Fat Cats Poker Ltd is a company registered in England under company number 15847709, with its registered office at Flat 23 6 Basil Street, London, United Kingdom, SW3 1AE (“Fat Cats Poker”) and operates the website:  www.fatcatspoker.com (the “Website”).

1. Understanding these terms of use

1. These terms of use (these “Terms”) describe how you may access, use and interact with the Website. The purpose of the Website is administration, management and operation by Fat Cats Poker of the Fat Cats Poker Community, including the sign-up, verification and maintenance of its members, and management of the community’s events, tours and other projects (the “Fat Cats Poker Community”).
2. When certain words and phrases are used in these Terms, they have specific meanings (these are known as “defined terms”). You can identify these defined terms because they start with capital letters (even if they are not at the start of a sentence). Where a defined term is used, it has the meaning given to it in the section of these Terms where it was defined (you can find these meanings by looking at the sentence where the defined term is included in bold and speech marks).
3. You may only use the Website if you are acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside of your trade, business, craft or profession (a “Consumer”). Accordingly:
   • you may only use the Website for your own domestic, private and non-commercial use; and
   • by using the Website you confirm that you are acting as a Consumer.
4. In these Terms, when we refer to “we”, “us” or “our” (or similar), we mean Lorenzo; and when we refer to “you” or “your” we mean you, the person accessing or using the Website.
5. Please note that the Website uses cookies, the use of which are governed by our cookies policy (available here), and we only use your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy (available here). 

2. The Website

1. The Website is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. We may update the Website and/or change the content on it at any time.
2. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and that they comply with them.
3. The Website and the content on it are provided for general information purposes only. They are not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

3. Poker Community

1. If you are interested in participating in the Fat Cats Poker Community, please complete the submission process set out on the Website (a “Submission”). You must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible to join the Fat Cats Poker Community:
   • You must be aged 18 years or older;
   • You must not be a professional player;
   • You must be a reputable member of society, with no criminal record and capable, in our opinion, of upholding the values of the Fat Cats Poker Community of integrity and honour in gambling;
   • You must not have been the subject of any negative press; and
   • You must be willing and able to pass the KYC and affordability checks at London casinos.
2. If you complete a Submission, you will be asked to provide certain information (such as your phone number and email address). Upon receipt of a Submission, we will conduct such checks as we consider reasonable to assess your Submission and whether you meet the eligibility criteria.
3. We will inform you whether your Submission is accepted or rejected. If we approve your Submission, you will be a “Member” of the Fat Cats Poker Community.
4. You agree that:
   • all the information that you provide to us in connection with your Submission is complete and accurate;
   • you are the person whose details you have provided;
   • you will notify us immediately if there are any changes to the information you have provided to us.
5. We have the right to suspend or remove Members, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms, including the eligibility criteria.
6. We do not guarantee that the Fat Cats Poker Community will host, or otherwise invite Members to participate in, any events or that Members will receive any benefits as a result of becoming a Member of the Fat Cats Poker Community. If we offer Members any benefits or host, or otherwise invite Members to participate in, any events, you may be required to accept additional terms in order to participate or receive the applicable benefit. 

4. Acceptable use

General

1. You agree not to:
   • use the Website in any way that breaches these Terms or any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
   • copy, or otherwise reproduce or re-sell any part of the Website unless expressly permitted to do so in these Terms; or
   • do any act or thing that might damage, disrupt or otherwise interfere with the operation of the Website or any equipment, network or software used in operating the Website.

User Generated Content

1. If it is the case that you supply or upload any content to the Website, whether it be pictures, text, sound recordings or other content, (“User Generated Content”) that User Generated Content must:
   • not be unlawful;
2. not be unlawful;
   • not be obscene, abusive, offensive or racist and it must not promote or propose hatred or physical harm against anyone;
   • not harass or bully another person;
   • be true and honest so far as you know;
   • not: (i) constitute pornography; or (ii) be sexual or sexually suggestive involving minors;
   • not be defamatory of anyone;
   • not use the material or content or infringe the rights or privacy of anyone else; for example you should not use images of well-known characters, footage or music (unless it is your own or you have appropriate permission to use it);
   • not contain someone else’s personal details or confidential information relating to other people (unless you have appropriate consent);
   • not promote discrimination, whether based on ethnicity, race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other protected characteristic;
   • not promote or condone terrorism, violence or illegal behaviour;
   • not be harmful to minors in any way;
   • not impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
   • not give the impression that it emanates from or is endorsed by us, if this is not the case; and not breach these terms

4.3. We reserve the right to refuse to accept or refuse or cease to use any User Generated Content supplied by any person that we consider contravenes clause 4.2

Viruses

4.4 We do not guarantee that the Website will be totally secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website and we recommend that you use your own virus protection software.

4.5 You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.

5. Intellectual property

1. We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website and its content and the Fat Cats Poker name and mark. Those works are protected by intellectual property laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
2. You are not granted any right to use, and may not use, any of our intellectual property rights other than as set out in these Terms.
3. No part of the Website, including, without limitation, the text, designs, graphics, photographs and images contained in it, may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, re-posted, modified, transmitted or distributed or otherwise used in any way for any non-personal, public or commercial purpose without our prior written consent.
4. Any communications or materials you send to us through the Website by electronic mail or other means will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential (other than communications in respect of your order if you use the Website to buy products from us). We are free to publish, display, post, distribute and otherwise use any ideas, suggestions, concepts, designs, know-how and other information contained in such communications or material for any purpose, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing us and our products.

6. Liability

1. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for:
   • death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
   • fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and
   • any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or restrict our liability.
2. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked to from the Website (including links to our commercial sponsors and partners). Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
3. Save as set out in clause ‎6.1:
   • you agree not to use the Website, or any content on the Website, for any commercial or business purposes and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity;  and
   • our total liability to you for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with these Terms, whether in contract (including under any indemnity), tort (including negligence) or otherwise shall be limited to £100.
4. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights. Advice about your statutory rights is available from your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Office (or local body equivalent in your jurisdiction).

7. Suspension and termination

1. If you breach any of these Terms, we may immediately do any or all of the following (without limitation):
   • issue a warning to you;
   • temporarily or permanently remove any User Generated Content uploaded by you to the Website;
   • temporarily or permanently withdraw your right to use the Website;
   • suspend or terminate you as a Member;
   • issue legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs resulting from the breach (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs);
   • take further legal action against you; and/or
   • disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary to do so.

8. Changes to these Terms

1. We may make changes to these Terms from time to time (for example, to address changes in law, or for other important legal, commercial or operational reasons). Please check these Terms regularly to ensure that you understand the Terms that apply at the time that you access and use the Website. If you are a Member, we will provide you with reasonable notice of such changes. If you do not wish to continue using the Website or continue being a Member following the changes to the Terms, you can cancel your agreement to these Terms by contacting using the details in clause ‎11.

9. Other important information

1. Each of the clauses of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining clauses will remain in full force and effect.
2. If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.
3. If you wish to have more information on online dispute resolution, please follow this link to the website of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. This link is provided as required by Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, for information purposes only.  We are not obliged to participate in online dispute resolution.

10. Governing law and jurisdiction

1. These Terms are governed by English law.  This means that your access to and use of the Website and the Lorenzo Poker Community, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection therewith (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be governed by English law. 
2. If you are a Consumer resident in the UK or EU, then (provided we direct the Website to your country of residence):
   • you may bring any dispute which may arise under these Terms to, at your discretion, either the competent court of England, or to the competent court of your country of habitual residence if this country is within the UK or the EU, which courts are (with the exclusion of any other court) competent to settle any such a dispute; and
   • we will bring any dispute which may arise under these Terms to the competent court of your country of habitual residence if this country is within the UK or EU or otherwise the competent court of England.
     
     In all other cases, you and we irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with these Terms or its subject matter or formation.
     
3. If you are a Consumer resident in the UK or EU and we direct the Website to (and/or pursue our commercial or professional activities in relation to the Website in) the country in which you are resident, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident. Nothing in these Terms, including section ‎10.1, affects your rights as a Consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law.

11. Contacting us

Should you have any reasons for a complaint, we will endeavour to resolve the issue and avoid any re-occurrence in the future. You can always contact us by email at info@fatcatspoker.com.