Terms of Service

Welcome to The Pundit. By creating an account or playing, you agree to these terms. They are intentionally short, in plain English, and written for the game we actually run.

1. What this is

The Pundit is a free-to-play prediction game built around football tournaments. It uses a virtual stake currency. There is no real-money gambling, no cash wagering, no cash-out, and no guaranteed prizes unless explicitly stated for a specific competition.

2. 18+ only

• You must be at least 18 years old to create an account or play.
• You must provide accurate identity information, including your date of birth.
• We may restrict, suspend, or remove accounts that provide false age or identity information.

3. Your account

• You must provide a valid email and a password.
• One account per person. Don't impersonate anyone else.
• You're responsible for keeping your password safe.
• Once your profile is completed, identity fields (nationality, age confirmation) lock. Contact support to correct them.

4. Fair play & competition integrity

• No bots, scripts, or automated picks.
• No multi-account abuse or duplicate accounts.
• No manipulating rankings, the pot, or any leaderboard.
• No impersonating other users or using a fake identity.
• We may suspend or remove accounts to protect competition integrity.

5. Match data & settlement

Match results come from third-party data providers. We settle predictions based on the official full-time result. If a match is voided or data is disputed, we may reverse a settlement to keep the game fair.

6. Communications

Some emails are essential to your account and are always sent when required — sign-in, account confirmation, email verification, password reset, email change, and security or service notices.

Other emails are optional — competition reminders, prediction updates, leaderboard moments and useful product updates. These are off by default and only sent if you opt in. You can change your preference any time from your account page.

We do not run commercial email marketing and do not send third-party promotions, affiliate offers, or partner campaigns to your inbox. As the product evolves we may introduce onsite features such as sponsorship, advertising, or other monetisation, with appropriate notice and consent controls where legally required.

7. Your data

We store the minimum we need to run the game. See our Privacy Notice for details. You can delete your account at any time from your account page. Past picks are kept in anonymised form to preserve historical fairness of the pot.

8. The game can change

This is an editorial game and an evolving product. We may adjust rules, balances, or features between tournaments. Material changes will be communicated in-app.

9. Private Leaderboards

Private leaderboard owners are responsible for managing membership of their leaderboard.

• Only verified accounts may create or join private leaderboards.
• Invite links and invite codes should only be shared with intended participants.
• Abuse, spam, or misuse of the invite system is prohibited.
• Access may be revoked by a private leaderboard's admin at any time.
• We may remove private leaderboards, memberships, or accounts that are used for abuse, spam, impersonation, manipulation of rankings, or other violations of these terms.

10. Account Restrictions

We may suspend, restrict, or permanently block accounts that violate these terms, attempt to manipulate rankings, abuse the platform, or otherwise compromise game integrity.

11. Multiple Accounts

A person should only operate one active account unless explicitly permitted by The Pundit.

12. No warranty

The Pundit is provided "as is". We do our best to keep it accurate and online, but we don't promise zero downtime, zero bugs, or perfectly settled matches.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email [email protected].

Who runs The Pundit?

The Pundit is operated by ThePundit.io, a registered sole proprietorship in the Netherlands.

• Trading as: The Pundit
• Address: Le Mairekade 77, 1013 CB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• KvK: 78451914
• Contact: [email protected]

Last updated: June 2026.