiliate wishes to dispute the allegations.

General

13.1 Any notice given under the Agreement must be in writing (whether or not described as "written notice" in the Agreement) and must be delivered personally, sent by pre-paid first class post, or sent by fax [or email], for the attention of the relevant person, and to the relevant address, fax number or [email address] specified on the Registration Form (in the case of the Affiliate) or the Betzone Website (in the case of the Company) (or as notified by one Party to the other in accordance with this Clause).

13.2 A notice will be deemed to have been received at the relevant time set out below:

(a) where the notice is delivered personally, at the time of delivery;

(b) where the notice sent by first class post, 48 hours after posting; and

(c) where the notice sent by fax or email, at the time of the transmission (providing the sending Party retains written evidence of the transmission).

13.3 No breach of any provision of the Agreement will be waived except with the express written consent of the Party not in breach.

13.4 If a Clause of the Agreement is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other Clauses of the Agreement will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable Clause would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the Clause will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the Parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant Clause will be deemed to be deleted).

13.5 Nothing in the Agreement will constitute a partnership, agency relationship or contract of employment between the Parties. The Affiliate will not make any statement on the Affiliate Website or otherwise which expressly or impliedly suggest that there is any such relationship between the Parties.

13.6 The Agreement may be varied by the Company posting a new version of the Agreement on the Betzone Website and notifying the Affiliate in writing that the Agreement has been varied. The Affiliate's continued participation in the Affiliate Programme after receipt of such a notice will constitute the Affiliate's acceptance of the varied Agreement.

13.7 The Company may freely assign its rights and obligations under the Agreement without the Affiliate's consent.

13.8 The Agreement is made for the benefit of the Parties, and is not intended to benefit any third Party or be enforceable by any third Party. The rights of the Parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to the Agreement are not subject to the consent of any third Party.

13.9 The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties in relation to the subject matter of the Agreement, and supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the Parties relating to the subject matter of the Agreement. Subject to Clause 9.1, each Party acknowledges that no representations or promises not expressly contained in the Agreement have been made by or on behalf of the other Party.

13.10 The Parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in relation to this Agreement and waives any objection to the exercise of that jurisdiction