Last updated: 4 September 2026
Each category we rely on, and what changes if you refuse it.
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser so it can remember something between page views — that you dismissed a notice, or that your visit originally came from a particular referral link. Local storage works similarly but is not sent back to the server with every request.
2. Cookies and the sticky play bar
The bar at the bottom of the screen remembers only that you closed it, and only for the session. It holds no identifier and follows nothing.
3. Categories we use
| Category | Purpose | Typical lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Page delivery, security and remembering your cookie choices. The site cannot work correctly without them. | Session – 12 months |
| Preferences | Remembering interface choices, such as the sticky offer bar you closed or an expanded FAQ entry. | Session – 12 months |
| Analytics | Counting visits in aggregate and measuring which sections are read. Reports are statistical, never individual profiles. | Up to 26 months |
| Affiliate attribution | Recording that a click on an outgoing partner link came from here, so a referral can be credited. See our Affiliate Disclosure. | 30 – 90 days |
We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles and we do not sell cookie data.
4. Third-party cookies
Analytics providers and affiliate networks may set their own cookies when their scripts load or when you click an outgoing link. Once you arrive on an operator's website, that operator sets its own cookies under its own policy, which we do not control.
Mobile is how nearly everyone meets this game, so security advice here is written for a phone: verified downloads, a password manager, biometric lock and a deposit limit set on day one.
5. How to control cookies
You can accept, refuse or delete cookies at any time. Blocking the strictly necessary category may break parts of the site; blocking analytics or affiliate cookies will not affect the content you can read.
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies.
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions.
- Android / iOS browsers: browser settings → privacy → clear browsing data.
Private or incognito windows discard cookies when closed, which is a quick way to browse without persistent identifiers.
6. Do Not Track
Browsers send Do Not Track signals inconsistently and there is no agreed standard for honouring them, so we rely on your cookie choices and browser settings instead.
7. Updates
Add or remove a script and this page changes first, with consent requested again where required. The date above always reflects the current text.
Everything above applies to this domain only, and to no other site that may look similar.