Effective Date: December 29th, 2023.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY, INCLUDING THE BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION CONTAINED IN SECTION 17. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES.
These Terms of Service and any terms expressly incorporated herein (the “Terms of Service” or “Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the platform provided by Lottery Now, Inc. PO Box 408 McAllister, MT 59470 (“LNI,” “we,” or “us”) that provides certain entertainment services, social, and messaging services.
LNI offers a variety of Lottery based games, games of chance, and social communications means to users on its proprietary mobile applications and websites using its Platform. Your viewing, access to, and/or use of the Platform and LNI’s services will constitute your agreement, on behalf of yourself (hereinafter collectively “you” or “your”), to these Terms.
Updates to these Terms:
LNI may make future changes or modifications to these Terms at any time by posting the applicable changes on our website, www.lottery-now.com or www.midolotto.com (collectively the “Site”) and updating the effective date above, and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to the homepage of our Site or by sending you an email notification). Your use of the Platform and the Services will constitute your agreement to the changes and modifications.
Consumer Disclosure: As specified in these Terms, tickets for state Lottery Games purchased via the LNI Platform may have different rights associated with them than tickets purchased directly from a state Lottery sales agent. By way of example only, Tickets for a state Lottery Game purchased via the LNI Platform are NOT eligible to participate in any Second Chance Drawing that may be associated with the applicable Game and that may be available to holders of Lottery tickets purchased directly from a Lottery sales agent.
Notice Regarding Arbitration and Dispute Resolution: You and LNI agree that any future disputes between you and LNI will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration, unless you opt-out in accordance with Section 17. Unless you opt-out of arbitration, you are waiving your right to a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action, class arbitration, or representative proceeding, and you will only be permitted to seek relief (including monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief) on an
individual basis. IF YOU WISH TO OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION, FOLLOW THE OPT-OUT PROCEDURE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 17 BELOW.
- Definitions
- Your Account
- Privacy Policy
- Description of the Services
- A “Private Group” is a Group that a User can access by invite only. A User invited to participate in a Private Group can elect, at his or her own discretion, to contribute Tickets to be collectively owned by all Users in the applicable Private Group. If a Ticket contributed to a Private Group has any winnings, a User in the applicable Private Group will be eligible to receive a percentage of the winnings equal to the number of Tickets the User contributed to the Private Group for a Game divided by the total number of Tickets held for that Game by the Private Group.
- A “Public Group” is a Group that any User may access. A User may elect, at his or her own discretion, to contribute Tickets to a Public Group to be collectively owned by all Users in the applicable Public Group. If a Ticket contributed to a Public Group has any winnings, a User in the applicable Public Group will be eligible to receive a percentage of the winnings equal to the number of Tickets the User contributed to the Public Group divided by the total number of Tickets held for that Game by the Public Group.
- Prize value less than or equal to Threshold Amount. By using the Service you authorize LNI to store and claim winning Lottery Tickets that have prize value less than or equal to the Threshold Amount in the Jurisdiction of purchase on your behalf. LNI will automatically credit your account with the full prize value which can be used for additional ticket orders or can be withdrawn to a bank or payment account in accordance with these Terms of Service.
- Prize value greater than Threshold Amount. Winning tickets with prize value greater than Threshold Amount are required to be claimed directly from the operator either by mail or in person. The operator may withhold taxes from prize distributions for winning Tickets with claimed prizes totaling more than the in-store Threshold Amount. LNI’s standard process is for you to be paid directly by the Game’s operator or administrator and we will advise you by phone or email in the event of any variations to that process. You consent to, and authorize, LNI to store Lottery tickets on your behalf. It is important that you maintain the accuracy of your LNI Account information, and LNI will have no liability to you due to your failure to update your LNI Account information.
- “Withdrawable Funds” are monies from Game winnings that have been credited to your LNI Account in accordance with Section 4.7 of these Terms.
- “Non-withdrawable Funds” are credits that have been applied to a User’s LNI Account for the purpose of ordering Tickets and which cannot be withdrawn to a bank or payment account. These include payments that have been made by the User in accordance with Sections 2.6 and 2.7 of these Terms as well as credits arising from promotions, competitions, refunds and referrals.
- Your General Obligations to Use the Services
- Intellectual Property
- Acceptable Use
- Use our Platform or Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying our Platform or Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of our Platform or Services in any manner;
- Use our Platform or Services to pay for, support, or otherwise engage in any illegal gambling activities; fraud; money-laundering; or terrorist activities; or other illegal activities;
- Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means or interface not provided by us to access our Platform or Services or to extract data;
- Use or attempt to use another User’s account without authorization;
- Attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we employ, or attempt to access any Service or area of our Platform that you are not authorized to access;
- Introduce to the Platform or Services any malware, virus, trojan worms, logic bombs, or other harmful material;
- Develop any third-party applications that interact with our Platform or Services without our prior written consent;
- Provide false, inaccurate, or misleading information;
- Share content or communications that are, in our sole discretion, libelous, defamatory, profane, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, indecent, lewd, vulgar, suggestive, harassing, hateful, threatening, offensive, discriminatory, bigoted, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, deceptive or otherwise objectionable;
- Share content containing unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, or commercial messages (SPAM) or any chain messages or user content designed to deceive or trick the user of the Service;
- Share content containing private information of any third-party including, but not limited to, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers; and
- Encourage or induce any third party to engage in any of the activities prohibited under this Section.
- Risk Disclosure
- Electronic Notices
- Unclaimed Property
- Feedback
- Termination
- Use of the Platform and Services Through a Mobile Application
- Disclaimer of Warranties
- Indemnification
- Dispute Resolution; Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration
Please Read This Following Clause Carefully – It May Significantly Affect Your Legal Rights, Including Your Right to File a Lawsuit in Court
17.1 Initial Dispute Resolution. Company is available by email at [email protected] to address any concerns you may have regarding your use of the Service. Most concerns may be quickly resolved in this manner. Each of you and Company agree to use best efforts to settle any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement directly through consultation and good faith negotiations which shall be a precondition to either party initiating a lawsuit or arbitration. 17.2 Agreement to Binding Arbitration. If we do not reach an agreed upon solution within a period of thirty (30) days from the time informal dispute resolution is pursued pursuant to Section 17.1 above, then either party may initiate binding arbitration. All claims arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service (including their formation, performance and breach), the parties’ relationship with each other and/or your use of the Site and/or Products shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered by JAMS, in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, excluding any rules or procedures governing or permitting class actions. Each party will have the right to use legal counsel in connection with arbitration at its own expense. The parties shall select a single neutral arbitrator in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms of Service, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of these Terms of Service is void or voidable. You or we may elect to appear at the arbitration by phone or, if you and we both agree, to conduct it online, in lieu of appearing live. The arbitrator shall be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in a court under law or in equity. The arbitrator’s award shall be in writing and provide a statement of the essential findings and conclusions, shall be binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. The interpretation and enforcement of these Terms of Service shall be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act. The JAMS rules governing the arbitration may be accessed at https://www.jamsadr.com/adrrules-procedures. If you initiate arbitration, to the extent the filing fee for the arbitration exceeds Two Hundred and Fifty U.S. Dollars ($250.00), Company will pay the additional cost. If Company is required to pay the additional cost of the filing fees, you should submit a request for payment of fees to JAMS along with your form for initiating the arbitration, and Company will make arrangements to pay all necessary fees directly to JAMS. Company will also be responsible for paying all other arbitration costs arising in connection with the arbitration, other than costs incurred by you for legal counsel, travel and other out-of-pocket costs and expenses not constituting fees or amounts payable to JAMS. You will not be required to pay fees and costs incurred by Company if you do not prevail in arbitration. Company will also pay JAMS to reimburse you for any portion of the $250 filing fee that is more than what you would otherwise have to pay to file suit in a court of law. The parties understand that, absent this mandatory provision, they would have the right to sue in court and have a jury trial. They further understand that the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court. 17.3 Class Action and Class Arbitration Waiver. You and Company each further agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in our respective individual capacities only and not as a class action or other representative action, and you and Company each expressly waive our respective right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis. If any court or arbitrator determines that the class action waiver set forth in this paragraph is void or unenforceable for any reason or that an arbitration can proceed on a class basis, then the arbitration provision set forth above in Section 17.2 shall be deemed null and void in its entirety and the parties shall be deemed to have not agreed to arbitrate disputes. 17.4 Exception – Small Claims Court Claims. Notwithstanding the parties’ agreement to resolve all disputes through arbitration, either party may seek relief in a small claims court for disputes or claims within the scope of that court’s jurisdiction. 17.5 30 Day Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out and not be bound by the arbitration and class action waiver provisions set forth in Sections 17.2 and 17.3 by sendingwritten notice of your decision to opt-out by emailing Company at [email protected] . The notice must be sent within thirty (30) days of your first use of the Site, otherwise you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of those sections. If you opt-out of these arbitration provisions, Company also will not be bound by them. 17.6 Governing Law; Exclusive Venue for Litigation. The laws of Montana, excluding its conflicts of law rules, govern your access to and use of the Services and LNI Materials. To the extent that the arbitration provisions set forth in Section 17.2 do not apply, of if you want to pursue any legal remedies to which you would otherwise be entitled but that are not available to you pursuant to this Section 16 the parties agree that any litigation between them shall be filed exclusively in state or federal courts located in Montana (except for small claims court actions which may be brought in the county where you reside). The parties expressly consent to exclusive jurisdiction in Montana for any litigation other than small claims court actions. In the event of litigation relating to these Terms of Service, the parties agree to waive, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any right to a jury trial.- U.S. Based Service
- Miscellaneous