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Last Updated: February 14th, 2025
IMPORTANT NOTE
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDE A PROVISION WAIVING THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLASS, GROUP OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM AND REQUIRING YOU TO PURSUE PAST, PENDING, AND FUTURE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION UNLESS YOU OPT OUT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME FRAME. SEE CLAUSE 24 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
You must read these Terms and Conditions carefully in their entirety before checking the box for acceptance. By checking the box for acceptance during the registration process, or by accessing the Games or creating a Customer Account, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, which include and are inseparably linked to our Privacy Policy, Responsible Social Gameplay Policy, Sweeps Rules and other game-specific or promotion-specific terms relevant to your Participation. If you do not agree with any provision of these Terms and Conditions or any other linked policy, rules or terms you may not install or use the Platform or play any Game. THE GAMES AND PLATFORM DO NOT OFFER REAL MONEY GAMBLING, AND NO ACTUAL MONEY IS REQUIRED TO PLAY. ONLY PLAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUDING THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, HAWAII, IDAHO, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEVADA, AND WASHINGTON) ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES. PLEASE REFER TO CLAUSE 1.1 OF THE SWEEPS RULES TO CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY. YOU CAN REQUEST REDEMPTION OF ANY PRIZES BY SELECTING THE "REDEEM" BUTTON ON THE PLATFORM. WHERE YOU REDEEM PRIZES FOR GIFT CARDS, SUCH PRIZES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS REGISTERED AGAINST YOUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT, AND IF THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, THEN TO AN ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU HAVE DESIGNATED. WHERE YOU REDEEM PRIZES FOR CASH, SUCH PRIZES WILL BE PAID TO THE PAYMENT MEDIUM FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED GOLD COINS, AND IF THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, THEN THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TO THE BANK ACCOUNT YOU HAVE DESIGNATED.
1. Definitions
Collective Arbitration means any claim as part of a class, group, collective, coordinated, consolidated, mass, or representative proceeding. Content means text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork, computer code and other material used, displayed or available as part of the Games and Platform. Content includes Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins. Customer Account means an account held by a Registered Customer. Excluded Territory means the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, and Washington in the United States, as well as any outlying U.S. territories or possessions, and any other jurisdiction outside of the United States. Fraudulent Conduct means any of the conduct described in clause 11.1.
Game means any one or more Game(s) available on the Platform in either Standard Play or Promotional Play. We reserve the right to add and/or remove Games from the Platform (including limiting their availability in certain jurisdictions) at our sole discretion for any reason. Gold Coin means the virtual social gameplay token which enables you to play the Standard Play Games. Gold Coins have no monetary value and cannot under any circumstance be redeemed for prizes. Inactive Account means a Customer Account which has not recorded any log in or log out for a period exceeding 12 consecutive months.
Merchandise means any physical goods provided to you by Luck Shack as a reward or as a competition or tournament prize. Participate means playing any Games or using our Platform in any manner whatsoever, including any of the conduct described in clause 3.
Payment Administration Agent means the service provided through any related body corporate, affiliate, or third party we appoint to act as our agent, including but not limited to Newby Entertainment LLC. Payment Medium means any card, online wallet, financial/bank account or other payment medium used to purchase Gold Coins. Platform means the services provided through any URL or mobile application belonging to, or licensed to, Newby Entertainment LLC, and branded as part of the Luck Shack family of games, including the website located at https://luckshack.com/, and all subdomains, subpages and successor sites thereof, as well as all Games, features, tools and services available thereon. Player or you mean any person who Participates, whether or not a Registered Customer. Player Support Team performs the player support function referred to in this document or any linked policies Prizes means prizes won when playing Promotional Play Games which are redeemable for valuable prizes in accordance with the Sweeps Rules.
Promotional Play means participation in our sweepstakes promotions by playing any games on the Platform with Sweeps Coins. Registered Customer means a Player who has successfully registered a Customer Account, whether that account is considered active or not. Standard Play means participating in any game on the Platform played with Gold Coins. We may give you Gold Coins free of charge when you sign up to a Platform and thereafter at regular intervals when you log into a Platform. You may win more Gold Coins when you play in Standard Play, and you may purchase more Gold Coins on the Platform. You cannot win prizes when you Participate in Standard Play. Sweeps Coins means sweepstakes entries subject to the Sweeps Rules. We may give you Sweeps Coins free of charge when you sign up to a Platform, as a bonus when you purchase Gold Coins or via each of our free alternative methods of entry as set out in the Sweeps Rules. You may win more Sweeps Coins when you Participate in Promotional Play. YOU CANNOT PURCHASE SWEEPS COINS. Sweeps Rules means the Sweeps Rules available on the Platform.
Terms and Conditions means these terms and conditions, as amended from time to time. Third Party Website means a third-party website not controlled by us. Newby Entertainment, Luck Shack, we, us or our means Newby Entertainment LLC and related parties.
2. Licensing and the Protection of Funds
2.1. The online social game known as Luck Shack is owned and operated by Newby Entertainment LLC. All payments are processed by Newby Entertainment LLC or any Payment Administration Agent it appoints. The sweepstakes promotions and Prizes offered by Luck Shack are operated by Newby Entertainment LLC.
2.2. Funds equal to the aggregate value of Prizes which Registered Customers have chosen to leave unredeemed are held by Newby Entertainment LLC in accounts separate from its business account. This means that steps have been taken to protect such funds, but that in the event of insolvency there is no absolute guarantee that any Prizes which you have not yet redeemed will be allocated or paid to you.
3. Your Participation Restrictions :
- 3.1. You declare and warrant that:
- (a) you are over 18 years of age, or such higher minimum legal age of majority as stipulated in the jurisdiction of your residence and are, under the laws applicable to you, legally allowed to participate in the Games offered on the Platform;
- (b) WHEN PARTICIPATING IN: i. STANDARD PLAY, YOU DO NOT RESIDE IN OR ACCESS THE PLATFORM FROM THE EXCLUDED TERRITORIES; AND ii. PROMOTIONAL PLAY, YOU DO NOT RESIDE IN OR ACCESS THE PLATFORM FROM THE EXCLUDED TERRITORIES
- (c) you participate in the Games strictly in your personal capacity for recreational and entertainment purposes only;
- (d) you participate in the Games on your own behalf and not on the behalf of any other person;
- (e) all information that you provide to us during the term of validity of these Terms and Conditions is true, complete and correct, and you will immediately notify us of any change to such information;
- (g) you will not purchase Gold Coins from a business or corporate account, but only an account held in your name;
- (h) you will not be involved in any fraudulent, collusive, fixing or other unlawful activity in relation to your or third parties’ participation in any of the Games and you will not use any software-assisted methods or techniques (including but not limited to bots designed to play automatically) or hardware devices for your participation in any of the Games. We reserve the right to invalidate any participation in the event of such behavior;
- (i) in relation to the purchase of Gold Coins, you must only use a valid Payment Medium which lawfully belongs to you; and
- (j) you will not sell or trade for value, or seek to sell or trade for value, or accept as a sale or trade for value, any Merchandise provided to you by Luck Shack.
- 3.1. You declare and warrant that:3.2. GOLD COIN PURCHASES MADE FROM WITHIN THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, HAWAII, IDAHO, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, NEVADA, AND WASHINGTON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE VOIDED AND REFUNDED, MINUS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF UP TO 10% OF THE TOTAL PURCHASES MADE BY THE PLAYER, IN ADDITION TO ANY CHARGES THAT MAY BE LEVIED BY THE BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MANAGING THE AFOREMENTIONED REVERSAL.
- 3.3. It is a Player’s responsibility to ensure that their Participation is lawful in their jurisdiction. Any person who is knowingly in breach of clause 3, including any attempt to circumvent this restriction, for example, by using a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location, or by otherwise providing false or misleading information regarding your location or place of residence, or by Participating from an Excluded Territory or through a third party or on behalf of a third party located in an Excluded Territory, is in breach of these Terms and Conditions. You may be committing fraud and may be subject to criminal prosecution. Eligible Players
- 3.4. Employees of Newby Entertainment LLC, any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, holding companies, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Games and their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children, whether the relationship is by birth, marriage or adoption) and household members (people who share the same residence at least 3 months of the year) are not eligible to Participate.
4. Licence
5. Your Customer Account
Single Account :6. Games
Rules :7. Promotions
8. Redemption of Prizes
9. Verification
Verification Checks :10. Responsible Social Gameplay
11. Fraudulent Conduct
(a) hack into any part of the Games or Platform through password mining, phishing, or any other means;
(b)attempt to modify, reverse engineer, or reverse-assemble any part of the Games or Platform;
(c)knowingly introduce viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, spyware, malware, or other similar material;
(d)circumvent the structure, presentation or navigational function of any Game so as to obtain information that Newby Entertainment LLC has chosen not to make publicly available on the Platform;
(e) engage in any form of cheating or collusion;
(f) use the Platform and the systems of Newby Entertainment LLC to facilitate any type of illegal money transfer (including money laundering proceeds of crime); or
(g) participate in or take advantage of, or encourage others to participate in or take advantage of schemes, organizations, agreements, or groups designed to share:
(i) special offers or packages emailed to a specific set of players and redeemable by URL; or
(ii) identification documents (including, but not limited to, photographs, bills and lease documents) for the purpose of misleading Newby Entertainment LLC as to a Player’s identity.
12. Intellectual Property
13. Third Party Websites, Links or Games
Third Party Websites :(a) is not responsible for Third Party Websites; and (b) makes no guarantee as to the content, functionality, or accuracy of any Third-Party Website.
(a) any comments or content that you post on such social networking sites are subject to the terms and conditions of that particular social networking site;
(b) you will not post any comments that are false, misleading or deceptive or defamatory to us, our employees, agents, officers or other players; and
(c) we are not responsible or liable for any comments or content that you or others post on social networking sites.
14. Disruptions and Change
No warranties :15. Territorial Availability
15.1. The Platform, or any feature thereof (including any and all Games, promotions, challenges and Content), may not be available in all territories and jurisdictions and Newby Entertainment LLC makes no representation that the Platform is or shall remain available for use in any particular territories and jurisdictions. You acknowledge and agree that Newby Entertainment LLC may (at its sole discretion) change, restrict or prohibit the availability of all or a portion of the Platform in certain territories and jurisdictions at any time, and you will have no claims against Newby Entertainment LLC in such regard.
16. Viruses
16.1. Although we take all reasonable measures to ensure that the Platform is free from viruses we cannot and do not guarantee that the Platform is free of such problems. It is your responsibility to protect your systems and have in place the ability to reinstall any data or programs lost due to a virus.
17. Privacy Policy
17.1. Newby Entertainment LLC is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and complying with all applicable data protection and privacy laws.
17.2. Our Privacy Policy is inseparably linked to these Terms and Conditions and its acceptance is a prerequisite to account registration.
18. Marketing Communications
18.1. You consent to receive marketing communications from Newby Entertainment LLC in respect of its offerings by way of email, post, SMS and telephone notifications, any of which you may unsubscribe from at any time by contacting Customer Support via support@mail.luckshack.com.
19. Use of Live Chat Services
20. Complaints and Customer Support
your username
(b) your first and last name, as registered on your Customer Account;
(c) a detailed explanation of the complaint/claim; and
(d) any specific dates and times associated with the complaint/claim (if applicable).
21. Closure/Suspension of Account
(a) you breached, or assisted another party to breach, any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the Sweeps Rules, or we have a reasonable ground to suspect such breach;
(b) you have more than one Customer Account, including any Inactive Account, on any Platform;
(c) the name registered on your Customer Account does not match the name on (i) your Payment Medium used to make purchases of Gold Coins or (ii) the account into which you elect to redeem Prizes, or you do not legally and beneficially own such Payment Medium or redemption account;
(d) your communication with us consists of harassment or offensive behavior, including (but not limited to) threatening, derogatory, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, sexually explicit, pornographic, obscene or offensive language;
(e) your Customer Account is deemed to be an Inactive Account;
(f) you become bankrupt;(g) you provide incorrect or misleading information;
(h) your identity or source of wealth or source of funds (if requested) cannot be verified;
(i) you attempt to use your Customer Account through a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location, or by otherwise providing false or misleading information regarding your citizenship, location or place of residence, or by playing Games using the Platform through a third party or on behalf of a third party;
(j) you are not over 18 years of age, or such higher minimum legal age of majority as stipulated in the jurisdiction of your residence;
(k) you are located in a jurisdiction: i. where Participation is illegal; or ii. where you are ineligible to Participate in Promotional Play in accordance with the Sweeps Rules.
(l) you have allowed or permitted (whether intentionally or unintentionally) someone else to Participate using your Customer Account;
(m) you have played in tandem with other Player(s) as part of a club, group, etc., or played the Games in a coordinated manner with another Player(s) involving the same (or materially the same) selections;
(n) without limiting clause 6.12, where Newby Entertainment LLC has received a “charge back”, claim or dispute and/or a "return" notification via your Payment Medium;
(o) you have failed our due diligence procedures, or are found to be colluding, cheating, money laundering or undertaking any kind of fraudulent activity;
(p) it is determined by Newby Entertainment LLC that you have employed or made use of a system (including machines, computers, software or other automated systems such as bots) which give you an unfair advantage; or
(q) you do not meet the criteria set out in our Customer Acceptance Policy.
22. Indemnity and Limitation of Liability
(a) ACCESSING OR USING THE PLATFORM;
(b) RE-USE OF ANY CONTENT AT, OR OBTAINED FROM, THE PLATFORM OR ANY OTHER SOURCE WHATSOEVER;
(c) FACILITATING OR MAKING A PAYMENT INTO YOUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT;
(d) PLAYING THE GAMES THROUGH ANY DELIVERY MECHANISM OFFERED; AND
(e) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF ANY PRIZE.
23. Newby Entertainment LLC Not a Financial Institution
24. Dispute Resolution and Agreement to Arbitrate on an Individual Basis
If you reside in or access the Games at any time while located in the United States, this clause 24 (Dispute Resolution and Agreement to Arbitrate on an Individual Basis) shall be construed under and be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, notwithstanding any other choice of law set out in these Terms and Conditions. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you and Newby Entertainment LLC agree that any and all past, present and future disputes, claims or causes of action between you and Newby Entertainment LLC arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions, the Platform and Games, the formation of these Terms and Conditions or any other dispute between you and Newby Entertainment LLC or any of Newby Entertainment LLC's licensors, distributors, suppliers or agents, and whether arising prior to or after your agreement to this clause 24, (collectively, "Dispute(s)") will be governed by the procedure outlined below. You and Newby Entertainment LLC further agree that any arbitration pursuant to this clause 24 shall not proceed as a class, group or representative action.