Online Gambling Content Disclaimer

This policy was last updated on December 15, 2022

The following Online Gambling Content Disclaimer (the “Disclaimer”), together with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (each incorporated herein), collectively apply to your use of this web site and any web site owned by Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC (as defined below) (including, without limitation, www.bostonglobe.com and www.boston.com) (each a “Web Site”) and our mobile application(s) (the “Application”) (the Application and Web Site are collectively referred to herein as the “Platform”).  In particular, this Disclaimer also applies to and governs your access to, and use of, any information, content, advertising materials, or educational materials relating to online gambling or online sports betting on any combination of this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform (the “Gaming Content”). In this Disclaimer, “Boston Globe Media Partners” means Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, including its affiliates and subsidiaries.  In this Disclaimer, “you” or “your” means any end-user of any combination of this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform, regardless of whether or not any such end-user is an individual person or legal entity.  You acknowledge and agree that online sports betting is recognized as a form of online gambling in many jurisdictions.

Please read this Disclaimer as well as the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy carefully.  If you do not agree to this Disclaimer or the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, please exit this Web Site, the Application, and the Platform, and any Web Site affiliated with the Platform, and discontinue your further use of each of them. Access to this Disclaimer is available to all end-users (including you) via an obvious and conspicuous link of the Web Site, Application, or the Platform that displays or features Gaming Content.

Any access to this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform constitutes your express acknowledgement of, and acceptance to, this Disclaimer. Any and all access to and use of this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform (including any access to, or use of, the Gaming Content) is at your sole discretion, option, and risk. All Gaming Content contained on or made available via any combination of this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform is for news, entertainment, educational, informational, and/or advertising purposes only. Any of your access to, or use of, the Gaming Content, this Website, the Application, or the Platform in violation of local, state, federal, tribal, provincial, or national law or regulation is strictly prohibited. There is nothing contained in the Gaming Content, this Website, the Application, or the Platform that constitutes any guarantee of winning any online gambling or online sports betting bet or wager that you may undertake, nor is there any intention to induce you or any other person into engaging in any gambling or sports betting activities or violating any local, tribal, state, federal, provincial or national law or regulation.  Recognizing that the laws and regulations involving online gambling and online sports betting are different everywhere, you expressly acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility and obligation to ensure that any online gambling or sports betting activities that you undertake are legal in your relevant jurisdiction.  You are expressly advised to check the applicable laws and regulations in your own relevant jurisdiction to understand the legality of any online gambling or online sports betting activities that you may undertake.  Furthermore, it is your sole responsibility to ensure that you meet all age and other legal and regulatory requirements prior to registering an account with any online gambling or online sports betting operator referenced in the Gaming Content or on this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform. Boston Globe Media Partners does not endorse or promote any form of wagering or gambling. Please note that all forms of online gambling and sports betting carry with them a certain degree of financial risk. You should be aware of this risk and govern yourself accordingly. Moreover, you should exercise responsibility when engaging in any online gambling or online sports betting activities. 

Boston Globe Media Partners is not a gambling operator or sports betting operator or a gambling site of any kind, and none of its affiliates or subsidiaries constitute gambling operators or sports betting operators. Boston Globe Media Partners (including its affiliates and subsidiaries) operates independently from any gambling operator’s or sports betting operator’s control. Although Gaming Content on this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform may feature or link to other websites where end-users (including you) may be able to place online bets and wagers, this Web Site, the Application, and the Platform do not offer or provide real currency gambling services of any kind. This Web Site, the Application, the Platform, and Boston Globe Media Partners do not contain any non-public information or inside information about any online gambling or online sports betting activities that you may undertake. However, this does not prohibit or limit Boston Globe Media Partners in any way from receiving compensation in certain circumstances for the Gaming Content accessible via any combination of this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform.  Boston Globe Media Partners may receive payments in connection with Gaming Content related advertising on this Web Site, the Application, and the Platform.

Boston Globe Media Partners takes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all Gaming Content available on this Website, the Application, or the Platform is accurate at the time of publication, but Boston Globe Media Partners does not explicitly implicitly guarantee the completeness, correctness, timeliness, or perpetuation of the subject matter provided, nor that any errors or omissions will be corrected, deleted, or otherwise made fit for their purposes. Circumstances change, and this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform has no control over any other websites or sources referenced by, or externally linked to in, the Gaming Content. Any advice or information provided on this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform that relates to the Gaming Content should not be considered as legal or professional advice in any way.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE GAMING CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THAT BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE GAMING CONTENT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, QUALITY, TTLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. BY ACCESSING ANY GAMING CONTENT OR THIS WEBSITE, THE APPLICATION, OR THE PLATFORM, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSSES, DAMAGES, CLAIMS, SUITS, COSTS OR EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES) OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE GAMING CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNATIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE THAT ANY SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES WOULD OCCUR.

This Web Site, the Application, or the Platform may contain content submitted by its end-users that does not reflect the official opinions of MediaNews Group or its licensors or business partners. Boston Globe Media Partners reserves the right to edit, remove, or modify any content (including, without limitation, the Gaming Content) on this Web Site, the Application, or the Platform at any time at its sole discretion, as well as amending this Disclaimer at any time without prior notice to you.

Boston Globe Media Partners maintains no responsibility for customer service issues that are particular to any gambling operator, or online gambling or sports betting information or activities, that are referenced in the Gaming Content. Moreover, Boston Globe Media Partners does not serve as a clearinghouse for specific customer complaints relating to such matters.  You are advised to directly contact the relevant gambling operators and gaming establishments using the contact information that has been provided to you by them in connection with any such inquires or matters that you may have.