These are the basic rules and legal stuff that go with using the site. It isn’t supposed to be complicated stuff so if you have any questions about it or you are unsure of something then please contact us with your enquiry.
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND POKERUS.COM
The PokerUS.com (PokerUS) website is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions and notices contained herein. Your use of the PokerUS website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions and notices.
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MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
PokerUS reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which the PokerUS website is offered at any time without notice. These updates will take effect as soon as they are posted here. It is your responsibility to check back regularly for any changes. Please note that the rates of reward for which you qualify are determined by the Poker Rooms with whom we work. If for any reason the Poker Room decides to reduce this rate at a later date for any reason, it is not a decision that we can affect. Providing we are informed of such change as well, we will endeavour to give you notice as soon as we can. It is your responsibility when signing up to a poker room to make sure that you adhere to the terms and conditions of that room, and are not contravening any rules/laws that the poker room or the territory/state/country (in which you are resident) have governing an account such as age or legality to wager on line. If for whatever reason a poker room offering rewards defaults on its agreement to pay rewards to you, PokerUS shall not be liable for any outstanding rewards monies (including any outstanding monies or prizes for previous or current promotions, including but not limited to rake races, chases and cash/prize freerolls) owed to any player by that room.
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CHARGEBACKS AND PAYMENTS
All Poker rooms have the right to withhold rewards payments in the event they believe that there is reason to believe that a player is using their poker account for fraudulent purposes. In this event they can refuse to release commission to PokerUS. Whilst these occurrences are few and far between, they are nonetheless possible and such player may be required by the room to pay such amounts withheld. PokerUS depends on reports from the poker rooms to display the amount of reward generated and earned by players. The gross numbers we receive from the poker rooms at the month end are subject to change at any time on account of extra/missing data, fraud and chargebacks. Poker software systems such as Poker Tracker and Poker Office do NOT provide accurate data. See FAQs for more information on this. The month end reports that we get from the poker rooms are final and PokerUS are unable to enter into any discussion with any poker room on this issue as this would breach the poker room’s player confidentiality rules. If you feel that the amount of reward you have generated in any given month is wrong, you will need to consult directly with the poker room before talking to PokerUS. In order for a player to receive payments, PokerUS need to access online reports from the Poker Rooms they are affiliated with. These reports in the various forms show some, or a combination, of the following information: Player Name, player email, Player ID Number, reward generated in a given month, overall reward generated. By signing up through PokerUS with any poker room for a rewards program, you are granting us permission to view these reports and are also granting permission for the respective poker room to allow us access to see said reports and the information contained therein.
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SPECIFIC POKER ROOM INFORMATION
All reward payments are calculated upon net points. On occasion this is done once player retention bonuses, any other site give-aways and transaction charges have been deducted by the Poker Rooms. Some rooms do not deduct bonuses. At some rooms negative net points at the end of a month are carried forward by PokerUS to the next month regardless of whether the associated poker room resets negative balances for PokerUS to zero. This is because PokerUS net points for a poker room are calculated as a total of all players belonging to that room. Therefore a net negative player will offset a player with a positive points amount and whilst the positive player qualifies for rewards, PokerUS is not allocated a corresponding commission from the poker room because of the other player’s negative contribution. Therefore negative points must be carried forward to make up for the losses incurred by PokerUS. Players registered to more than one account through PokerUS will have their rewards combined and if possible negative balances will be offset against positive ones and any referral fees or promotional winnings. A player who signs up through a PokerUS poker link will only be entitled to rewards on poker providing the room they have chosen caters for it. Some poker rooms offset a player’s casino play against their points generation. If this is the case casino winnings are offset against poker points/rewards generated and so a player may find that they receive reduced or no points/rewards at all in a given month. PokerUS shall not be liable for any change of rewards program or loyalty scheme by a poker room which results in any loss of income for any player regardless of whether or not the player was adequately informed of said change by either the room or PokerUS. It is always the player’s responsibility to check the precise terms of the loyalty/rewards program with the poker room should they suspect any change in said program.
All Rooms – By signing up through PokerUS you accept that your rewards and other data such as points/hands played will be provided to us by the poker room/casinos with whom we are affiliated. You also accept that we will on occasion, for the purpose of races, freerolls and other leader boards display this data publicly. We will never display or disclose to a third party any other personal data specific to you of your account.
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LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The PokerUS website may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of PokerUS and PokerUS is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. PokerUS is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. PokerUS is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by PokerUS of the site or any association with its operators.
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NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the PokerUS website, you warrant to PokerUS that you will not use the PokerUS website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the PokerUS website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the PokerUS website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the PokerUS website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the PokerUS websites.
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LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE POKERUS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. POKERUS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE RTR WEBSITE AT ANYTIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE POKERUS WEBSITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THIS VERSION MODIFIES, REPLACES AND SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR VERSIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
POKERUS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE POKERUS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. POKERUS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL POKERUS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE POKERUS WEBSITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE POKERUS WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE POKERUS WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE POKERUS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF POKERUS OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE POKERUS WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE POKERUS WEBSITE.
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TRADEMARKS
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales as are in force from time to time including, without limitation, the Electronic Communications Act, 2000 (C.7). By accepting this Agreement, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the location that we
determine in our sole discretion in respect of any disputes arising out of, or connected with, this Agreement. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent us from applying to the courts of any jurisdiction for such provisional or protective measures as are available under the laws of that jurisdiction.