How to start the game

Before you start playing the Pari-Match Poker, you must be familiar with some of the requirements any player should correspond to.

Age Restrictions

You must be at least 18 years old and you must reach the age allowed to play ring games in you home country.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements needed to run the Pari-Match Poker software are:

• Windows 2000 or XP
• 400MHz Pentium or faster CPU
• At least 128MB of RAM
• Minimum screen resolution of at least 800 by 600 pixels with 16-bit ("High Color")
• At least 30MB of free disk space.

You can always contact our support desk poker@parimatch.com if you have any problems at all installing the software.

NOTE! Before you start installation of the Pari-Match Poker client, you must register your Pari-Match betting account! You can do this in the Registration section.

Creating an Account – registration instructions

Right now you can try the Pari-Match Poker Client at our Pari-Match site. However, if you're not a registered Pari-Match user you have to register at our site free of charge to start the game. It's east to do right now, just click this link :

1. To register at our server visit the "Registration" page and fill out the registration form. All fields should be filled.
2. Type your name, home country and city, E-mail address (All information is confidential and not given to third parties except the situations envisaged by the legislation concerned the persons engaged in fraudulent or illegal activity).
3. Select the currency appropriate for your game. If you are not using electronic means of payment we recommend you to choose your national currency from the list.
4. Choose a password. When filling in the «Password» field choose a unique sequence of characters. Don't use your name, date of birth, the numbers of your phones, the name of your favorite game, the names connected with sports, etc. Such passwords can easily be recovered by hackers. Use at least 6 characters, numbers and symbols of upper and lower case in the "Password" field.
5. Follow the link to Read our Terms and Conditions and Public Offer Contract. Mark the check box on the left if you got familiar with the general provisions of games on the site.
6. After successful registration on our site you will be assigned your betting account number - a unique 7-digit number. Use this number and your password to the site access.
7. You've become a Parimatch.com client. Please make sure that your personal information is correct.
8. In order to eliminate the possibility of the third parties access to your account don't lose and don't forget your login information. You can change your registration data in the «Account details» section, after you log in to your betting account. You can change all your data, except your user name, account currency, and the answer to your secret question. Don't forget to confirm your data changes at the bottom of the page. In case you forgot your password, write us at poker@parimatch.com.

Save your username and password in a safe place. You can use it to log in both to the Pari-Match system and the Pari-Match Poker client. When you first log in to the Pari-Match Poker client you will be proposed to select a unique name **, which will be seen by other players of our system (this name can not be changed later). But first you need to download and install the Pari-Match Poker client.

 

Download & Installation of the Pari-Match Poker client

To play in the Pari-Match Poker room, you first need to download and install the Pari-Match Poker client.

For correct installation of the software, and further opportunity to play poker we advise you to disable anti-virus software* while downloading the poker client - otherwise you will not be able to start the game.

Use the following instructions to Install the Pari-Match Poker client:

1. Click the button to download the Pari-Match Poker client. The File Download dialog box will appear: Select Save this file to disk and click OK.
   
2. As soon as you have started to download poker software onto your computer, a 'Save As' dialog box will appear. You need to select location from the Save in drop-down menu to save the Pari-Match Poker client. You can save the client in any location that is convenient for you..
   
   Then Click the Save button to start downloading.
3. The you will see the window with status bar indicating the progress.
   
4. Once the download is complete click Open to start installation of the client. During installation, follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Choose the installation directory.
   
6. Вы увидите окно с соглашением, заключаемым между покерной сетью и Вами. Вы должны согласиться с условиями игры и принять это соглашение, если намерены играть в покер - в противном случае Вы не сможете войти в систему.
   Для того, чтобы согласиться с условиями игры, необходимо нажать кнопку «Я согласен»
   
7. After you install the program double-click on the icon "Parimatch Poker" on the desktop or click Start> All Programs> Parimatch Poker to start the Pari-Match Poker client.

 

Pari-Match Poker account registration

Before you start playing poker, make sure that you have an account in the Pari-Match system. The Pari-Match account allows you to authorize on the Pari-Match site, but not to play poker yet.

1. In order to be able to log in to the Poker system with your Pari-Match personal information you have to confirm that you want to use your account. To do this click on the «Create Account» button in the Log in box.
   
2. Then enter your Account number and password in the appeared dialogue box and click the «Register» button.
   
3. Press the «Enter» button in the box confirming successful poker registration
   
   
   Now you can use your login and password to access the poker.
4. Right after the first log in to the Pari-Match Poker, you'll see a box containing the agreement between you and the poker network. You must agree to the terms and conditions of the game if you are going to play - otherwise you can not log in to the system.
   

 

We wish you a pleasant play!

 

* Installation of the client and antiviruses

Some antivirus programs find an advertising program AdWare.Win32.Casino.ae in the poker client while it is being downloaded, that IS NOT a virus.

This adware is designed specifically to provide the correct operation of some features such as "Invite a Friend", affiliative program and banner advertising. This is not a downloadedr or a spyware. The program is absolutely safe for your system. It only helps to correctly identify the affiliates and players that invited their friends, as well as the friends themselves.

For correct installation of the software, and further opportunity to play poker we advise you to disable anti-virus software while downloading the poker client - otherwise you will not be able to start the game.

If you want you can contact the Support Teams of Dr.Web, Kaspersky or other anti-virus services for more detailed information.

** Nikname (login) restriction

When you register at the Pari-Match Poker, you will be proposed to choose a name which will be seen by other players. The program will warn you if the selected name is already in use by another player.

NOTE: we try to do our best to ensure that the game is played in calm and friendly atmosphere. Therefore, when choosing a name, please, keep in mind that selected name should be neutral towards the ethical, political, religious and other feelings of the players surrounding You. If, from our point of view, your username will be fully or partially an obscene or abusive word, common religious or other symbol, as well as there are any players' complaints, we can ask your to change the login to a more neutral one.

 

Account temporary locking

If you consequently entered the wrong username or password, we automatically lock the Pari-Match Poker account. Locking allows to prevent the possibility of password matching and is designed to increase the reliability to your data protection from the intruders.

The account is also unlocked automatically within a short period of time (up to 10 minutes) from the moment it was blocked.

Try to log in again in 10 minutes.