The boring but necessary page. Here is what using this site actually means.
By reading this website, you agree to these terms. We can update them whenever we want; the current version posted here is the one that counts.
The Muck is a non-commercial poker satire site. We are not a poker room, not a gambling operator, and we do not process real-money transactions of any kind. Nothing here is gambling advice, financial advice, or legal advice, and nothing here is an invitation to gamble.
The Side Pot is entirely invented and labeled as fiction wherever it appears. The rest is satire built on real facts, see Sources & Fine Print for how that works.
We try to get the facts right and we fix what we get wrong, every daily brief carries its own note asking readers to flag an error. Even so, this site is provided as is, with no warranty that anything on it is complete, current, or error-free.
Passing the love along: the writing and illustrations on this site are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Use them as you see fit, commercial or not. Credit The Muck (a link back is perfect), and if you remix something, share your version the same way. That is the whole deal.
What that does not cover: our name, logo and characters, the reference photos (each has its own license, see Image Credits), and posts embedded from other sites. Please do not pass the Side Pot off as real news. And do not pass our stuff off as yours.
Use this site at your own risk. We are not liable for anything that happens as a result of reading it, acting on it, or trusting a screen name as legal counsel, which it never is.
We may update these terms without individual notice. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the new version.
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