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BELMONT.COM
WAGERING AND GAMING AFFILIATE
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered
into by and between Belmont.com and the Affiliate.
RECITALS
- A.
- Belmont.com is in the business of producing, marketing
and promoting on-line casino, sports book and lotteries
entertainment Services which are accessed through
the use of a personal computer, modem and/or direct
Internet access.
- B.
- Affiliate undertakes to have Belmont.com produce
a gaming web site service for the Affiliate web site
(the "Service"), and Affiliate desires to market and
promote the Service. This Service will be advertised,
marketed and promoted under the name "Belmont.com".
- C.
- Affiliate desires to obtain from Belmont.com, and
Belmont.com agrees to grant Affiliate the non-exclusive
right and license to advertise, market and promote
the Service, in accordance with the following terms
and conditions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- 1.
- Grant of Promotion and Distribution License.
1.1
Belmont.com grants to Affiliate the non-exclusive,
non-transferable right and license to advertise,
market and promote the Service, in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof.
1.2
Belmont.com grants to Affiliate the non-exclusive,
non-transferable right and license to distribute
to Affiliate customers, in accordance with the terms
and conditions herein, the specialized casino and
gaming "Software" (the "Software") which enables
access to the Service. Affiliate shall not under
any circumstances reverse engineer, disassemble,
decompile, or otherwise attempt to render source
code from the "Software", or to reproduce or distribute
the "Software" in source code format. Affiliate
acknowledges and agrees that the "Software" is the
proprietary property of Belmont.com, and that it
embodies substantial creative rights, confidential
and proprietary information, copyrights, trademarks
and trade secrets, all of which shall remain the
exclusive property of Belmont.com and/or its licensors.
Affiliate agrees to include such proprietary rights
notices, markings or legends on any advertisements
or promotional materials for the "Software" as Belmont.com
shall reasonably specify from time to time. The
notice shall be as small as possible while still
remaining legible to the average viewer.
1.3
All other rights and licenses not expressly granted
to Affiliate herein are reserved by Belmont.com.
1.4
No payment will be made to affiliate for customers
who utilize Belmont.com's Play for Fun Services.
- 2.
- Obligations of Belmont.com.
2.1
Belmont.com will provide access to; (a) casino
style games (b) sports book, (c) lottery ticket
distribution, (c) Merchant accounts, (d) credit
card authorization, (e) fraud control, for billing;
(f) financial management of receivables including
call reports and accounting services, all in accordance
with standard practices and procedures. The choice
of content for the Service, and the choice of persons
retained to deliver the Service's, shall be determined
by Belmont.com in its sole discretion.
2.2
Belmont.com shall retain the right to provide the
Service in what ever form Belmont.com deems appropriate.
2.3
Belmont.com shall retain the right to change any
part of the Service at anytime, without notice to
Affiliate, in whatever manner Belmont.com deems
appropriate.
2.4
Belmont.com shall retain the right to cancel any
part of the Service at any time, without notice
to Affiliate, in whatever manner Belmont.com deems
appropriate.
2.5
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, Belmont.com
shall not be held responsible or liable for any
loss of income or loss of ability to produce income,
on the part of the Affiliate, arising from any inability
of Belmont.com to deliver the Services contemplated
in this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, whether
Belmont.com is at fault or whether a third party
is at fault.
- 3.
- Obligations of Affiliate.
3.1
Affiliate shall use best commercially reasonable
efforts to actively and effectively advertise, market
and promote the Service as widely and aggressively
as possible so as to maximize the financial benefit
to Affiliate and to Belmont.com. Affiliate shall
only engage in advertising, marketing and promotional
efforts which do not violate any law and which reflect
positively upon the business reputation of Belmont.com.
In particular, Affiliate agrees to market the product
in a manner that is consistent with the content
and style of the Service. In connection therewith,
Belmont.com shall have the right to review and approve
(approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) the
manner and methods of advertising, marketing and
promotion used by Affiliate in connection with the
Service. Approval may be withheld if Belmont.com
determines, in its sole discretion, that any such
activities would tend to reduce the value of, or
would impair Belmont.com's goodwill and business
reputation, or would expose Belmont.com to legal
liability.
3.2
Notwithstanding any approval by Belmont.com given
in accordance with section 3.1 of this Agreement,
Belmont.com shall under no circumstances be held
liable for, and Affiliate shall indemnify, defend
and hold Belmont.com harmless against, any and all
claims asserted against Belmont.com by reason of
Affiliate's marketing and promotional efforts undertaken
hereunder.
3.3
Affiliate shall bear all costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the advertising, marketing and
promotion of the Service, including but not limited
to all costs relating to the marketing.
- 4.
- Compensation.
4.1
As used herein, "Affiliate Percentage" shall mean
the percentage paid to Affiliate of the actual net
revenue received from a user (the "Customer") for
approved use of the Service. The actual Affiliate
Percentage shall be equal to 25 percent (25%) of
the Net Monthly Revenue. "Net Monthly Revenue" shall
mean the total amount wagered in the casino and
the sportsbook, less the total amount paid out as
winnings in the casino and the sportsbook, PLUS,
total sales of lottery tickets, less the invoiced
cost for purchasing lottery tickets for the lottery
ticket sales and less the amount for all merchant
banking fees. "Player Signup" shall mean
a unique player signing up for an account and wagering
an amount greater than US$100.
4.2
Belmont.com shall pay Affiliate monthly, in accordance
with this contract for the preceding calendar month.
Payment for the preceding month shall be made prior
to the 20th day of each month.
- 5.
- Term and Termination.
5.1
This Agreement shall commence and be deemed effective
on the date when accepted by an authorized representative
of the Affiliate (the "Effective Date"). This Agreement
shall be deemed to be accepted by the Affiliate
when the Affiliate chooses "YES" to the "Belmont.com
WAGERING AND GAMING AFFILIATE AGREEMENT" and hits
the submit button on the Affiliate Sign-Up page.
This Agreement is in effect for a period of one
(1) year (the "Term") with additional one (1) year
extensions at Affiliate's option. If Affiliate elects
to exercise this option, the option as exercised
must be addressed to Belmont.com in writing, no
later than forty five (45) days prior to the expiration
of the Term. In addition, Belmont.com, after six
months from the Effective Date, shall have the right
to terminate this contract if Affiliate fails to
generate a minimum of three hundred (300) "Independent
customers" in any given month for the first five
months and five hundred (500) in any given month
thereafter. Said, notification will be sent in writing,
at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration
of the term. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
neither party shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement within the first six months of the
Agreement.
5.2
Upon termination of this Agreement, Affiliate shall
immediately return to Belmont.com any and all Belmont.com
materials which Belmont.com has a proprietary right
in that are in Affiliate's possession and/or in
the possession of Affiliate's agents, servants and
employees.
5.3
Customers using Belmont.com's facilities and all
information relating to these customers shall remain
the property of Belmont.com at all times during
the operation of this contract and after termination.
- 6.
- Accounting Statements.
6.1
All payments due to Affiliate by Belmont.com shall
be made on or before the twentieth (20) day of each
month for the immediately preceding calendar month
and shall be accompanied by a written statement
which specifies the grossrevenues received by Belmont.com
with respect to the Affiliate customers, the number
of Affiliate Customers wagering and the calculation
of the monies being paid to Affiliate. Additionally,
statements may be adjusted by Belmont.com from time-to-time
to reflect overpayments, consumer chargebacks and/or,
credits or underpayments by Belmont.com.
6.2
Belmont.com shall hold back 10% of each months
payment due to Affiliate (the "Hold Back Amount").
The Hold Back Amount shall be retained by Belmont.com
for a period of 90 days. If the chargebacks pertaining
to the sales made by Affiliate for any given month
are less than 10% of the Affiliate Percentage, then
Belmont.com shall pay the difference to Affiliate
with the next monthly installment after the 90 day
hold back period. If the chargebacks pertaining
to the sales made by Affiliate for any given month
are greater than 10% of the gross sales on which
commissions are paid to Affiliate, then Belmont.com
shall adjust the payment due to Affiliate in accordance
with section 6.1 of this Agreement.
- 7.
- Audit Rights.
Affiliate may designate a Chartered Accountant
to examine the books and records of Belmont.com
with respect to this Agreement. Said examination
shall be at Affiliate's sole cost and expense and
may be conducted no more than once annually during
normal business hours and no sooner than five (5)
business days after Affiliate gives written notice
of such audit to Belmont.com. Accounting statements
rendered by Belmont.com shall be deemed conclusive
if not challenged by Affiliate within thirteen (13)
months after being rendered.
- 8.
- Exclusivity, Non-Competition and Ownership of Service
Name.
8.1
Affiliate agrees, understands and acknowledges
that Belmont.com may enter into Agreements of this
type with third parties to promote the Service or
a similar version thereof.
8.2
Affiliate has not paid consideration for the use
of Belmont.com's or Belmont.com licensors' trademarks,
logos, copyrights, tradenames, the Servicename referred
to in Recital B, or designations, and nothing contained
in this agreement shall give Affiliate any right,
title or interest in or to any of them. Affiliate
acknowledges that Belmont.com and Belmont.com licensors
own and retain all copyrights and other proprietary
rights in all of the foregoing, as well as any Software
supplied by Belmont.com. Affiliate shall not at
any time during or after this agreement, assert
or claim any interest in or to, or do anything which
may adversely affect the validity or enforceability
of, any trademark, tradename, copyright, servicemark
or logo belonging or licensed to Belmont.com (including
any act or assistance to any act which may infringe
or lead to the infringement of any copyright in
the "Software"). Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Affiliate shall not attempt to
register, or assist any third party in attempting
to register any trademark, tradename or other proprietary
right with any governmental agency, federal, provincial,
local or otherwise, or with any other entity or
authority, without the express, unequivocal and
unambiguous prior written consent of Belmont.com.
Affiliate shall not attach any additional trademarks,
logos or trade designations to the "Software" and
shall ensure that none of the trademarks (or any
variation thereof) appears in any portion of Affiliate's
name or any name under which Affiliate does business.
Affiliate shall not affix a trademark, logo or tradename
of Belmont.com or Belmont.com Licensors to any non-Belmont.com
product. Affiliate shall not alter, erase, deface
or overprint any proprietary rights notice on anything
provided by Belmont.com.
- 9.
- Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure.
9.1
Affiliate and Belmont.com each agrees that during
the course of this Agreement, each may have access
to and become acquainted with ConfidentialInformation
of the other. Affiliate and Belmont.com each specifically
agrees that it shall not misuse, misappropriate
or disclose any such Confidential Information, directly
or indirectly, to any third party or use any such
Confidential Information in any way, either during
the Term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter.
Affiliate and Belmont.com each acknowledges and
agrees that the sale or unauthorized use or disclosure
of any such Confidential Information obtained by
the other during the Term of this Agreement shall
constitute unfair competition and shall cause the
party owning the Confidential Information to suffer
great and irreparable harm. Affiliate and Belmont.com
each further acknowledge and agree that, except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such
Confidential Information is and will remain the
sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party.
The terms of this Section shall survive the expiration
or termination of this Agreement.
9.2
For purposes of this section 9, "Confidential Information"
means (a) discoveries, concepts and ideas, whether
patentable or not; (b) business or technical information,
including but not limited to product or Service
plans, designs, costs, prices and names, finances,
marketing plans, business opportunities, personnel,
research, development, and know-how; (c) any information
designated as "confidential", "proprietary", or
"secret" or which, under the circumstances taken
as a whole, would reasonably be deemed to be confidential,
proprietary or secret.
9.3
The obligations of section 9.1 shall not apply
to the extent that any Confidential Information
(a) becomes generally available to the public through
no fault of the party to whom it was disclosed;
(b) is or has been disclosed to such party directly
or indirectly by a person under no obligation of
non-disclosure to the disclosing party; or (c) is
required to be disclosed under any laws, rules,
regulations or governmental orders provided, however,
that the party to whom it was disclosed shall have
the burden of proving any of the foregoing exceptions
by conclusive relevant evidence.
9.4
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the parties agree that the financial terms
and conditions of this Agreement are to remain strictly
confidential, and that neither party will disclose
such financial terms and conditions to any third
party without the prior written consent of the other
party. This section shall not apply to disclosures
which are required by law (such as Belmont.com reporting
requirements), by order of a court with competent
jurisdiction, or to each party's respective attorneys,
accountants, and business advisors under a similar
duty of confidentiality.
- 10.
- Representations, Warranties and Indemnity.
10.1
Affiliate warrants, represents and covenants to
Belmont.com that: (a) Affiliate has the full legal
right, power and authority to enter into and perform
this Agreement, and to grant to Belmont.com the
rights set forth in this Agreement; and (b) Affiliate
will obtain all necessary rights, licenses, permissions,
business permits, and will comply with all applicable
laws, rulesand regulations in this connection in
offering the Service to end-users.
10.2
Affiliate agrees to indemnify and hold Belmont.com
harmless, and further agrees to defend Belmont.com
through the service of an attorney chosen and approved
by Belmont.com, from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, causes of action, damages, judgments,
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's
fees) arising out of or in any way connected with
any breach or alleged breach by Affiliate of any
representation, warranty or agreement contained
in this section 10, or elsewhere in this Agreement.
10.3
In no event shall Belmont.com be liable to the
Affiliate, Affiliate's customers or any other third
party claim for any indirect, special, or consequential
damages, including lost profits, whether based upon
a claim or action of contract, warranty, negligence,
or other tort or breach of any statutory duty, indemnity
or contribution, or otherwise arising out of this
agreement, or the use and promotion of the Service,
and/or any other act or omission relating to the
Service in any connection to the sale or promotion
of the Service, even if, in any such case, Belmont.com
has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
- 11.
- No Representation or Guarantee Regarding Profits
or Income
Affiliate agrees, understands and acknowledges that
the Belmont.com, it's parent company, it's sub entities,
it's agents, it's officers, it's directors, it's shareholders,
and/or accountants have made no representation of
any nature whatsoever to Affiliate and/or "Affiliate's
agents, servants and/or employees regarding profits,
income, or money which Affiliate may obtain or generate
from the Service and/or from entering into this "Agreement"
and/or from marketing and/or promoting any version
of this Service, and/or form any other matter relating
to this "Agreement" and/or to the subject matter of
this "Agreement". Any expression by Belmont.com in
this regard is an expression of opinion only and Affiliate
agrees understands and acknowledges that they have
not been induced to, and/or persuaded thereby to,
enter into this "Agreement" and that Affiliate has
entered in to the Agreement of their own free will
and choice, without any force or duress, and only
after thorough, complete, full, and thoughtful investigation
and after obtaining independent advice and counsel
from their accountant, their attorney, and their financial
advisors.
- 12.
- Assignment.
This Agreement and rights and duties hereunder
may not be assigned or transferred, either in whole
or in any part by Affiliate without the express
prior written consent of Belmont.com, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
- 13.
- Binding Effect.
This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
agents, families, heirs, beneficiaries, executors,
administrators, personal representatives, successors-in-interest
and assigns of the respective parties hereto, and
any entity which acquires either of the respective
parties hereto.
- 14.
- Severability.
If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
that any provision contained in this Agreement is
illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall
solely affect such illegal or unenforceable provision
and shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
- 15.
- Further Acts.
Each party agrees to perform such further acts
and to execute and deliver to the other party any
and all further documents which are required to
carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement
or any of the provisions contained herein.
- 16.
- Notices.
Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices,
payments, or any other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing or emailed and shall
be given by email or personal delivery, or by mail,
certified or registered, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, sent to the other party to this
Agreement to whom it is given at the address set
forth below, or such other address as either party
to this Agreement may direct by notice given in
accordance with the provisions of this Section.
All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal
delivery, or seven (7) days following deposit in
the mail, or three (3) days following delivery through
electronic mail (email):
Email: webmaster@belmont.com
- 17.
- Dispute Resolution.
17.1.
Agreement to Submit to Binding Arbitration. Except
as otherwise provided below, the parties agree to
submit disputes between them relating to this Agreement
and its formation, breach, performance, interpretation
and application to binding arbitration as follows.
17.2.
Notice. Each party will provide written notice
to the other party of any dispute within six (6)
months of the date when the dispute first arises
or occurs. If a party fails to provide such notice,
recovery on the dispute will be barred.
17.3.
Arbitration Rules. Arbitration will be conducted
in Antigua, pursuant to the Arbitration legislation
then in effect in the Antigua. Except as otherwise
agreed, the arbitration shall be conducted by a
single arbitrator. The arbitration award will be
final and binding and may be enforced in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
17.4.
Costs and Attorneys' Fees. Unless the arbitrator
finds that exceptional circumstances require otherwise,
the arbitrator will grant the prevailing party in
arbitration its costs of arbitration and reasonable
attorneys' fees as part of the arbitration award.
17.5.
Exceptions. Neither party will be required to arbitrate
any dispute relating to actual or threatened: (a)
unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information;
or (b) violation of Belmont.com's proprietary rights.
Either party will be entitled to receive in any
court of competent jurisdiction injunctive or other
equitable relief, in addition to damages, including
court costs and fees of attorneys and other professionals,
to remedy any actual or threatened violation of
its rights with respect to which arbitration is
not required hereunder.
- 18.
- Relationship of the Parties.
This Agreement does not create a partnership or
joint venture between the parties hereto and neither
party shall have the power or authority to obligate
or bind the other in any manner whatsoever.
- 19.
- Entire Agreement.
This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations,
understandings and agreements between the parties
hereto concerning the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may not be changed nor modified, nor may
any provision hereof be waived, except in a writing
signed by the parties hereto.
- 20.
- Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of Antigua.
- 21.
- Survival of Rights.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, any obligations which remain
executory after expiration of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect until discharged
by performance and such rights as pertain thereto
shall remain in full force and effect until their
expiration.
- 22.
- Headings.
The headings used in connection with the paragraphs
and subparagraphs of this Agreement are inserted
only for purposes of reference. Such headings shall
be not deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any
other manner affect the scope, meaning or intent
of the provisions of this Agreement, nor shall such
headings otherwise be given any legal effect.
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