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Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how our online gaming platform uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, ensure security, and comply with applicable United Kingdom regulations and Gambling Commission requirements. By accessing and using our services, you consent to the placement and use of cookies as described in this policy. We are committed to transparency regarding our data practices and your rights to control how your information is collected and processed.

1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website or use our gaming platform. These files contain information about your browsing activity, preferences, and authentication details. Beyond traditional cookies, we also employ similar technologies including web beacons, pixels, local storage, and session identifiers to track user interactions and improve service delivery. These technologies function across various devices and browsers, enabling us to recognise you when you return to our platform and personalise your gaming experience accordingly.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

Our platform utilises several categories of cookies, each serving distinct operational and analytical purposes. Understanding these categories helps clarify why we collect specific information and how it contributes to your gaming experience:

  1. Essential Cookies – Required for basic platform functionality, account authentication, security verification, and transaction processing. These cookies enable you to log in, place wagers, withdraw winnings, and access protected gaming features.
  2. Performance and Analytics Cookies – Track user behaviour, page load times, feature usage, and gameplay patterns to identify performance bottlenecks and optimise platform stability and responsiveness.
  3. Preference Cookies – Remember your selected settings including language preferences, currency selection, notification preferences, responsible gaming limits, and display customisations to personalise subsequent visits.
  4. Marketing and Targeting Cookies – Enable retargeting campaigns, track conversion metrics, measure advertising effectiveness, and deliver personalised promotional content based on your demonstrated interests and gaming history.
  5. Third-Party Cookies – Placed by external partners including payment processors, affiliate networks, analytics providers, and advertising platforms to facilitate transactions, track referral sources, and measure campaign performance.
  6. Social Media Cookies – Allow integration with social platforms, enabling you to share achievements, connect gaming accounts, and access social login functionality whilst maintaining account security.

3. Specific Purpose of Cookie Usage in Gaming Operations

Within the online gaming environment, cookies serve critical functions beyond standard website operations. They maintain your gaming session integrity, track responsible gaming status including self-imposed deposit limits and time-out periods, monitor anti-fraud measures, and facilitate loyalty programme participation. Cookies enable our platform to prevent duplicate accounts, detect suspicious activities, verify age and location restrictions, and ensure compliance with Gambling Commission regulations. They also support provably fair gaming mechanisms, track bonus utilisation, and record your gameplay history for both your protection and our regulatory compliance obligations.

4. Cookie Retention and Expiration Periods

Different cookies persist for varying durations depending on their function. Essential security and authentication cookies typically expire when you close your browser or after specified timeout periods. Preference cookies generally remain active for twelve months to two years, enabling us to remember your settings across multiple visits. Analytics cookies are typically retained for up to twenty-four months to identify long-term usage trends. Marketing cookies persist for variable periods ranging from one month to two years depending on campaign duration and retargeting objectives. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your gaming session concludes. You can manually delete cookies at any time through your browser settings, though this may affect platform functionality and require re-authentication.

5. Third-Party Partners and Cookie Sharing

Our platform collaborates with external service providers who place cookies for specified purposes. Payment processors use cookies to secure financial transactions and prevent fraud. Analytics providers including Google Analytics collect aggregated data to measure traffic sources and user behaviour patterns. Advertising partners use cookies to deliver targeted promotional content and measure campaign effectiveness. Affiliate networks track referral sources and commission calculations. All third-party partners contractually agree to comply with United Kingdom data protection legislation and Gambling Commission requirements. We do not sell your personal data to marketers, though third parties may use aggregated, anonymised information for their independent purposes. You can review individual partner cookie policies through links provided in our full privacy documentation.

6. Consent Management and Cookie Preferences

Upon your first platform visit, we present a cookie consent interface enabling you to accept, reject, or customise cookie categories. Essential cookies are non-negotiable for platform functionality and security, but you may decline non-essential categories including marketing and analytics cookies. Your consent preferences are recorded in a consent management cookie, allowing us to respect your choices across subsequent visits. You can modify your preferences at any time through your account settings or by returning to our cookie preference centre. Withdrawing consent for specific cookie categories will prevent future data collection through those cookies, though previously collected data remains subject to our privacy policy. We recommend reviewing your cookie settings periodically as our platform features and partner integrations may evolve.

7. Data Protection and Cookie Security

All cookies containing personal or gaming-related information are encrypted using industry-standard SSL/TLS protocols. Our infrastructure complies with UK Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation requirements, ensuring cookies are processed lawfully and securely. Access to cookie data is restricted to authorised personnel and systems with legitimate operational or analytical purposes. We implement regular security audits and penetration testing to identify and remediate vulnerabilities that could compromise cookie integrity. Cookies do not contain payment card details or highly sensitive authentication credentials; instead, they reference encrypted tokens maintained on secure servers. Our platform prohibits unauthorised access, modification, or deletion of cookies, and we maintain incident response protocols to address any security breaches affecting cookie data.

8. Disabling Cookies in Popular Browsers

You retain the right to disable cookies entirely or configure selective cookie acceptance through your browser settings. However, this may substantially impair platform functionality, preventing account access and transaction completion:

  1. Google Chrome – Click the menu icon, select Settings, choose Privacy and Security, click Cookies and Other Site Data, then adjust your preferences or block cookies from specific sites.
  2. Mozilla Firefox – Click the menu button, select Settings, navigate to Privacy & Security, scroll to Cookies and Site Data, and configure your blocking preferences or exception list.
  3. Apple Safari – Click Safari in the menu bar, select Preferences, choose Privacy, and select your preferred cookie handling option from the Cookies and Website Data section.
  4. Microsoft Edge – Click the settings menu, choose Settings, select Privacy, Security and Services, navigate to Cookies and Other Site Data, and configure your preferences.
  5. Opera Browser – Click the menu icon, select Settings, choose Advanced then Privacy & Security, then configure cookies and site data preferences according to your requirements.

9. Legal Basis for Cookie Usage Under UK Legislation

Our cookie implementation complies with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (as amended), which requires prior consent for non-essential cookies. We process cookies based on: (1) contractual necessity for essential platform functionality, (2) your explicit consent for non-essential categories, (3) legitimate interests in fraud prevention and platform optimisation, and (4) legal obligations under Gambling Commission regulations requiring gameplay records and responsible gaming monitoring. All processing activities maintain consistency with our full privacy policy and meet standards established by the Information Commissioner’s Office. We maintain documentation of our legal basis determinations and consent records to demonstrate accountability and compliance with regulatory inspection requirements.

10. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may modify this Cookie Policy to reflect technological changes, regulatory developments, or modifications to our gaming platform and service offerings. Material changes will be communicated through platform notifications, email to registered accounts, or prominent website announcements. Your continued use of our platform following published changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. We encourage regular review of this policy, particularly before engaging in high-value transactions or sensitive gaming activities. Previous versions remain accessible through our archive to enable comparison of policy evolution. If you disagree with updated terms, you retain the right to withdraw consent and cease platform usage, subject to any outstanding financial obligations or account balances requiring resolution.

11. Contact Information and Your Rights

For inquiries regarding our cookie practices, requests to exercise your data subject rights, or complaints about cookie usage, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. You possess statutory rights under UK data protection legislation including the right to access cookies data held about you, rectify inaccuracies, request deletion of non-essential cookies, object to specific processing activities, and lodge complaints with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We commit to responding to data subject requests within thirty calendar days. You may also contact the Gambling Commission at www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk if you believe our cookie practices violate gaming regulations. Our customer support team available twenty-four hours daily can assist with cookie-related questions or preference modifications through live chat, email, or telephone.

Last updated: January 15, 2026