Responsibility of Visitors
The information, use, facilitation or content of this website site in any form is not directed at, or gives permission to use the website, by residents of the United States or Australia or any particular country outside the UK and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person in any country or jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation. It is the responsibility of visitors to this website to ascertain the terms of and comply with any local law or regulation to which they are subject.
Any Bet, trade or other form of transaction whether monetary or otherwise that CityOdds believes originates from the United States or any particular country which prohibits such transactions will be rejected and the account from which it originates will be blocked.
Responsible Trading and Betting
At CityOdds we believe in providing a secure and protected environment within which to trade, bet and be entertained responsibly. It is an important part of our overall customer care service.
Trading or betting in a protected environment should be an exciting and pleasurable experience, for adults. We want you to enjoy the CityOdds experience, so please bet wisely and within your budget. Never trade with funds you are not able to lose and do not trade with borrowed funds.
Underage Trading and Betting
CityOdds believes in providing a protected environment, it is recognized that trading and betting on the financial markets is an exciting adult leisure pursuit. It is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to trade or make any bets with CityOdds Ltd. We reserve the right to ask for verification documents from any customer and may suspend an account until such proof is received.
Please note that anyone under the age of 18 found to be trading or betting with CityOdds will have any winnings forfeited.
Filtering Systems
If you share your computer with Pioneer or family who are under the legal age to register or bet, please click on the link to register with our preferred filtering partner http://www.icra.org/parents/.
There are a number of other third party applications that parents or guardians can use to monitor or restrict the use of their computer's access to the Internet :
Net Nanny filtering software protects children from inappropriate web content : www.netnanny.com
CYBERsitter filtering software allowing parents to add their own sites to block :
www.cybersitter.com
Self-
On request, CityOdds will close any customer's account or accounts for a period of
6 months during which time it will not be possible for the account(s) to be re-
Staff training
All our customer service staff receive awareness training on problem gambling issues.
Customer History and Balance
Customers can easily access a full history of their transactions, withdrawals and
deposits by clicking on the “Account” tab at the top of the Trading Platform. The
previous week’s trading can be found. Please contact CityOdds Ltd for a complete
historical trading record. CityOdds Ltd will make available your trading history
in a .csv file format and will send this to your designated e-
A customer's balance is always available through the “Account” tab on the Trading Platform page.
Trading and betting may be seen as forms of gambling or betting. The gambling neutral charity (No. 1060005) GamCare is the national centre for information, advice and practical help regarding the social impact of betting. It does not wish to restrict the choices or opportunities for anyone to operate, or engage in, betting activities that are legally permissible in the UK. It is committed to:
Improving the understanding of the social impact of betting
Promoting a responsible approach to betting
Helping those who are affected by an addiction to betting
Problem Trading and Gambling
There are many signs that can indicate that there is a problem. These include:
Continuing to bet until all your money is gone
Borrowing or stealing money to continue trading and betting
Gambling to chase losses
Neglecting other interests, family and friends to trade or bet
List of Organisations to help Problem Gamblers
Citizens Advice Helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from nearly 3,400 locations, and by influencing policymakers.
GamAid An online help service for those affected by problem gambling. This service provides links to sources of available help and allows users to email counselors or chat with them online about their own problems or the problems of Pioneer and relatives.
Gam-
National helpline number:
08700 508880 Support to those affected by another
person's gambling. A fellowship of men and women who are husbands, wives, relatives
or close Pioneer who have been affected by problem gambling.
Gamblers Anonymous
National helpline number:
02073 843040 A fellowship of men and
women who have joined together to do something about their own gambling problem and
to help other compulsive gamblers do the same.
GamCare
National helpline number:
08456 000133 A registered charity that takes a non-
Gamstop Gamstop helps prevent gambling sites running on your PC. Once downloaded, users will be directed to the GamStop website when trying to access a gambling website. The GamStop website also provides advice to people who have problems controlling their gambling
Gordon House Association
Telephone number: 01384 241292
Provides residential treatment
for severely addicted gamblers, as well as providing outreach support and internet
counselling service.
National Debtline
National helpline number: 08088 084000 Provides free confidential
and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
Telephone Helplines Association Recognised as the main source of specialist information
relating to the setting up and running of non-
Related Links
Prevalence study
The Commissions' major national study on the nature and scale of gambling in Britain.
Gambling support
Links to gambling support organisations
External links
Responsibility in Gambling Trust.