Terms & Conditions

By ticking the acceptance box for terms and conditions on registration, you are deemed to fully understand and agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions, as may be amended by us from time to time. Thereafter on each subsequent login you are deemed to have accepted the prevailing terms and conditions.

1. Who we are

St Minver Limited is a private limited company registered in Gibraltar under number 84248. Our registered office is 23 Portland House, Glacis Road, Gibraltar. We are licensed to provide online betting and gaming under an Internet Gaming Licence issued by the Government of Gibraltar. We run the Yahoo! Poker service and are licenced to use the "Yahoo!" brand by Yahoo! UK Limited. We provide all of the services relating to Yahoo! Poker and accordingly no services relating to Yahoo! Poker are provided by any of the Yahoo! group of companies. We have partnered with BOSS Media AB who are providers of the Poker software. We take our customers seriously and aim to provide you with the very best in gaming experience and customer support. If you have any queries concerning our provision of Poker to you, please contact our 24hr Customer Support on 0808 238 6063.

2. The important points

Participation in online poker is illegal in some countries. It is your responsibility to ensure that the laws of the country in which you are resident or are located permit you to play Poker. You must not play Poker on this site where it is illegal or otherwise prohibited in your country. Any such illegal participation is void. For example, it is prohibited for anyone located in Gibraltar or the United States of America to play.

We use automated checking on the site, including but not limited to the recognition of the geographical location of your IP address. We reserve the right to close your account if you in any way attempt to disguise or prevent us from identifying the IP address of the computer that you use to access our site.

3. Registration

You must not play or seek to play Poker unless you have registered with St Minver Limited or have been specifically granted permission to do so as a guest by St Minver Limited. We reserve the right to withhold payment to any player pending verification of the player's identity.

Only one account per person is permitted. This is necessary to prevent abuse of any and all bonuses.

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. 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.

You hereby confirm that all information provided to us in your registration and in connection with your account 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 by e-mailing us at yahoopoker@pokerresponse.com

During registration you will choose a username and 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 username 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 or misused.

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 including; if there is manipulation of our financial system, cheating, abuse of your account or suspicion thereof; breach or suspected breach of any applicable law, regulation; if you have 'charged back' any of the purchases made with your credit card; if you cause to be published on, and/or send via, our website/engage in the any actual or potentially defamatory, offensive or obscene language via the poker chat facility; if you allow someone else (intentionally or unintentionally) to play your Poker account or if you are in breach of any of our terms and conditions.

You may instruct us to exclude you from participation in Poker by sending us an e-mail to yahoopoker@pokerresponse.com with your instructions, or by calling our Customer Service Team in Gibraltar on one of the afore-mentioned numbers, or by sending a registered letter to St Minver Limited, Suite 812, Europort, Gibraltar. Use of this opt-out facility will result in your account being blocked. To reactivate your account we will require confirmation from you in writing by fax or email.

4. Chat Rules

You agree to strictly abide by the following chat rules when using the chat function on the Poker site. Any decision to block a player from being able to participate from entering the Chat Facility is at the discretion of the Poker Manager, whose decision is final. The aim of the Chat Facility is to create a friendly, respectful and welcoming environment for all players.

You shall not use indecent or foul language; you shall not harrass, slander or abuse other players; you shall not make racial, sexual or ethnic comments of any kind whatsoever.

No person under the age of 18 shall be entitled to enter the poker room.

You shall not solicit any other players with requests for money, for example by requesting donations to any charitable cause and the like.

St Minver shall have no liability to players for any activity occuring in the Chat Facility which may cause any player to suffer loss, damage or distress of any kind.

5. Copying

Any downloading, use or copying of our website materials including graphics, text, concepts, methodologies is strictly prohibited and, in particular, you agree to use the website materials solely for your own personal, non-commercial use and specifically not for any business, commercial or public purpose.

The deployment within this website of any spider, robot, web crawler or other automated query program; and the re-use and/or aggregation of any of the website materials in the provision of a commercial service is strictly prohibited.

6. Your account

In order to play Poker, you must open and maintain an account with us.

Any winnings you make on the Games will be credited to your account. You can edit 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 at any one time but you can change your credit card or debit card details by visiting the "My Account" section of the website. As a security measure you may have to contact Customer Support prior to being able to change certain credit or debit card information.

You can deposit monies into your account using VISA/MasterCard credit cards and Switch, Solo, Visa Delta, and JCB debit cards. "St Minver Bingo/Casino" will appear as a reference on your card statement.

Customers can also use NETeller as ways to deposit into their accounts.

There are minimum and maximum limits on the amounts that you can deposit in your account, these are as follows:

This is further explained below using �'s for purposes of the example.

Each separate deposit must be at least �10 and no greater than �1,000. You are not permitted to make more than 10 deposits in any one 24 hour period. In the event that there is a charge back for whatever reason you accept and acknowledge that we will be able to suspend your account indefinitely to enable us to investigate and resolve the matter. During such period any monies due or requested will be withheld.

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

Subject to the provisions of these terms, you can make withdrawals from your account up to your current available balance by debit card, credit card and cheque (subject to the conditions set out below) after taking into account all previous wagers. There are minimum and maximum limits on the amounts that you can withdraw from your account. You are not permitted to make more than one withdrawal from your account in any one 24 hour period. Please note as follows:

Withdrawal by debit card: each withdrawal must be at least �10 or multiples of �10 (save in the case of a final withdrawal to close an account) and must be no greater than �2,500 in any 24-hour period. Withdrawals by debit card may only be made to the debit card you have registered to your account and with which you have and deposited funds.

Withdrawal by credit card: each withdrawal must be at least �10 or multiples of �10 (save in the case of a final withdrawal to close an account) and must be no greater than �2,500 in any 24-hour period. Withdrawals by credit card may only be made to the credit card you have registered to your account and with which you have and deposited funds.

Withdrawal by bank transfer (this is only available to non UK MasterCard users): 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 �2,500 in any 24-hour period. Any bank transfer will be made only to a bank account in your name. Any bank transfer will require proof of ownership of the bank account to be provided.

Proof of identity may be required for any withdrawal request.

When you close your account you will be entitled to the return of all funds in it. However, if you do not log onto your Poker account for a period of 180 days, we will notify you of our intention to close your account and if we receive no response within 14 days thereafter, any balance in your account will be forfeited.

If, as part of a promotional campaign or competition, we credit an amount to an account registered in your name, you can only use such amounts as wagers for playing the Games.

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 monies.

Where there is a dispute concerning your account, we reserve the right to suspend the account until resolution is reached. Any disputes must be notified to us in writing stating the date, time and details of the dispute and emailed to yahoopoker@pokerresponse.com

7. Wager Rules and Limitations of Liability

You fully accept that the random number generator software (RNG), hosted on BOSS Media's servers, will determine the outcome of the Poker games. Our RNG software is periodically checked and approved by external IT experts as are our accounting and financial systems.

We reserve the right to refuse the whole or part of any wager at our discretion.

You agree that the Poker Manager's decision will be final and binding on all matters in relation to wagering, or your eligibility for a prize or claim, and our transaction records shall be the final authority in determining the terms of any wagers you place and the circumstances in which they were made. St Minver Limited's liability in respect of any claim or loss shall be limited to the stake paid by you.

We will not be liable for damages which may be caused by the interception or misuse of your credit card details on the Internet to the extent that such interception or misuse has been caused by events outside of our operation and control.

8. Poker Game Rules and Bonus Promotions

The Poker Game Rules form part of these terms and conditions and can be found on the 'Learn to Play' section of the website.

From time to time we may operate a bonus promotion. We reserve the right to determine the member qualification criteria of all bonus promotions. Our bonus promotion terms can be found in the Promotions section of the website and are deemed to be incorporated into these terms and conditions.

Prize-winners grant us the right to use and publish their user name online and in print in any other media in connection with the game. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for St Minver to use winner's name for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law.

9. General Terms

We may, at our sole discretion, make any changes to Poker or any of the associated games, timetables, schedules and/or the dates on which any promotions are promoted and we also reserve the right to alter, amend or withdraw these terms and conditions and terms and conditions of other promotions at our discretion. We will use our reasonable endeavours to notify you of any such changes which are material.

We shall not be responsible for any viruses, bugs, cancel-bots, errors or defects in any of our games, systems, software or services which affects your enjoyment of the service or causes any damage to your computer or other personal property. Equally, whilst we use all reasonable endeavours to provide uninterrupted access to the service, we shall not be liable for any downtime which you suffer during your use of the Poker service or any associated games.

If any part of these terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction or other competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable then such part will be severed from the remainder of these terms, which will continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Gibraltar. You irrevocably agree that the courts of Gibraltar shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute or claim of whatever nature arising out of or relating to this website, and that the laws of Gibraltar shall govern such dispute or claim. However, we retain the right to bring legal proceedings in any jurisdiction where we believe that infringement of our intellectual property rights or breach of these terms is taking place or originating.