IMPORTANT: YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING TERMS WHICH ARE LEGALLY BINDING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, YOU SHOULD EXIT THE SITE.

If you have any questions concerning these terms please contact Customer Services

Your username/account number and password also allow you access to the all of BlueSq.com, MeccaBingo.com and MeccaGames.com websites. These websites have separate terms and conditions and privacy policies which you must review and comply with.



TERMS & CONDITIONS

1: OWNERSHIP

1.1 Blue Square Gaming (Alderney) Limited, trading as BlueSqCasino.com ('Blue Sq Casino' or 'we' or 'us') is a private limited company registered in Alderney. Its registered office is at Millennium House, Ollivier Street, St Anne, Alderney, GY9 3TD. Blue Sq Casino is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Rank Group Plc, which owns Grosvenor Casinos, and Mecca Bingo. Blue Sq Casino is licensed to provide online fixed odds betting opportunities under an interactive gaming licence issued by Alderney Gambling Control Commission. All bets placed through this site are placed with Mecca Games.

1.2 The copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights ('IPR') in material displayed on or via this website ('Website Materials' which expression includes text, data, graphics, photographs, videos, animation, images and audio visual content) is owned by or licensed to Blue Sq Casino or the owners of third party websites. This IPR is protected by the laws of Alderney, international treaties and all other applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. You agree to respect our IPR and those of third parties.


2: WEBSITE MATERIALS

2.1 Some Website Materials including the Registration Form are freely accessible to the public (the 'Public Materials'). Other Website Materials (the 'Restricted Materials') are reserved to those persons who have registered with us or who have as a guest been specifically authorised by us to access those materials.


3: RESTRICTIONS ON USE

3.1 YOU MUST NOT REGISTER OR SEEK TO REGISTER WITH BLUE SQUARE CASINO OR PLACE OR SEEK TO PLACE ANY WAGER THROUGH THIS WEBSITE OR PLAY ANY GAME ('GAME' BEING ANY PRODUCT OFFERED ON THIS WEBSITE) FOR MONEY IF -

(A) YOU ARE LOCATED IN A JURISDICTION, INCLUDING THE NETHERLANDS, HONG KONG, THE USA OR ITS TERRITORIES, IN WHICH SUCH REGISTRATION AND/OR PLAYING ANY OF THE GAMES IS UNLAWFUL OR CONTRARY TO ANY APPLICABLE REGULATION AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION OR THE PLAYING OF ANY OF THE GAMES. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE;

(B) YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE;

(C) YOU ARE NOT ACTING AS PRINCIPAL AND ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE; OR

(D) YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF BLUE SQUARE, SENIOR AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE RANK GROUP PLC'S HEAD OFFICE AND RANK GAMING DIVISION'S HEAD OFFICE OR AN EMPLOYEE OF ANY OF BLUE SQUARE CASINO'S THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS SUCH AS LICENSORS, SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS OR DEVELOPERS.

3.2 By seeking to register with us and by playing any of the Games you represent and warrant to us that at all such times you will comply with the requirements of 3.1 above.


3.3 Persons in breach of 3.1 or otherwise in breach of these terms will not be entitled to collect any winnings. ANY PERSON WHO IS KNOWINGLY IN BREACH OF 3.1 IS COMMITING FRAUD AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

3.4 You agree to abide by the rules of each of the Games as published on this site from time to time. Such rules form part of and are incorporated in these terms.

3.5 You may only place wagers for the Games through this website. Attempts to place wagers through any other medium, including telephone, fax or post, will not be accepted.

3.6 You represent and warrant to us that all information provided to us in your registration or in connection with your account and all personal information provided subsequently to us is complete, accurate and not misleading and you agree to inform us immediately if there is any change to such information. This can be done in respect of certain account information by accessing the 'My Account' function; otherwise you can contact Customer Services .

3.7 BlueSqCasino.com is an online gaming site licensed in the British Isles, operating for the use of adults only.

In accordance with Alderney legislation no person under the age of 18 (whether accessing this site from within the British Isles or outside the British Isles in any other jurisdiction) is allowed either to open an account with Blue Square Casino or play games on this site for money. Blue Square Casino also prohibits anyone under the age of 18 playing games on the site for free.


4: UPDATES

You acknowledge that these terms are subject to change by us, and we reserve the right to change them at any time. Such changes shall have effect immediately upon publication on this site and you agree to be bound by them and to regularly review these terms for the purposes of monitoring such changes. These terms were last updated on 16th January 2007.


5: COPYING

5.1 Save as expressly provided in 7 below, any downloading, use or copying of Website Materials is strictly prohibited and, in particular, you agree to use the Website Materials solely for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for any business, commercial or public purpose.

5.2 The following activities are prohibited without our express prior written permission -

(a) the deployment within this website of any spider, robot, web crawler or other automated query programme; and

(b) the re-use and/or aggregation of any of the Website Materials in the provision of a commercial service.

5.3 The copying and use of third party Website Materials accessed via this website is governed by the terms of use applicable to the third party site which you have accessed.


6: REGISTRATION

6.1 During registration we will request a password for security purposes. The password that you choose must be kept private and secure by you at all times. Failure to do so could lead to unauthorised activities on your account. Transactions made using your account name and password are accepted by us on the understanding that you are playing the Games. If an alternative source has accessed your account and we are not informed, we accept no liability for monies or information lost.

6.2 You agree to be solely responsible for all use of this site or any playing of the Games through use of your account name and password.

6.3 We reserve the right to ask for proof of age and evidence to verify your identity at any time and will be carrying out regular checks of our members. Members who have not already had their identity verified by us and who wish withdraw over £3,000 (or currency equivalent) within a 90 day period will be required to provide us with proof of age, identity and location. Once this information has been verified, no further verification checks will normally be required. We reserve the right to conduct checks against any of the details provided to us and pursue this information through any channels and methods available to us. Failure to provide substantiated proof of age or other requested information will result in the suspension of your account. Any monies due or requested during this time will be withheld unless the requested information is provided.

6.4 We reserve the right to refuse to register you and/or to suspend and/or terminate your registration and/or account at any time in each case in our sole and absolute discretion and we shall not be obliged to provide you with any reasons for so doing. Furthermore, we reserve the right to refund to you or withhold any payment of monies from or into your account if there is manipulation of our financial system or suspicion or evidence thereof or a breach or suspected breach of any applicable law, regulation or any of these terms, in each case without providing any reason. Use of any account otherwise than in accordance with these terms or any other abuse of any account is strictly prohibited.

6.5 We reserve the right to suspend and/or terminate your registration and/or account immediately and without consultation, notification or giving reasons therefore in the event that you cause to be published on, and/or send via, our site or by playing any of the Games any actual or potentially defamatory, offensive or obscene language or material or if you breach, or are suspected of any breach of, any applicable law or regulation or should we deem it in our best interests to do so. This applies also to your registration details and to breach by you of our privacy policy (please see 13 below).

6.6 It is your responsibility to ensure that at all times you comply with all laws and regulations in any jurisdiction where you are located or resident and that you have complete and unrestricted legal right to use this service, to register and participate in the Games.

6.7 Use of the site will be closely monitored to ensure that no customer is using the site with a frequency or in a manner which might suggest that he or she is using it on behalf of someone else and we reserve the right to withhold any monies and/or suspend and/or terminate the registration and/or account if we consider that the site is so being used.


7: LICENCE TO USE SOFTWARE

7.1 We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-transferable licence to use the software for the Games (the 'Software') strictly to play the Games in accordance with these terms and the rules of the Games. You may use the Software on any computer at which you are the primary user and provided always that you comply with these terms and the rules of each Game.

7.2 You may not sub-licence, nor assign or transfer this licence, nor rent or lease or licence or sub-licence this site or any part of it or any of the Games or any part of them. Except to the extent that such activities cannot be prevented pursuant to the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (or any legislation analogous thereto in Alderney or elsewhere), you may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate or make any attempt to discover the source code of the Software or any material on our site or used for any of the Games.

7.3 Commercial use of our site or any of the Games is strictly prohibited. You are only allowed to place wagers on the Games for your own personal entertainment.

7.4 You agree to follow and comply with all computer instructions and directions sent over the Internet from us to you. Such instructions and directions form part of these terms and are legally binding on you.


8: YOUR ACCOUNT

8.1 In order to place any wagers on any of the Games, you must open and maintain an account with us.

8.2 Only wagers placed from accounts set up through Blue Square Casino, Blue Square or MeccaGames will be accepted for the Games and any winnings you make on the Games will be credited to your account. You can set up your account and make deposits and withdrawals by accessing the 'My Account' facility on this site. You can only register one credit or debit card number with your account and no card can be registered to more than one account. You can only use your credit or debit card to make deposits in the account with which they have been registered.

8.3 Charges and proceedings may be brought against you or any other person who has manipulated, or tried to manipulate, our service, any of the Games or your or any other customer's account(s), or launder money and we reserve the right to pass on such information as we deem relevant to the relevant authorities if we become aware or suspect that you are involved in any such activities. We are not obliged to inform you of the same, nor to give any reasons for doing so. You agree to waive any and all rights you may have, at law or otherwise, of whatever nature and in whatever jurisdiction, in connection with such disclosure.

8.4 There are minimum and maximum limits on the amounts that you can deposit in your account as follows -

• Deposit by credit or debit card or NETeller: each separate deposit must be at least £10 (or currency equivalent) and your deposit can be no greater than £10,000 (or currency equivalent) in one transaction.

8.5 If we become aware, or suspect that a transaction is suspicious and involves or may involve financial crime, money laundering or similar activity then we reserve the right to retain the amount of that transaction and any other transaction made by you. We shall be under no obligation to provide you with any reasons for so doing.

8.6 The balance held in your account will not earn interest in your favour.

8.7 You must maintain your account in order to place wagers in any of the Games. We reserve the right to refuse or limit any wager(s) for any reason and in any event you are not allowed to place a wager greater than the amount in credit in your account (after taking into account all previous wagers).

8.8 You may instruct us to exclude you from participation in the Games by contacting Customer Services and stating that you wish to close your account. Please include your name, address, date of birth and the answer to your security question. Use of this opt-out facility will result in your account being blocked and we will not accept wagers from this account. Any account that is blocked through use of the opt-out facility cannot be reactivated for at least seven days. You may self-regulate your limits by clicking on the 'Player Protection' link under 'My Account' when logged into the site. You can use this facility to lower your limits with immediate effect. You are also able to increase your limits, although such increases will not take effect until 7 days following the request, may not exceed the house limits and are always subject to our consent.

8.9 Subject to these terms and Blue Square Payment processing rules, you can make withdrawals from your account up to your current available balance by debit card, Visa credit card or bank Wire Transfer (after taking into account all previous wagers). There are minimum and maximum limits on the amounts that you can withdraw from your account. Members who have not already had their identity verified by us (this does not include Blue Square or MeccaGames members who have made at least one withdrawal on either of these services) and who wish withdraw over £3,000 (or currency equivalent) within a 90 day period will be required to provide us with proof of age, identity and location. Once this information has been verified, no further verification checks will normally be required. Service charges are payable for withdrawals as set out below and will be deducted from your account at the time of withdrawal. In order to make a withdrawal from your account in excess of £10,000 (or currency equivalent) in one transaction you will be required to contact our Customer Services Team. Please note as follows -

•  Customers may withdraw funds back to their registered card (where card procedures permit). For Debit cards and the vast majority of UK credit cards, the funds will be transferred back onto your card within 3-5 working days.

•  Withdrawals back to Non UK Mastercards must be withdrawn by bank wire and carry a processing charge of £15 (or currency equivalent). If this restriction is applicable to your card you will be presented with the bank wire option.

•  Each withdrawal must be at least £10 (save in the case of a final withdrawal to close an account) and must be no greater than £10,000 in one transaction. Withdrawals may only be made to the card you have registered to your account and deposited funds with.

•  Visa regulations stipulate that a total of £2499 (or non sterling equivalent) can be refunded within any 24-hour period. Should you wish to withdraw an amount that exceeds this, please contact customer services.

•  We reserve the right to make a charge directly on your account in respect of deposits or withdrawals which we believe have been made for purposes primarily associated with reasons other than wagering on the website. A charge may also be made by us on your account for manipulation of your account by the making of multiple deposits and withdrawals without significant play.

8.10 Subject to these terms, when you close your account you will be entitled to the return of all funds in it.

8.11 If, as part of a promotional campaign or competition, we credit an amount to your account, you can only use such amounts as wagers for playing the Games. You are not entitled to withdraw such amounts and we reserve the right to reclaim those amounts if you do not use them to play the Games during the period specified in the promotion.

8.12 To maintain a high level of security to protect your funds, we will perform random security checks and keep records of transactions and wagers. You accept that we may demand additional information in the event of a security check and that we may terminate and/or suspend your registration and/or account and/or withhold payment to you if we do not receive such information. In addition, we will not register you unless you provide us with the correct information requested of you.

8.13 If any of your personal account details or other financial information relevant to your account change, you must inform us immediately, as failure to do so may result in transactions being declined by your financial institution. This can be done in respect of certain account information by accessing the 'My Account' function; otherwise you can contact Customer Services . We will not accept any liability or responsibility for transactions which are declined as a result of incorrect details where you have failed to make us aware of any changes/correct details. Should your credit card be lost or stolen, you are required to notify Blue Square Casino immediately by contacting Customer Services .

8.14 All limits in these terms and conditions are expressed in £ sterling. Where you have chosen during the registration process an account denominated in a different currency other rates apply.

We reserve the right to amend the limits applying to Euro and USD accounts and alter the above rates at our discretion. We will not use the above rates to perform any currency conversion on your behalf. When you choose the currency denomination of your account in the registration process, you must make all payments into that account in that chosen currency and we will repay you only in that chosen currency, not any other. You will be solely responsible for any charges or exchange rates that may be levied by any financial institution relating to such deposits or withdrawals.

8.15 All bonus money must be played within 14 days of being credited to an account. Any bonus money in your account 14 days after first being credited will be deducted from your account

9: SECURITY POLICY

We are committed to the security of all personal details entered onto this site. Our systems are rigorously tested and have been developed with encryption software and secure socket layer technology. All banking details and transactions are also protected by firewalls with a view to ensuring the security of all personal information and your complete peace of mind.

It is only necessary to enter your debit/credit card details once when they are stored in our secure servers using a proprietary encryption algorithm. After that your debit/credit card details will only be used when you make a deposit or withdrawal which are then transmitted between our secure servers and the secure servers of one of the UK's leading e-commerce payment companies which in turn has secure encrypted links between itself and all the major banks.


10: RULES GOVERNING ALL GAMES

10.1 You fully accept and agree that random number generator software will determine the outcome of the Games.

10.2 You will not in any way interfere, interrupt, attempt to interrupt, or attempt to manipulate the operations of the website or the normal play of any of the games. Failure to comply with this rule may lead to your exclusion from this website without any compensation and to possible criminal and civil investigations. In particular, you will not use or attempt to use any artificial intelligence or player assistance software but will play personally via the interfaces provided by us only.

10.3 We reserve the right to refuse the whole or part of any wager at our discretion. We reserve the right to set the maximum and minimum stake amounts and these will be updated in the rules accessible on the website.

10.4 Wagers will be valid subject to these terms and the rules of each Game if accepted by our server. Until accepted, no communications from you shall be binding on us and all information displayed on this site constitutes an invitation to treat only.

10.5 You agree that we and our records shall be the final authority in determining the terms of any wagers you place and the circumstances in which they were made.

10.6 You shall not allow any other person or third party to use your account or your account name, password, security question or security answer or to accept any prize or participate in any of the Games. Any person found to have violated this section will not be entitled to collect any winnings.

10.7 Any applicable taxes and fees in connection with any winnings awarded to you or any other payments to you are your sole responsibility. Winnings cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for any other consideration.

10.8 You acknowledge that full freedom from errors and incompleteness is impossible to achieve with respect to computer software. If you become aware that the Software contains any error, or is incomplete, you shall promptly notify us by contacting Customer Services upon becoming aware of such error or incompleteness. You undertake to refrain from taking any advantage whatsoever of that error or incompleteness and we reserve the right to recover any such advantage that you do gain from such error or incompleteness, as well as all associated costs, damages and expenses in making such recovery.

10.9 We reserve the right, at our discretion, to make changes to the payout rates applying to the casino games. The payout rate applying to each game may be viewed by clicking on the 'Pay Table' tab on the right hand side game navigation bar within each game. It is your responsibility to note the payout rate applying to each game in each session before making a wager.

10.10 In some of the casino games you are able to increase your stake in increments of individual credits. If you increase the incremental credits bet to the maximum for the game, the stake is placed automatically and you acknowledge that such action represents your placement of a valid wager.

10:B MEGAJACKPOTS

1.1. These terms and conditions apply when you play a Game offered on or through the Website in addition to the Game Rules. You can access each Game’s Game Rules by clicking on ‘Game Rules’ once a Game has loaded.

2.2 For the purposes of these terms and conditions:

2.1 “Game Rules” means the rules applicable to each Game (which you can see by clicking on “Game Rules” once a game has loaded);

2.2 “MegaJackpots®” means the highest available payoff in a MegaJackpots® Game;

2.3. “MegaJackpots® Game” means any one or more of the following: MegaJackpots® Cluedo with Free Spin Mystery Bonus™ and MegaJackpots® Monopoly with Pass “GO” Bonus™;

2.4. “Playing a Game” includes attempting to play a Game

2.5. “re-seed amount” means the highest available payoff immediately following a MegaJackpots® win;

3. MegaJackpots® is a trademark or registered trademark of IGT in the U.S. and/or elsewhere and is used by WagerWorks, with permission.

4. You may not play any MegaJackpots® Game if you or a member of your household are or have ever been an employee of International Game Technology of 9295 Prototype Drive Reno, NV 89521 United States (“IGAM”), IGT or any of IGAM’s or IGT’s subsidiaries or associated companies. For the purposes of this clause “employee” includes third party contractors such as licensors, software suppliers, developers or partners and all those persons in any way affiliated with IGAM, IGT or any of IGAM’s or IGT’s subsidiaries or associated companies.

5. Wagers are only valid if accepted by WagerWorks’ server. Until acceptance of the wager by WagerWorks’ server all information displayed relating to a Game constitutes an invitation to play only.

6. You agree that WagerWorks’ records shall be the final authority in determining the validity and terms of any wagers you place and the circumstances in which they were made.

7. In the event that you win MegaJackpots®: you will be required to supply proof of your identity, residence and age to WagerWorks.

8. When you play a MegaJackpots® Game you authorise WagerWorks, in the event that you win MegaJackpots®, to publicise your name, town, county, state and/or country of residence together with the fact that you have won MegaJackpots®.

9. Verification of a win in a MegaJackpots® Game can take up to 72 business hours. If you win MegaJackpots® you only become entitled to the prize money once your win has been verified. Where a win is not verified to Wagerworks’ satisfaction that win can be annulled by WagerWorks.

10. If you win MegaJackpots® you will be informed in writing when your win has been verified.

11. In case of a MegaJackpots® win WagerWorks will, provided all these terms and conditions and all the Website’s terms and conditions have been observed, pay or procure the payment of the prize money to you.

12. If you win MegaJackpots® the prize money shall be paid to you in 20 equal annual instalments. For the avoidance of doubt, no interest will accrue in your favour on any unpaid balance.

13. Following a MegaJackpots® win WagerWorks shall be entitled to establish the re-seed amount at its absolute discretion.

14. Should either WagerWorks or the Website Provider decide to discontinue the provision of a MegaJackpots® Game, or should a MegaJackpots® Game become unavailable due to Force Majeure, any prize money related to that Game’s MegaJackpots® shall be appropriated by WagerWorks.

15. WagerWorks may increase or decrease a MegaJackpots® prize money at any time at its absolute discretion.

16.If two players simultaneously win MegaJackpots®, WagerWorks’ systems server shall determine who of the two is to receive the prize money. The other person shall be entitled to the MegaJackpots® re-seed amount.

• to assist us in setting up and managing your account;
• to build up an accurate customer profile of you;
• in order to make available to you promotional or relevant information from members of the Rank group of companies and their marketing partners; and
• those set out in 6 below.

• other companies within the Rank group of companies;
• reputable marketing partners selected by us;
• any company or other entity to whom we may sell all or part of our business;
• any competent legal, regulatory or law enforcement authority. In the latter case, you will not be informed of any disclosure nor of any reasons for such disclosure and you hereby waive any and all rights that you may have, whether at law or otherwise, of any nature and in any jurisdiction, in connection with such disclosure;
• our professional advisers or other appropriate third parties, if your use of our service, our Games or this website is in breach of these terms and conditions; and
• other users of the site and persons receiving promotional materials, in each case pursuant to 6 below.