RulesHouse RulesNOTE: We recommend to print out the following rules and all financial transaction data (available in Purchases Report via the Help Desk) in order to avoid misconceptions and issues at a later time. 1.Introduction to the RulesOur game rules and operating policies (hereinafter the "participating rules") govern your use of any information taken or used from our website, including your registration and participation in any of our bingo games (hereinafter the "game"). Please make certain that you read the participating rules carefully. Each time you use funds from your player account to play a game or you enter our website, you are confirming your full understanding and acceptance of the participating rules. In the event that you have any questions about the participating rules, please contact us for clarification. Should you not be willing to accept the terms of this agreement, you should not play the game. Licensing - Laws regarding gambling vary throughout the world, and it is the responsibility of the player to ensure that they understand and fully comply with any laws or regulations relevant to themselves in their own country. Visa and Mastercard specify that cardholders may not use their credit cards for illegal purposes. 2.Fairness StatementWe believe that our Bingo game system has been designed to be 100% fair to all players. Unlike a Bingo hall where a player can YELL Bingo and halt the game immediately, Internet Bingo is played across the globe in many different time zones through a large network of interconnected routers and satellite connections. Although there are times when the Internet runs smoothly and network traffic arrives to it's destination on time, there are a number of factors that can prevent data from arriving. We want to ensure that when a player purchases a game card they have every chance of winning and that the outcome of the game is NOT affected by the:
Our developers have continued to evolve our award winning bingo software into
what we believe to be the fairest and most reliable form of Bingo on the Internet.
If you encounter serious technical problems or would like more information about our
games, please contact our help desk Definitions and Terminology Used in Our GameA Player is a person who registers to play at our site by filling out our registration form with the required information. A Purchase occurs after a player enters our website and purchases Bingo card(s) from funds that have been deposited in a players account by the player. When a player elects to deposit funds into their player account by one of our e-commerce systems, the purchase must be validated by our site and its credit card agents. In the event that the purchase is subject to a charge-back or is otherwise incomplete the purchase becomes void. A game purchase is considered valid if the player's deposit of cash funds transaction is complete. We cannot offer refunds once a purchase is made. All purchases are made in United States currency. A Card represents a set of a randomly collected numbers between 1 and 75 (inclusive) organized in 5 column, 5 row configurations. Until a card is in play, players have the option to change the collection of numbers by selecting a new card. Once a player accepts the collection of numbers for any game, the card becomes valid and in play. A Game Variation is a specified pattern that must be matched on a player's card in order to win a game and receive a prize. A Call is a broadcast message from our game server, received by your computer containing a randomly generated number between 1 and 75. A Bingo Call is a broadcast message from a player's computer, received by the game server identifying that player as a holder of a game variation. In Play will be the term used to describe any game that has been initialized by our game server and is receiving calls and communicating with the game server. A Prize is a cash allotment that is payable to a player (or players if there is more than one winner) who identifies to our site, through a Bingo call, a match to the game variation of a player card. Prizes are automatically deposited into a players account. The Parties: Our Bingo site and the Player. A User ID is username that is assigned to the player at the time of registration, such used by the parties to uniquely identify a player. A Player Account is the account in which the players use to deposit funds, use to buy into games, deposit winnings into and request payouts from. Once a card is in play, the game credit cannot be returned to the player. 4.Participation RulesTo participate in a game a player must be 18 years of age or older, must read and consent to all of the participating rules and must have authorization to use a valid credit card acceptable to us. Only one account is valid per player. A maximum of two accounts are valid per household. Additional accounts may be disabled and any payouts requested from duplicate accounts will be considered void. Users found to have registered with an abbreviated or false name or mailing address are subject to having their account disabled. Participation will require that players register by correctly completing the registration details and offering a full name, address, city, zip code or postal code, state or province, country, e-mail address and telephone number. For any subsequent participation, a player must login with their User ID (provided by our site) and the player password. Games will be offered at approximately 2 (two) minutes after completion of a previous game. We have exclusive authority to modify the game schedule without prior notice. Any player who wins a prize may be transmitted a reference number that will identify a specific win. The player is responsible for the preserving of any reference numbers provided. In the event that there is a discrepancy between the game variation as it is recorded in our database, and that recorded by the player, the calls recorded in the game server shall be considered valid. A purchase will be void if for any reason we do not receive payment or if there is an applicable charge-back at a later date. We reserve the right to limit any player's participation in a game, particularly in the event that a purchase is rendered void. Prizes will be deposited into the players account. The balance of a winners account will be mailed upon a request by the player, to the mailing address provided at registration. The minimum payout request is $25. Returns/Refund Policy. Users always have access to their funds. At anytime they can request a "payout" for the bank balance they have in their account. This can be done from the players area (post account login). Bonus funds are not subject to this rule. Minimum "payout" requirement is $25. If a user cancels the account, all cash funds (except for bonus money) will be returned. User cannot request a "payout" from compensation/bonus funds. Only winnings or deposited funds can be returned to players. Employees and relatives of employees of our Bingo site are prohibited from participating in a Game, unless otherwise authorized by management. Requesting payouts from their account balance derived from deposits and not wins will be deemed a cash advance from our site and a misuse of our online purchasing system. In such cases, we may levy a surcharge to offset transaction and administrative costs. In ALL cases, we reserve the right to withhold any such payments until all financial transactions have been settled and cleared. 5.Cost of Playing BingoBingo cards can range in price from $0.25 US to $1.00 US. This range may vary for special promotions. Players can buy up to 100 cards in selected games. 6.Claiming PrizesPrizes shall be automatically deposited to our player account cash balance. Players can purchase games from their winnings or request a payout be mailed the address given at the time of registration. Players who wish to claim their prize money must request a "payout". This can be done by visiting the player's area and selecting the payout request link. However, please make sure that the mailing information is correct when you register in order to avoid mailing delays. 7.Limits of Liability and Indemnification StatementTHIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. REFERENCES TO SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS INFORMATION. THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN; THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW EDITIONS OF THE PUBLICATION. WE MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT (S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM (S) DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AT ANY TIME. SPECIFICS 8.DisputesWe want to assure all of our players (and prospective players) that we have made every effort possible to provide you with the world's most entertaining, reliable, and more importantly, honest Bingo game on the Internet. It is our sincere intent to ensure that all of our players are satisfied with the quality and fairness of our games. Every effort possible has been made by us to promptly and impartially resolve all disputes that may arise from the use of our game. Customer satisfaction is our primary goal in providing you our Bingo game. As the operators of the site, we are determined to provide you our highest level of customer service possible. Our resolve is to consistently provide you with a fair and impartial dispute mechanism in the event that a dispute occurs. The success of our business is dependent on providing you with exceptional customer satisfaction policies. Obviously, happy customers will ensure that we win new customers and that our existing players will continue to come back to enjoy our site time and time again. However, please be advised that in the event of any dispute regarding a participation or a prize, the decision made by us will be final and binding. BigTimeBingo is operated by Azul Electrico S.A., a fully licensed gaming company regulated by the laws of Costa Rica. The BigTimeBingo trademark is owned by Punto Equis S.A. and licensed to Azul Electrico S.A. Credit card transactions are processed through 'Swiftbanx', our E-cash brand owned by subsidiary Azul Electrico Limited, 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar, Gibraltar and Azul Electrico Limited, Amory Building, Suite 3228, Victoria Road, Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis, East Caribbean. BigTimeBingo reserves the right to amend these Rules from time to time and vary them without prior notice. Bonus RulesTerms Bonus - Amount that is available for playing according to the following rules. Rules 1. Bonus money is intended to extend play time and is not available for withdrawal. Customers with a pending withdrawal are not eligible to receive bonus money. Winnings resulting from games played using the earned bonus money are available for withdrawal, however, requesting a withdrawal results in irreversable forfeiture of all remaining earned bonus funds. (Note: for games that return the wager along with the winnings, the bonus amount wagered is considered winnings and is also available for withdrawal.) 2. Following are the wagering requirements to change bonus from ‘pending ’ to ‘awarded’:
3. Any withdrawal request made prior to having met wagering requirements will;
Please contact support@bingocs.com with questions about these rules. 4. At the discretion of site, accounts that have repeat deposits and corresponding withdrawal requests placed, with the intent to abuse the bonus program, will have the bonus money plus the site costs deducted from any pending payouts, and the bonus function disabled for their account. Repeat offenders will be deactivated. 5. Unless otherwise noted, the maximum bonus is capped at $500 per day. 6. Converting Bonus to Bank Balance.
Free Money RulesPeriodically we have promotions that award bonus money without requiring a deposit (e.g. credit card authorization free money bonus, scratch card money, support bonuses, etc.). Following are the rules for such promotions. These rules apply unless otherwise specified in the associated promotion. 1. Free money cannot be withdrawn or converted to cash. 2. Bonus money can only be used to play bingo games. 3. Only depositing players are allowed to withdraw winnings based on free money. 4. The winnings from the free money can be withdrawn after it has been wagered through a minimum of ten times and rule 5 is met. 5. Any withdrawals will first be reduced by the amount of the bonus. The remaining amount must exceed $50. 6. The maximum withdrawal resulting from Free Money wagering is $100. Balances in excess of this amount are considered null and void and will be removed from the account when the request is processed. 7. Winnings from the bonus money can NOT be transferred to another player. Chat Rules1.No offensive or abusive language. 2. No complaining. Issue complaints to customer service via the Help Desk. 3. No exchanging account information. 4. No mentioning or discussing any other online bingo site. 5. No asking or hinting for a loan to any player in chat. Any chat activity that violates these rules will result in the chat priviledges being revoked |









