IMPORTANT NOTICE. Section 17 contains an agreement to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration and a waiver of class actions and jury trials, with a 30-day right to opt out. Read it before accepting. You can lose money in paid competitions. Enter only what you can afford to lose.
1. The agreement
These Terms, the Competition Rules, the Privacy Policy, the Fair Play and Acceptable Use Policy, the Responsible Play Policy, the Refund, Cancellation and Payout Policy, the Verification Recording Notice and the rules displayed for a specific match, tournament or event (together, the "Agreement") govern your use of the BulldogGX websites, apps and related services (the "Service"). You accept this Agreement by affirmatively accepting it when prompted at account creation and, for material changes, when prompted again. Browsing a public page, installing the app or holding a wallet does not create an agreement; the acceptance record does. If you do not agree, do not create an account or enter a competition.
Event-specific rules govern the mechanics of that event where they differ from the general Competition Rules. Nothing in an event rule, promotion or support message can change section 17 or take away a right that law does not allow us to remove.
2. What BulldogGX is and is not
BulldogGX is software that lets adults arrange and settle head-to-head and bracket competitions in commercial video games (currently Madden NFL and NBA 2K) played on their own consoles. Players compete only on their own performance. The outcome of every paid competition is determined by the relative skill of the participants in the game itself.
BulldogGX is not a bank, broker, exchange or money transmitter, does not offer games of chance or fantasy contests, and does not let anyone pay to predict the outcome of a match they are not playing in. Spectator entries, paying another player's entry fee, entries on matches between other players and use of the Service to move money between people are not offered and are prohibited.
BulldogGX is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc., 2K / Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Microsoft Corporation or any other game publisher, league or platform. Game and console names are used only to identify the game you are playing. You must comply with the publisher's and console network's own terms.
3. Eligibility
You may use the Service only if all of the following are true:
- You are at least 18 years old, or older where the law of your location requires a higher minimum age.
- You are physically located in a jurisdiction where BulldogGX makes paid competitions available (the "Eligible Locations", listed in the Competition Rules and shown before each paid entry). Free competitions may be available more broadly as stated in their rules.
- You are not subject to U.S. sanctions, not on a U.S. government restricted-party list and not prohibited by law from participating.
- You have not been permanently excluded from the Service and are not currently self-excluded under the Responsible Play Policy.
- You are not an employee, contractor, officer or owner of BULLDOGGX LLC, or an immediate family or household member of one, when entering a paid competition. Personnel may play in free events only where the event rules expressly allow it.
You must provide accurate age, identity, residence and location information when asked and keep it current. Do not use a VPN, proxy, spoofed location, false identity, another person's account or another person's payment method to get around a restriction. We may require verification at any time, including before a payout, and may restrict your account until it is completed. A successful identity check, a working payment method or approval by a third-party provider does not make you eligible if you are not.
4. Accounts
One account per person. Do not share, sell, lend or transfer an account, play on someone else's behalf, let someone play on yours or act as a nominee or undisclosed funder for another player.
Sign-in and the embedded wallet are provided through Privy and related infrastructure. You are responsible for keeping your sign-in methods, devices and recovery methods secure and for every transaction you authorize. Tell us immediately at support@bulldoggx.com if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization. We will never ask for your password, recovery phrase or private key; do not send them to anyone.
5. Wallets, USDC and the escrow contract
Your wallet is yours. Funds you use on BulldogGX are held as USDC in a wallet that you control. BulldogGX does not hold customer balances, does not issue account credits and cannot move funds out of your wallet without a transaction you authorize.
Entry fees are held by a smart contract. When you enter a paid competition, you authorize a transfer of the disclosed entry fee from your wallet into a BulldogGX escrow smart contract on the Base network. The contract holds both players' entry fees until the competition is settled under the Competition Rules, then pays the prize (both entry fees, less the disclosed platform fee) to the winner's wallet. The address of the deployed contract is published in the Service.
What you are authorizing. By confirming an entry you instruct BulldogGX to administer that competition and to submit the result, settlement, refund or void that the Competition Rules permit for it, including settlement that executes without a further signature from you. This authorization is limited to that competition and its disclosed fee. It does not authorize any other transfer.
Administrative powers, stated plainly. The escrow contract has administrative and arbiter roles. On the production contract, administrative control is held by a multi-signature wallet requiring two of three independent signers. The administrator can pause new competitions, void an unresolved competition (which refunds both entry fees), recover tokens sent to the contract by mistake, and upgrade the contract's code. The arbiter can decide a disputed competition in favor of one of its two players and nothing else. Neither role can take an entry fee held in escrow for itself, pay an entry fee to anyone other than one of the two players, or change the fee on a committed entry.
Blockchain realities. A completed on-chain transaction cannot be reversed by BulldogGX. Network congestion, outages, gas sponsorship failures or contract defects can delay settlement. When a match is resolved, the contract pays the winner automatically in the same transaction. USDC is a digital asset; while it is designed to track the U.S. dollar, its value is not guaranteed by BulldogGX and a wallet balance is not a bank deposit. Sending an unsupported token or using the wrong network can cause loss we cannot recover.
6. Adding funds and cashing out
BulldogGX does not sell USDC, does not accept card or bank payments, and does not pay anyone out in dollars. Money moves in and out of your wallet only between you and a licensed third-party provider, or between your wallet and another wallet you control.
Adding funds. You can add USDC to your wallet by transferring it from an external wallet or exchange, or by tapping Add Funds and buying USDC from a licensed third-party provider (an "onramp") with a card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or another method it offers. The onramp sells the USDC to you directly under its own terms, performs its own checks, delivers the USDC to the wallet you control, and handles its own refunds and payment disputes. BulldogGX is not a party to that purchase and does not receive your payment.
Cashing out. USDC in your wallet is yours, and you can send it to any wallet or exchange that supports USDC on the Base network at any time. Where the Service offers Cash Out, you can sell USDC to a licensed third-party provider (an "off-ramp") that pays you in dollars to your own debit card or bank account. Your USDC moves directly from your wallet to the off-ramp, which sets its own fees, limits, payout times and identity checks under its own terms. BulldogGX never receives your USDC or your dollars. The provider's fee and expected payout time are shown before you confirm.
Providers, payment methods and payout options are available only where enabled for your account and location. A displayed or announced integration is not a promise that it will be available to you.
Buying USDC is separate from entering a competition. Funding a wallet does not enter a match, and losing a match is not grounds to dispute the purchase with your card issuer. You keep every lawful right to report an unauthorized charge. See the Refund, Cancellation and Payout Policy for how entry fees, refunds and payouts work.
7. Entries, fees, prizes and limits
Before you commit, the Service shows the entry fee, the platform fee (currently 2% of the combined entry fees, deducted at settlement), the prize allocation, the game rules and any network or provider cost. We do not change the fee on an entry after it is committed. Fee changes apply only to later entries after notice.
BulldogGX sets a maximum entry fee per competition and may set daily, weekly or aggregate limits per player. Current limits are published in the Competition Rules and may be lowered at any time for safety or compliance. Attempting to bypass a limit is a breach.
If you lose, your entry fee is not returned. No win rate, opponent availability or profit is promised. We do not extend credit. We may request taxpayer information from you, including before your prizes in a calendar year reach the federal information-reporting threshold, and will file information returns and withhold where required by law. You are responsible for your own taxes on prizes.
8. Playing, reporting and evidence
Play with the game version, platform, settings and gamertag shown for the match, confirm your opponent through the connect flow, and observe every deadline shown in the match record. The Competition Rules describe result reporting, verification recordings, challenge windows and what happens on quits, disconnects and no-shows.
Report results truthfully. Submitting a false result, altered evidence or a fabricated dispute is a breach and may be fraud. Keep your own recordings and screenshots until the match is settled and any challenge window has closed. A message on Discord or social media does not open a dispute or stop a clock; only the in-app process does. If the in-app process is unavailable, contact support immediately.
9. Disputes, challenge windows, refunds and cancellation
Result challenges. When one player declares a result, the other has a challenge window (currently 72 hours, shown in the match record) to confirm or dispute it. If the window closes with no dispute, the declared result settles. If both players dispute each other's declarations, the match goes to BulldogGX review, and a BulldogGX arbiter decides it based on the verification recordings and other evidence. A match under review that is not decided within the period stated in the Competition Rules (currently 14 days) may be voided, which refunds both entry fees.
Review is competition administration, not legal arbitration. A BulldogGX reviewer or on-chain arbiter decides who won a game under the Competition Rules. That is different from the legal arbitration in section 17, which resolves legal claims between you and BulldogGX.
Cancellation. You may cancel a competition only when its state and rules allow it (for example, before an opponent has paid their entry fee). Once both entry fees are in escrow, unilateral cancellation is not available. If BulldogGX cancels or voids a competition before it is decided, both entry fees are returned and no platform fee is charged.
Corrections. You may ask support to review a suspected administrative error and may submit new material evidence. We will correct our own errors where we can, but we cannot reverse a completed on-chain payout. An internal decision governs the competition; it does not waive your legal rights, and missing an in-app deadline does not shorten any statutory period for a legal claim.
No arbitrary forfeiture. Any withholding, offset or forfeiture must have a basis in this Agreement, the Competition Rules or law, and we will tell you the basis. Restricting an account does not itself forfeit assets in your wallet, which remain under your control.
10. Fair play and prohibited conduct
The Fair Play and Acceptable Use Policy is part of this Agreement. In summary, you may not cheat, exploit bugs or glitches, use unauthorized software or modified hardware, use custom rosters or settings not agreed for the match, collude, fix or dump matches, run multiple accounts, launder funds through staged outcomes, falsify evidence, abuse promotions, harass, threaten, dox or impersonate anyone, or probe, attack or interfere with the Service, the contract or a provider. Breach may result in match forfeiture, forfeiture of contested prizes, account suspension or permanent exclusion, and referral to law enforcement or a payment provider where warranted. Report security vulnerabilities privately to support@bulldoggx.com; good-faith research reported responsibly is welcome.
11. Tournaments, leagues and commissioners
Tournament and bracket events are governed by the Competition Rules and the event rules shown at registration. Events with entry fees state their prize allocation and payout mechanics before you register. Free events state their sponsor, eligibility and winner-selection method in their own official rules.
League and commissioner features, where enabled, allow an organizer to run a season for a group of players. An organizer is not BulldogGX's agent, cannot bind BulldogGX, cannot promise payouts BulldogGX has not disclosed, and cannot collect or hold other players' money outside the Service's supported flow. Organizers must publish rules before play, apply them consistently, disclose their own participation and any financial interest, and use participant information only to run the event. BulldogGX may remove an organizer who breaches these requirements.
12. Your content and your likeness
You keep ownership of content you submit (avatars, messages, screenshots, recordings). You grant BulldogGX a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display and process it as needed to operate the Service, display the public features you use, resolve disputes, enforce this Agreement, maintain security and comply with law, including through our service providers. This license does not permit use of private verification or dispute material for advertising or for training general-purpose AI models. We will obtain your separate permission before using your likeness or non-public material in marketing.
Usernames, avatars, records, rankings, streaks and public competition statistics are visible to other users. Gamertags are shared only with a confirmed opponent for the purpose of connecting on the console network. Blockchain transactions are public by nature and are outside our control.
13. Intellectual property and access
BulldogGX grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service under this Agreement. BulldogGX names, logos, designs, software and content are owned by BULLDOGGX LLC or its licensors. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, scrape, resell or create derivative works from the Service except as law allows.
We may change, suspend or discontinue features, and interrupt the Service for maintenance, security or legal reasons. Competitions already in escrow when a change takes effect are settled under the rules in force when they were entered.
Copyright complaints. Send notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to support@bulldoggx.com with the subject "Copyright complaint", including the information required by 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3). We will process valid notices and counter-notices under the statutory procedure and may terminate repeat infringers.
14. Suspension and closure
We may restrict, suspend or terminate access where we reasonably believe there is fraud, cheating, a security threat, an eligibility failure, a material breach, a legal or provider requirement, or a risk to other users. Where lawful and practical we will tell you the reason and how to request review. We may act first and notify afterward when needed to protect users, funds or the Service.
You may close your account at any time in the app, where available, or by contacting support@bulldoggx.com. Open competitions, disputes and legally required records may need to be resolved or retained first. Closing an account does not move or cancel anything in your wallet, which stays yours, and does not cancel a competition already in escrow. If BulldogGX ever winds down the Service, we will give reasonable advance notice, settle or void open competitions under the Competition Rules, and identify the steps for you to access your assets. We do not charge inactivity fees and do not treat inactivity as abandonment.
15. Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and uninterrupted or error-free operation. BulldogGX does not warrant that the escrow contract, the Base network, any wallet provider, any game or any console network will function without defect or interruption, and does not guarantee recovery of assets lost through user error, third-party failure or network events. Nothing in this section excludes a warranty or remedy that cannot be excluded by law.
16. Limitation of liability and indemnity
To the fullest extent permitted by law, BULLDOGGX LLC and its members, managers, personnel and providers are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data or lost opportunity, arising from or relating to the Service or this Agreement, however caused. BulldogGX's total liability for all claims arising from the Service in any twelve-month period is limited to the greater of (a) US $500 and (b) the platform fees you paid to BulldogGX in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.
These limits do not apply to amounts properly owed to you as a competition settlement or refund, to liability for fraud or willful misconduct, or to liability that law does not permit us to limit.
To the extent permitted by law, you will indemnify BULLDOGGX LLC against third-party claims, losses and reasonable external costs to the extent caused by your fraud, cheating, intentional misuse of the Service, breach of section 10, or content you submitted without the right to do so. This does not cover claims caused by our own negligence, breach or unlawful conduct, and does not extend to an ordinary match loss, payment dispute or good-faith complaint. We will give you prompt notice of a claim and a reasonable opportunity to participate in its defense.
17. Dispute resolution: binding individual arbitration
17.1 Agreement to arbitrate. You and BULLDOGGX LLC agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service or this Agreement, including its formation, breach, termination, enforcement, validity or interpretation and including statutory, privacy and consumer claims (a "Dispute"), will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules and, where AAA determines they apply, its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules, each as in effect when the Dispute is filed. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section. This section applies only to Disputes arising after you accept a version of these Terms containing it.
17.2 Exceptions. Either party may (a) bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies and stays there; (b) seek temporary or preliminary relief in court to prevent imminent harm, preserve assets or evidence, or protect intellectual property, without waiving arbitration of the merits; (c) report conduct to a government agency; and (d) pursue any claim that applicable law does not allow to be subject to pre-dispute arbitration, including, at the claimant's election, claims covered by the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. A request for public injunctive relief that law requires to be heard in court may proceed there.
17.3 Thirty-day opt-out. You may reject this section by emailing support@bulldoggx.com with the subject "Arbitration opt out" within 30 days after you first accept a version of these Terms containing this section. Include your name and account email or username. No reason or notarization is required. A timely opt-out is effective for both parties, does not affect your access to the Service, and survives later routine acceptances. If you opt out, section 17.5 does not apply and Disputes will be heard in court under section 17.8.
17.4 Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration, the party raising a Dispute must send the other a written notice describing the Dispute and the relief sought (to support@bulldoggx.com with the subject "Legal dispute"; we will write to your account email). The parties will try in good faith to resolve it for 30 days. Any applicable limitation period is tolled during those 30 days. Either party may file earlier where necessary to preserve a claim or obtain emergency relief.
17.5 Individual proceedings. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Disputes will be arbitrated on an individual basis only. Neither party may bring or participate in a class, collective, consolidated, private-attorney-general or representative proceeding, and the arbitrator may not award relief to or on behalf of anyone other than the individual parties. This does not prevent AAA from administering multiple individual filings under its mass-arbitration procedures, or the parties from agreeing in writing after a Dispute arises to mediate or consolidate.
17.6 Procedure, fees and awards. A single neutral arbitrator decides the Dispute. Hearings will be held remotely or in a location reasonably convenient to you; you will not be required to travel to Tampa. Your filing fee will not exceed the lesser of the AAA consumer filing fee and the cost of filing a comparable claim in the court where you live; BulldogGX pays the remaining AAA and arbitrator fees required of the business under the consumer rules. Each party bears its own attorneys' fees unless applicable law or the AAA rules allow the arbitrator to award them; BulldogGX will not seek its fees from you solely because you lost. The arbitrator applies the substantive law that would apply in court, may award any individual relief available in court, and issues a reasoned written award. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
17.7 Who decides what. A court decides whether an agreement to arbitrate exists, whether it applies to a given claimant, whether a valid opt-out occurred, and any challenge to the validity or enforceability of this section or its class waiver. The arbitrator decides everything else. If the class waiver in 17.5 is found unenforceable for a particular claim or remedy, that claim or remedy proceeds in court and the remainder proceeds in arbitration; the parties do not consent to class arbitration.
17.8 Governing law, venue and jury waiver. Florida law governs this Agreement, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except where the Federal Arbitration Act or mandatory consumer law applies. For any Dispute that proceeds in court, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Hillsborough County, Florida, except that a small-claims action or a claim that mandatory law lets you bring elsewhere may be brought there. To the extent permitted by law, each party waives the right to a jury trial for any Dispute heard in court. This waiver does not apply if you have validly opted out under 17.3.
17.9 Changes and survival. A material change to this section requires conspicuous notice and your fresh acceptance, with a new 30-day opt-out period, and does not apply to Disputes already noticed or filed. This section survives closure of your account and termination of this Agreement.
18. General
Changes to these Terms. We will post revised Terms with a new version number and date and give reasonable notice of material changes through the Service or your account email. Where required, we will obtain fresh acceptance. Changes do not retroactively alter a committed competition or an accrued right.
Electronic communications. You consent to receive account, transaction, security and legal notices electronically at the email address on your account and through the Service. Keep your email current.
Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement. BulldogGX may assign it in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, on notice, without reducing any obligation owed to you.
Entire agreement; severability; waiver. This Agreement is the entire agreement about the Service. If any provision is unenforceable, it is severed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest remains in force. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
Export and sanctions. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, a country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions, and are not on any U.S. restricted-party list.
Contact. Questions, complaints, accessibility requests and legal notices: support@bulldoggx.com.