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GENERAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF THE INTERNET SITES OPERATED BY LOTO-QUÉBEC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Loto-Québec and its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as "Loto-Québec") operate a number of informative Internet sites and Social Media accounts (hereinafter the "Portal"), in order to offer free access to a wealth of information about Loto-Québec, its products and the activities it offers to any person. This information can be found on the sites of which some of the addresses (URLs), which are collectively called the "Domain Names¹", appear below:

The persons accessing or otherwise using the Portal (hereinafter the "User(s)"), access or use it of their own volition. When applicable, any person authorising the use of the computer or equipment permitting access to the Portal is also deemed a "User" and is bound by the terms of these conditions and by any other applicable terms.

Consequently, Users accept that the "General Conditions of Use" contained herein govern the content and operation of the Portal, as well as the Users' authorized use of the Portal. Loto-Québec may modify the present Conditions of Use at any time without prior notice. These modifications apply to all Users. Therefore, it is recommended that Users consult this page regularly in order to remain apprised of the latest Conditions of Use in effect. Loto-Québec respects its Policy concerning privacy and the protection of personal information as it applies to Users.

1. INFORMATION ACCURACY

Even if many efforts have been made to develop the Portal, Loto-Québec offers no guarantees, either express or implied, as to the accuracy, exhaustiveness, validity or timeliness of the provided information. Loto-Québec retains the possibility, at its sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, modify or update all or part of the contents of the Portal.

2. PRICES, PACKAGES AND SCHEDULES

Certain Web sites on the Portal include prices, packages, and schedules. The prices posted on the Portal are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified. The dates, times, conditions and prices of packages, hotel rooms, events, tournaments or other activities are subject to change without notice and may be subject to conditions to those indicated on the Portal. We therefore advise our clients, guests and organizers to confirm any information posted on the Portal with the appropriate source when necessary.

3. 18 AND OVER

Lotteries are restricted to persons 18 years of age or over.

4. LOTTERY RESULTS

The lottery results posted on the Portal are not official. In the event of a discrepancy between the results listed on the Portal and Loto-Québec’s official winning list, the latter shall prevail. To claim a winning ticket, see explanations on the back of it.

Moreover, no one is authorised by Loto-Québec to sell gaming products over the Internet.

5. GAMING REGULATIONS

You may obtain the regulations governing Loto-Québec’s various games on Québec’s official Publications Web site at the specific addresses listed below or by contacting the Loto-Québec Customer Service:

Regulation respecting the Mini Loto, Inter Loto, any instant lottery and any «pool» type lottery

By-law respecting forecast contests and numbers games

By-law respecting casino games

By-law respecting bingo

By-law respecting video lottery system

By-law respecting interactive television games

6. EXCLUSIONS FROM LIABILITY

Loto-Québec does not guarantee use of the Portal, and Users agree to use the Portal as is and at their own risk.

Loto-Québec and its directors, employees and agents are at no time responsible in civil or other fashion for any loss or damages whatsoever, including by, but not restricted to, a loss of profits, an interruption of activities, or the loss of programs or data which could result from:

(i) the use of the Portal, any Internet site or Social Media accounts or any Internet site linked to the Portal by hyperlink or otherwise,

(ii) the modification or deletion of all or part of the Portal, including a hyperlink,

(iii) any errors, omissions, inaccurate or outdated information presented on the Portal or received by Users subsequent to a request for information submitted on the Portal,

(iv) the consequences of any harmful programming code that could install itself on the Portal or be transmitted via the Portal.

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Certain names, words, titles, expressions, logos, icons, graphic elements, drawings and diagrams or other content appearing on the pages of the Portal are commercial designations or trademarks held by Loto-Québec and its subsidiaries, or commercial designations or trademarks granted to them by virtue of a permit or license. All other material contained on the Portal is also protected by copyright.

The unauthorized downloading, retransmission, copying or modification of trademarks, images, text or data contained on the Portal may contravene federal or provincial laws, and especially the laws pertaining to trademarks, industrial drawings or copyright, and may subject the User to legal proceedings.

Except for the purposes of navigating the Internet, or unless otherwise indicated, it is strictly prohibited to copy, redistribute, reproduce, republish, store on any medium, retransmit or modify the information contained on the Portal, or to make public or commercial use thereof in any way whatsoever.

The attached list contains the trademarks owned by Loto-Québec and its subsidiaries [PDF Format, 42 KB - Help, last update February 1, 2012]. In order to obtain ownership of a trademark, and as requested by the Loto-Québec's Corporate Secretariat, our trademark agents file registration applications with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. We are owners of regular marks, valid for 15 years and renewable. We also own official marks valid in perpetuity. Registering our trademarks protects them from being used by third parties without our approval and makes those who would do so liable to prosecution. This list is updated on the first business day of every month.

8. DOMAIN NAMES

All domain names are the exclusive property of Loto-Québec and may not be appropriated or infringed upon by way of hyperlinks or framing. Similarly, the registration of closely similar domain names will not be tolerated.

9. HYPERLINKS FROM THE PORTAL

The Portal features various hyperlinks which will direct Users to other sites. These links are made available to Users for their convenience only and in order to offer them a more intuitive and pleasant navigation experience. The existence of any such link in no way whatsoever constitutes an implicit or explicit support of the site concerned, of its content, or of any other site(s) associated with such a site. Furthermore, Loto-Québec assumes no responsibility whatsoever for such content.

Loto-Québec is always free to add, remove or modify any link appearing on the Portal. Loto-Québec also assumes no responsibility for the choice of the links provided.

10. HYPERLINKS TO THE PORTAL

It is possible that the Portal sites may appear among hyperlinks offered by third-party sites. Loto-Québec is not responsible for the content of any sites linked to the Portal, or for any link present on these sites.

Loto-Québec has no control over the sites containing links to the Portal sites. The fact that links to the Portal do exist does not mean that Loto-Québec supports, approves or otherwise recognizes the content of any such site or any link present on these sites.

All Users who wish to establish a hyperlink to one of the Portal sites must first accept the Conditions outlined below. By establishing a link to a Portal site, Users accept that the Web site containing a link to the Portal:

1. cannot employ the framing technique, a mirror site or any other similar method without the prior consent of Loto-Québec;
2. cannot employ a link integrated with images posted on the Portal sites;
3. cannot give the impression that there is an affiliation of any kind between the company or the individual benefiting from the Web site and Loto-Québec, nor that Loto-Québec supports the products, services or any other content featured on the Web site, unless there is a written agreement stating otherwise;
4. cannot give a false or misleading impression of the products and/or services of Loto-Québec;
5. cannot display a Loto-Québec logo, unless a written agreement states otherwise;
6. cannot contain material that might be interpreted as being in bad taste or offensive, or which targets or appeals to people under the age of 18. In this instance, reference is made to the Code of Advertising Standards;
7. cannot promote or make reference to illicit or illegal activities.

Loto-Québec assumes no responsibility for the content of any site containing a hyperlink to the Portal. Loto-Québec can, at all times and at its sole discretion, immediately abolish the privilege of Users to establish a link to the Portal sites.

As a general policy, Loto-Québec does not subscribe to reciprocal link-sharing agreements.

11. LANGUAGE

In the event of a discrepancy between the French and English versions of the Portal's content, the French version of shall prevail.

12. SPECIFIC CONDITION

In the event of a discrepancy between one of the conditions stated in the General conditions for use and a specific condition for use displayed on a Portal’s page and related to a particular content, the specific condition shall prevail.

13. JURISDICTION

In the event that Users' use of the Portal results in any conflict, such conflict must be resolved in accordance with the laws applicable in Quebec and in Canada before a Montreal district court.

14. INFORMATION AND COMMENTS

All Users are invited to address their questions, comments and requests to Loto-Québec Customer Service.

¹ Certain sites have more than one Internet address (URL) in order to facilitate access to the site, and certain sites or microsites with different addresses can be added by Loto-Québec from time to time. All these sites are part of the Portal and are deemed Domain Names.

Last update: September 27, 2011

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