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Chipy Editorial

A Content Garden Tended by Our Top Talent
  • Since 2012, we have built a dedicated, multidisciplinary team of gambling experts, copywriters, editors, PR specialists, Community managers, and designers working towards offering gamblers useful information and lucrative deals.
  • Committed to creating accurate and informative gambling content through rigorous research.
  • Known for our unique brand voice in the gambling world that is brave and progressive.
  • We deliver immersive video content about gambling topics on our Youtube channel.
  • Constantly in tune with the industry's latest trends and news, striving to be the world's top source of insights on online gambling.
icon-calendar Updated on Jan 22, 2024

Welcome to Chipy.com.

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Chipy.com.

1. Acceptance of the Agreement

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use Chipy.com if you do not agree with the terms and conditions stated on this page. Any information that is presented on Chipy.com is for knowledge and entertainment purposes only and cannot be considered as legal advice of any kind.

2. Our right to modify these terms and conditions

We reserve the right, in our discretion, to change or modify all or any part of the Agreement at any time, effective immediately upon notice published on this page. Please be sure to review the Agreement periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version.

3. Terminology

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements:

  • "User”, “Player”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing and using  the website.
  • “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. 
  • “Party”, “Parties”, or “Third Parties”, refers to persons/entities other than us.

4. Age Restrictions

By accessing the Website, the User who is a natural person, confirms to be at least 18 years old and to have full legal capacity. Access to the Website is restricted to any persons under 18 years of age or under the age at which online gambling in the jurisdiction of the User is prohibited. It is the User’s sole responsibility to determine whether it is legal to gamble online within his or her jurisdiction, as well as checking any other legal requirements in force.

5. Cookies and Privacy Policy

We employ the use of cookies. By visiting our website and using our services, you agree to the use and storage of cookies on your computer or device. Read more about Cookies on our Privacy Policy page. Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights for Chipy.com are reserved. You may access this from Chipy.com for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from Chipy.com
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from Chipy.com

7. Third-Party Content

This Site may contain hyperlinks to other websites, services or products or content operated by persons/entities other than us (collectively “Third Party Content”). Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. You agree not to hold us responsible for the Third Party Content . A hyperlink from this Site to the Third Party Content does not imply that we endorse such Third Party Content. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any Third Party Content and do so at your own risk.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

The site, the services and all materials on the site or made available via the services are made available on an "as is" basis. The company, its affiliates and their licensors disclaim with regards to the site, the services and all materials on the site or made available via the services all express or implied conditions, representations, and warranties (whether by law, statute or otherwise) including, without limitation, any implied warranty or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, satisfactory quality, non-interference, accuracy of the site or the services, or infringement of applicable laws and regulations.

The Company, its affiliates and their licensors shall not be liable to you or any third party in contract, tort, negligence, or otherwise, for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from or in any way connected with your, or any third party's, use or access of the Site or the Services, whether direct or indirect, including, without limitation, damage for loss of business, loss of profits (including loss of or failure to receive anticipated winnings), business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary or consequential loss (even where we have been notified by you of the possibility of such loss or damage).

You confirm that the Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to, suspension of or discontinuance of the Site or the Services.

9. Account Holders 

9.1. Creating a Chipy User Account

A user is not allowed to register more than one account. Only one account is allowed to be registered per person, household, family, household address, email address, credit card number or shared computer environment (for example: library, workplace, fraternity, university or school etc).

9.2. Multiple Accounts

Upon detecting more than one account linked to a single user, all the duplicate accounts will be considered unauthorized and therefore will be closed while keeping only the original account active. Further on, while the user may be able to continue accessing the website, creating new accounts is not allowed. Any gains resulting from the use of multiple accounts will be void (experience points, chipy coins, level upgrades). Any real money withdrawal made from a duplicate account will be considered unauthorized and will be claimed back or declined.

9.3. User generated content

Chipy.com does not allow posting comments, feedback and rating or take any other actions that are unauthentic and do not reflect one's experience regarding a casino, and are only for the purpose of gaining Chipy coins and Experience points. Chipy.com does not allow posting spam or ads for commercial purposes.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. Chipy.com does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Chipy.com, its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Chipy.com shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

Chipy.com reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions. All accounts will be checked by both automatic systems and SPAM filters running on the site as well as Chipy’s Quality Control Team.

Chipy.com reserves the right to block or remove any accounts that violate the rules above, without any prior notice.

10. Chipy.com Rewards 

10.1. Chipy Coins & Experience points

  • “Chipy coins” and "Experience points" are meant to motivate users to engage and to also reward loyal members. 
  • Chipy.com does not allow the posting of comments, feedback, and rating, or any other action that is unethical and is intended solely to obtain benefits on the site (for example, experience points, Chipy coins, etc.).
  • Players will be rewarded for their activity on the site and for sharing their personal experience and knowledge. In order to obtain rewards, users' input on the site must be meaningful for the content displayed on Chipy, as well as for its online community. The earnable rewards will consist of Chipy coins, which can be used by the user to purchase items on the Chipy.com Shop - including a conversion of the Chipy coins into real money,  casino bonuses, on-site avatars, etc.

10.2 Chipy Shop

Registered users have the option to use their coins to buy real money items, special casino bonuses and avatar items, in the Chipy.com Shop.

  • A user who has a pending real money item cannot make another real money item purchase.
  • A user can make another real money item purchase 7 days after the previous real money item purchase was approved, if not stated otherwise in the item’s conditions.
  • A user whose real money item purchase was rejected can buy another real money item on the spot.
  • Players that will post comments/casinos in patterns of non informative posts will have their shop purchase declined.

Players that have multiple real money items declines in a row will get a refund of Chipy coins in the following formula:

  • 2 declines in a row - 100% refund
  • 3 declines in a row - 80% refund
  • 4 declines in a row - 60% refund
  • 5 declines in a row - 40% refund
  • 6 declines in a row - 20% refund
  • +7 declines in a row - 0% refund

Players can receive more cash than the formula stated above, only if specifically stated in the item description. Read more about Chipy Shop.

10.3 Monthly Competitions Wins

Each month, the most active users on the site that gathered the most experience points will be rewarded with prizes. Any Chipy.com registered user can enter the monthly competition.

Our Quality Assurance Team will manually check the users that have made it on the Leaderboard. This verification procedure is necessary to ensure that the winners complied with our Terms and Conditions throughout the month. 

Important: Users that resorted to spammy behavior to earn experience points and coins will be disqualified.

The updated list with the winners will be published shortly after the Quality Assurance Team individually reviews each user. The winners will receive a notification via email.

Read more about Monthly Competition wins on Chipy.

10.4  Chipy.com Sweepstakes

Chipy.com online sweepstakes are gambling competitions in which registered users can buy tickets and get a chance to win coins and/or real money. A user can participate in one or more sweepstakes at the same time.

Eligibility
Only registered Chipy.com users can enter sweepstakes. Each sweepstake has additional eligibility requirements related to the user level. The required user level can be found on each  sweepstake dedicated page.

Competition Period
Each sweepstake will be active for a limited period of time, which is mentioned in every sweepstake’s description. 

To Enter
In order to enter a sweepstake the user needs to buy sweepstake tickets. All sweepstake tickets are free, no real money are required from users in order to enter any sweepstake.
On Chipy.com you’ll find 2 types of sweepstake entries:

  • Free entry sweepstakes: entering the sweepstake is free of charge, no price needs to be paid in order to enroll
  • Paid sweepstakes: in order to enter you’ll have to purchase a sweepstake ticket;  the ticket price is expressed in Chipy.com Coins, our site’s own currency (Coins are not real money); once  a sweepstake ticket is bought the price is automatically drawn from the user’s account

Prizes
There are 3 types of sweepstake prizes:

  • Chipy Coins Prizes
  • Real Money Prizes expressed in various currencies
  • A mix of Real Money and Coins prizes

The prizes are non-transferable and non-exchangeable. In the event of unforeseen circumstances we reserve the right to substitute the prizes for an alternative of equal or greater value.

Winner Selection
A user can have multiple winning tickets for a sweepstake. Each purchased ticket has a unique ticket number associated with it. Once the sweepstake ends an automatic random draw is made. All tickets get equal chances of being selected in a random draw. Tickets bought by “blocked” users will not be part of the draw pool.

Winner Verification
After the random draw ends, the winning tickets are manually validated by our Community Review Team, according to our T&Cs.

Winner Notification
Winners will be notified:

  • On site: Users need to check their notifications and their User Homepage - My Sweepstake Tickets Section
  • Via email:  If you have one or more winning tickets, we will send out an email to notify you, which will also contain the instructions you need to follow in order to redeem your prize.

10.5 Prizes and rewards delivery

  • Any coins prizes and rewards are automatically credited into the user’s account. 
  • All real money prizes and rewards must be redeemed by the user.
  • In order to redeem any Real Money prize or reward, users must fill in the payment details in the User Setting page, and ensure they are verified and up to date. By failing to provide your payment details, we will not be able to transfer you the real money prize. Learn how to set up your payment details.
  • A sweepstake ticket will be voided if the winner does not redeem the real money prize in 30 days after the winners are published on the website.

10.6 Disqualification

Chipy.com  reserves the right to disqualify any reward candidate, who is reasonably believed to be attempting to fraudulently enter, cheat, or compromise the system either by technical means (e.g. scripting or automation), or manual means (e.g. creation of multiple accounts per entrant).

10.7 Data Protection

Users agree that, by entering into any type of competition on Chipy.com, personal data shall be collected and processed by Chipy.com  and stored on its respective database and used for the administration of its ongoing relationship with participants.

10.8 Disclaimer

If for any reason any competition is not capable of running as planned for reasons including but not limited to tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Chipy.com which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the competition, Chipy.com reserves the right (subject to any written directions given under applicable law) to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to terminate, modify or suspend the competition.

11. Blacklist Terms and Conditions

Chipy.com reserves the right to “blacklist” any online casino or online gaming site for conducting inauthentic business behaviour, for example: Not paying or delaying player’s winnings or affiliates commissions.

A brand that has been marked as blacklisted on Chipy’s and wishes to be unmarked will have to take the following actions:

  • Get a full resolution for the particular case.
  • A fee of 15% interest per year will be applied on the unpaid funds during that time (with a minimum amount of 1,000 EUR per brand).

12. Responsible Gaming

We’re committed to responsible gambling. Think of gambling as an entertainment expense, not a way to make money. BeGambleAware aims to promote responsibility in gambling. Its main goal is to broaden public understanding of gambling-related harm as a public health issue and to help those that do develop problems get the support and help that they need quickly and effectively. For help, support and advice about problem gambling, please visit BeGambleAware.org.

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Chipy Editorial

Chipy Editorial

A Content Garden Tended by Our Top Talent

About Chipy Editorial

  • Since 2012, we have built a dedicated, multidisciplinary team of gambling experts, copywriters, editors, PR specialists, Community managers, and designers working towards offering gamblers useful information and lucrative deals.
  • Committed to creating accurate and informative gambling content through rigorous research.
  • Known for our unique brand voice in the gambling world that is brave and progressive.
  • We deliver immersive video content about gambling topics on our Youtube channel.
  • Constantly in tune with the industry's latest trends and news, striving to be the world's top source of insights on online gambling.
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