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VirtualLotteryPool.com™
Membership Terms and Conditions
(“Agreement”)
1.Acceptance of Term through use.
Before you can join, you must read and agree to these Membership Terms and Conditions. By joining this site, you (“Member”) are agreeing to these Membership Terms and Conditions, and are agreeing to be legally bound by these rules. This agreement is subject to change by the owner, Intertainia Productions Incorporated (“Company”), of this Site, VirtualLotteryPool.com (“Site”), at any time. The Company reserves the right to change this Agreement, and the Member will periodically check this Agreement for any changes. Changes are effective when posted on this site without notice upon each Member, and each Member is advised to check this Membership Terms and Conditions for any changes, periodically. This Agreement, as all other site policies, is the authoritative policy, and can not be superceded by any other documents, emails, or conversations. If you do not agree to these Membership Terms and Conditions, please leave now.
2.Legal Definitions:
- “Site”, as referenced in this document means: The website in which you access the services of www.VirtualLotteryPool.com (“VLP”).
- “Company”, as referenced in this document means: The Site’s owner, Intertainia Productions Incorporated, a Pennsylvania Corporation.
- “Member”, as referenced in this document means: any person/user who has completed the Site’s registration process and possesses a Site valid email address and password.
- “Lottery Pool”, as referenced in this document means: where Members contribute time, effort, and/or money to increase the likelihood to winning prizes/money from a lottery event, sharing both the risks and rewards from that lottery event.
- “Subscription”/"Membership", as referenced in this document means: the Member’s right to participate within this Site’s lottery pool drawings, which means the Member is an Active Member in good standing.
- “Lottery Pool Drawing”, as referenced in this document means: the Sites participation in a regularly scheduled Powerball® drawing, in which Active Members’ (“Participants”) Drawing Credits are used to create Sets of Numbers for the lottery tickets purchased by the Company.
- “Drawing Credits”, as referenced in this document means: with each Subscription there is an initial number of Lottery Pool Drawings that the Member has paid to Participate in each lottery pool drawing (one credit per member is used per Lottery Pool Drawing).
- “Cash Balance”, as referenced in this document means: any amount of money being help by the Company, and displayed on the Site, that has not been returned to the Member or applied to the Member’s Subscription.
- “Active Member”, “Subscriber”, as referenced in this document means: any Member that has a positive Drawing Credit balance and participating in this Site’s Lottery Pool Drawings.
- “Participant”, as referenced in this document, any Active Member who has contributed a Drawing Credit towards a specific lottery pool and shares in that lottery pool drawing’s tickets prizes.
- “Service”, as referenced in this document means: Via the Company’s Site, the Company shall manage, operate, and govern an Internet-based lottery pool.
- “Agreement”, as referenced in this document means: This Document; this Site’s Membership Terms and Conditions.
- “Set of Numbers”, as referenced in this document means: A series of chosen numbers, intended to match those chosen by the Powerball® lottery.
3.Description of Service.
This Site shall be used by the Company to manage, operate and govern an Internet based lottery pool to its Active Members.
4.Site Use Policy and Privacy Policy.
Member shall read, agree and periodically check for changes to this Site’s Privacy and Site Use Policy.
5.Membership Eligibility.
The Member hereby warrants and represents that he or she meets all the following criteria:
- Member is NOT a minor, and in all respects is qualified and competent to enter into this Agreement.
- Member is a resident of the United States of America with a Federal Tax Id Number(i.e. SSN).
- Member is familiar with, and meets the Pennsylvania Lottery requirements for playing and claiming prizes for Powerball®
6.Membership Rights.
If the Active Member is a Participant in a specific lottery drawing, that Member has specific rights to a percentage of that drawing’s winning lottery number’s prizes.
7.Lottery Ticket Ownership.
The Member understands that this Company is not authorized, or intends to become authorized, to sell lottery tickets as a Licensed Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket Retailer. The Company will never provide, sell or relinquish ownership of any ticket to any Member. All tickets are therefore property of the Company.
8.Member’s Understanding of Drawing Process.
Member shall understand the Company processes to prepare a lottery pool for a specific drawing. The Member is a member of a team, and it’s in the Member and team’s best intentions to be familiar with the processes to identify and errors before the official drawing date. Processes include but not limited to:
- The Site’s Active Members for a specific drawing shall be quantified.
- A set of Powerball® numbers shall be picked, via a random process (“Quick Pick”). For each Active Member, a Drawing Credit shall be deduced and a Set of Numbers will be added to the set of Powerball® lottery tickets purchased by the Company for that scheduled drawing. The Company is intending on purchasing tickets that give prizes in ‘lump-sums’ of Cash, and no “Power Play”.
- All lottery tickets shall be copied in a computer media format (PDF, gif, jpeg, rtf, or etc), and all Participant names (first name, last initial) and zip code shall be clearly identified with those tickets, and made available for the Member review, printing, or copying. All tickets and associated Participants information will be grouped together by drawing date, and each group shall be separate from another drawing.
- All Members shall return to the Site, and review: tickets, number of Sets of Numbers, Participants, number of Participants, drawing date, and accuracy of information contained within. Members shall never assume that if they were ever Participants of any drawings that they are Participants of all drawings. A Member must be recorded as a Participant for each specific drawing(identified by date of the Powerball® drawing), in order to be considered for any portion of any lottery winnings won in that drawing.
- Participants are instructed to retain personal copies of tickets and information identifying themselves as Participants of a specific drawing.
9.Member’s Understanding of the Process of Claiming Prizes.
Member’s shall understand the Company’s processes of claiming prizes with the lottery agency, and distribute those prizes to the Participants of that drawing.
If Prizes under or equal to $600.00:
- The Company, following the rules of Pennsylvania Powerball® Lottery, declare itself as the Claimant of Record, file claim forms, and receive the prize money.
- The prize money shall be equally distributed to the Participants of those winning Set of Numbers, in the form of a Cash Balance in their accounts. Since this “Cash Balance” has not been applied to any Membership fees, it is available for as a refund to the Member, applied to future Membership fees, or used in a special lottery drawing, at the Member’s discretion.
If Prizes are over $600.00:
- The Company shall notify all Participants of those winning Set of Number, via certified US Mail, requesting information (Full Name, U.S. Address, and Federal Tax Id Number) required to receive the portion of the prize amount from the lottery agency. To help speed the process of claiming Participant’s money, the Company shall use at its option, phone calls and/or emails to its Members, but still required written confirmation of Members information to properly receive the prizes.
- The Company, following the rules of Pennsylvania Powerball® Lottery, declare itself as the Claimant or Record (indicating that the prize is of group ownership), file claim forms, and the lottery agency shall distribute the portion of the prizes to the Participants.
10.Member’s Eligibility to a Prize.
- Member must be listed as a Participant for that specific drawings that has won. If you name is not on our records as a participant for the winning drawing, you are not eligible for any share of the prize.
- Member understands that some prizes require additional personal information from a lottery pool drawing’s Participants and must provide that information in a timely manner (30 days after drawing date) to not hinder the claiming of prizes for the team. As explained in the “Member’s Understanding of the Process of Claiming Prizes” section, you will be notified for this information you are required to furnish. Should the Participant fail to, refuse to, or be unable to provide required information for their portion of the prize(s) in a timely manner, the Member’s prize amount shall be forfeited and become property of the Company. If an Active Member shall become unavailable for an extended period of time, please notify the Company, so the Company can collect required information prior to Member’s absence.
11.Member’s Tax Obligation.
Member understands that he or she is fully responsible for his or her own tax obligations. The Company, Participants, Members, lottery agencies, or anyone other than the Member are not responsible now or ever for the Member’s tax obligations.
12.Members Accessing to Services.
Members are responsible for providing all personal computer, software (i.e. Web Browser, media file reader, etc) and communication equipment necessary to gain access to the Site.
13.Member’s Password Security.
To access the Site and its Services, the Member must use a combination of Email Address and Password to Login to their account. To ensure proper security for the Member, the Site Services and all Site Members, the Member agrees to keep their password strictly confidential. It is the responsibility of the Member to maintain the safe possession of his or her password, and the Company will only release such information to the use if provided with proper identification.
14.Drawing’s Finality.
The Company will provide ample time for review of all tickets, their numbers and list of that drawing's Participants; also, the Company will provide a means of communicating with Members, in order to identify any mistakes before the date of drawing on the tickets. It is the Members responsibilities to use these Services provided and bring to the attention of the Company any mistakes made. All tickets, ticket numbers, list of drawing Participants, prize ownerships, fees, transfers, and Company decisions are final on the day of, and after the date marked on the tickets for a specific drawing. To help the Member to understand the importance of providing valid information in a timely, it is the instruction of the Company for the Member to not assume anything and verify that they are a Participant for a specific drawing by obtaining copies of tickets and their Participants, and verifying the Member’s right to prize ownership, via the Site.
15.Company’s Right to Self Review.
To meet the Company’s intentions of providing a safe, efficient, and satisfactory Service for its Members, The Company reserves the right to review any mistakes, omissions, or incompleteness in any documentation, Services or Agreements, and declare it a ‘typo’ and correct it ASAP without it being any declaration of wrong-doing, or liability.
16.Company’s Lost or Stolen Ticket Responsibility.
The Company, as the lottery agencies, is not responsible for lost, stolen, expired, or non-claimable tickets. Although we provide, and store, copies of actual tickets on the Site of any potentially destroyed, or missing tickets, the lottery agencies are not obligated to honor ‘copies’. The Company will store all non-expired tickets in a safe manor, to preserve the Participants and Company rights to lottery winnings.
17.Membership Refunds.
The Member understands that there is a grace period of 14 days between the Company receiving funds from the Member and the Member’s eligibility to participate in a future lottery drawing. During this time, the Member contributed money is regarded as fully refundable. Please refer to the Site’s Membership Cancellation terms.
18.Member’s Understanding of Site Agreements, Processes and Overall Operation.
Member will not initially join or renew, if he or she has any questions associated with the Services, the Site Use, Membership Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Help/FAQ’s, or the basic overall function of this Site. The Member is cordially invited to use the Site’s “Contact Us” information to obtain the needed information he or she needs before joining.
19.Cancellation.
The Member can cancel his or her membership at anytime, notifying, and receiving a confirmation, the Company of Members decision. Means of notifications for cancellations are as follows, and email (provided in the “Contact Us” section of the Site) to the Company with the words “Membership Cancellation” in the subject line, or by Mail (address provided in the “Contact Us” section of the Site) displaying in the address, “Attention: Membership Cancellation”. Please refer to the Site’s Membership Fee Refund terms. To provide security and protection to the Site’s Members, the Company reserves the right to cancel any Member’s Membership, with or without reason, this includes but is limited to, long periods of inactivity with non-positive account balances, and Member providing false information.
20.Company’s Service Obligation.
The Company shall have no duty to purchase any lottery tickets for the rendering of Services to the Site Members if prevented from doing so by: Acts of God; the official decision of any lottery agency; any Federal, State or local laws; or any reason beyond the control of the Company or it’s employees and officers.
21.Changes to Services.
The Company reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently change any Service, with or without notice to the Member. You agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of any Service.
22.Member Subscription Yearly Costs.
The Company offers Membership/Subscription for participating estimated (1) year’s worth of Powerball® drawings (104 Drawing Credits). The cost is $104 per Year to cover one year(104 drawings/about 52 weeks)of tickets. If ticket prices change, then the yearly membership cost will change also to reflect such ticket price changes. This change will become effective when ticket price changes become effective, and may require Member to receive or contribution funds depending on the change in ticket prices.
23.Company’s Prize Fee.
The Company shall collect no percentage of any lottery winnings/prizes.
24.Company’s Membership Fee.
The Company shall collect no extra membership fee. This service is being operated on a free basis, and Members only have to cover the cost of tickets to participate. See "Member Subscription Yearly Costs" for further details.
25.NO WARRANTY.
THE COMPANY, SITE, OUR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OUR SUPPLIERS, AND OUR AGENTS PROVIDE OUR WEB SITE, MATERIAL, AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. THE COMPANY, OUR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OUR SUPPLIERS, AND OUR AGENTS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR USE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, INFORMATION ACCURACY, INTEGRATION, INTEROPERABILITY OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES THE COMPANY AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING BY NEGLIGENCE), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, SALES, DATA, GOODWILL OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that vary from state to state.
26.Limitation of Liability.
MEMBER'S ONLY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE OR THE COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS OR AGENTS SHALL BE TO TERMINATE USE OF THIS SITE. FOR NON-PAYING MEMBERS, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY AMOUNT ARRISING FROM ACCESS, USE, OR VIEWING OF THIS SITE. FOR PAYING MEMBERS, THE COMPANY’S ENTIRE LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FEES PAID BY THE MEMBER TO THE COMPANY UNDER THESE MEMBERSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND NOT YET RENDERED.
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