Terms of Service

This is a working draft for review by a qualified solicitor before launch. It reflects the platform owner’s intent, but it is not a substitute for legal advice.

1. Parties. “The Gauntlet” is a software service operated by Hilton Industries (“we”, “us”). These Terms of Service govern your use of the website and any associated service. By creating an account you agree to be bound by these terms.

2. What the service is. The Gauntlet provides tools for league hosts to run “last man standing” football prediction games for fun only. It is entertainment software, not a gambling or betting product. We act only as a software licensor and technology provider. We do not create, host, or join leagues ourselves except where expressly acting as a platform owner.

3. No entry fees, no prize money — on the platform, ever. The Gauntlet does not support, display, calculate, or facilitate entry fees, stakes, or cash prizes of any kind within a league. There is no feature on this platform for collecting money from players or for tracking a prize pool. The only payment we collect is a flat admin fee from hosts for use of the software, which is unrelated to how many players join or how a league plays out. If a host and their players independently choose to make a private wager or side arrangement entirely outside the app, that is not something this service provides, supports, tracks, or is in any way a party to.

4. Hosts are solely responsible for their leagues. If you create a league, you are solely responsible for how you run it, for resolving any disagreements with your players, and for complying with all applicable laws in your own jurisdiction. We may suspend or remove a league where necessary to protect the integrity of the platform or other users.

5. Player eligibility. You must be at least 18 years old to use this service. By creating an account you confirm that you are 18 or over and have capacity to enter a binding contract. We may suspend accounts where age or identity is in doubt.

6. Account and acceptable use. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure. You must not use the service for unlawful purposes, misuse invite codes, create multiple accounts to evade fees, scrape data, interfere with other users, or attempt to compromise the service.

7. Admin fees and refunds. Creating a private league requires payment of a non-refundable minimum admin fee. Once the first round locks, we may charge a further balance fee calculated as the greater of zero and: (player count at lock × per-player rate) minus the minimum fee already paid. All fees are in GBP and include VAT where applicable. The minimum fee is not refundable if the league is cancelled.

8. Suspension and termination. We may suspend or terminate your account or a league at any time if you breach these terms, fail to pay admin fees, or if we reasonably believe use of the service is unlawful or harmful to others.

9. Intellectual property. The software, branding, and content on this platform belong to us or our licensors. You retain rights to content you create, but grant us a licence to use it as necessary to operate the service.

10. Limitation of liability. The service is provided “as is”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any financial loss, dispute or claim arising from private arrangements between players and hosts, from incorrect or delayed fixture data, or from any use of the service that is not caused by our fraud, negligence or wilful misconduct. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or anything that cannot be excluded under English law.

11. Changes to these terms. We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified by email or through the service. Continued use after the changes take effect means you accept them.

12. Governing law and disputes. These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, except where mandatory consumer law provides otherwise.

13. Contact. Questions about these terms should be directed to Hilton Industries. Full contact details will be published once the entity is formally registered.