BetOnline uses cookies for account access, saved preferences, security and site performance. Cookie preferences can be managed in the browser. Functional cookies support login and the cashier, while analytics cookies help improve the BetOnline experience.
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on a device when its pages are viewed. They hold a small amount of information that can be read back on a later visit, which helps a site remember certain details and function smoothly. Cookies cannot run programs or carry viruses, and they do not, on their own, reveal a player's identity. Instead, they store simple values such as a preference, a session marker, or a reference used to keep a player signed in.
Cookies can be set by BetOnline directly, in which case they are first-party cookies, or by trusted services that support features on the pages, in which case they are third-party cookies. They can also be grouped by how long they last. Session cookies are temporary and are cleared when the browser closes, while persistent cookies remain for a defined period so that preferences and recognition carry across visits. Similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage and software development tools, can serve related purposes, and references to cookies in this policy cover those technologies as well.
Why BetOnline Uses Cookies
BetOnline uses cookies to keep the pages working reliably, to protect security, to remember useful preferences, and to understand how the pages are used so that content and layout can be improved. Functional cookies support access and the cashier experience where applicable, while analytics cookies help measure performance and highlight what is working well and what could be better. In short, cookies help deliver a smoother, safer and more relevant experience for adult players aged 21 and older.
- Keeping core functions available, such as page navigation, secure access and session continuity.
- Remembering preferences such as language and display choices so they do not need to be set again.
- Supporting security by helping to detect unusual activity and protect against fraud and abuse.
- Measuring how pages perform and how visitors move through them, in aggregate.
- Making content and any promotional messages more relevant, where those cookies are allowed.
Types of Cookies
The cookies used across BetOnline can be grouped into a few broad categories. Each category serves a different purpose, and some are essential while others depend on the choices a player makes.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the pages to work as intended. They support core functions such as navigating between pages, maintaining a secure session, keeping a player signed in where applicable, and protecting against security risks. Because these cookies are required for basic operation, they are always active and cannot be switched off through a preference. Without them, parts of the pages would not function correctly.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help measure how the pages are used. They gather information in aggregate, such as which pages are visited most often, how visitors move through the pages, and whether any errors are encountered. This insight supports ongoing improvements to speed, structure and content. The information collected through these cookies is generally used in a combined form and is aimed at understanding overall patterns rather than identifying an individual player.
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the pages to remember choices and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can store preferences such as language, region and display settings, and they help features behave consistently across visits. Functional cookies improve convenience, and turning them off may mean that some preferences need to be set again or that certain features become less tailored.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
These cookies may be used to make content and promotional messages more relevant and to measure how campaigns perform. They can help limit how often a particular message is shown and can support an understanding of which content leads to further interest. Advertising and marketing cookies are used only where allowed, and preferences for these cookies can be adjusted through browser settings. Declining them does not stop access to the pages, though the content and messages shown may be less tailored.
How Cookies Support the Experience
Cookies play a quiet but important role in making the pages dependable. When a player moves from one page to another, cookies help the pages recognize that the visit is continuous, which keeps a secure session in place and avoids repeated interruptions. When a preference such as language is chosen, a cookie can remember that choice so it does not have to be set again. When performance is measured, cookies help distinguish a new visit from a returning one, which makes the resulting insight more accurate.
Cookies also contribute to safety. By helping to recognize the device and session involved in a visit, cookies support checks that guard against fraud and unauthorized access. This protective role is one of the reasons that strictly necessary cookies remain active at all times. Taken together, these functions allow BetOnline to offer a smoother, more secure and more consistent experience to adult players aged 21 and older, while keeping the amount of stored information modest and focused on what each feature requires.
Cookies Across Devices and Browsers
Cookies are stored by the specific browser and device used to view the pages, which means that settings and preferences do not automatically carry from one device or browser to another. A preference saved on a computer, for example, will not appear on a phone unless the same choice is made there. Clearing cookies on one device does not clear them elsewhere, and using more than one browser on the same device results in separate sets of cookies. Players who wish to apply consistent choices should review cookie settings on each browser and device they use. This separation also means that limiting cookies in one place does not affect how the pages behave in another.
How Long Cookies Last
Cookies differ in how long they remain on a device, and the lifespan of a cookie depends on the job it is doing. Understanding the difference helps players decide how to manage them.
- Session cookies are temporary and are removed automatically once the browser is closed. They support tasks that only need to last for a single visit, such as keeping a session secure while moving between pages.
- Persistent cookies remain for a set period, which can range from a short time to a longer window, until they expire or are cleared. They allow preferences and recognition to carry across visits so that settings do not need to be repeated.
- First-party cookies are set by BetOnline and relate to the pages being viewed, while third-party cookies are set by trusted services that support features such as analytics.
Where possible, cookie lifespans are kept proportionate to the purpose they serve, and cookies that are no longer needed are allowed to expire or are replaced when a preference changes.
Cookies and Personal Information
Most cookies store simple technical values and do not, on their own, identify a player. In some cases, information from cookies may be linked with other information handled through the account experience, for example to keep a session secure or to support verification where applicable. Where cookie information is combined with information that can identify a player, that combined information is treated in line with the privacy policy. The aim is always to use the least amount of information needed to deliver a feature, protect security or measure performance.
Third-Party Cookies and Analytics
Some cookies are set by trusted third-party services that support features on BetOnline, such as analytics and performance measurement. These providers may place their own cookies to carry out the functions requested of them, and they handle information under their own privacy and cookie practices. BetOnline works with such providers to help understand how the pages perform and how the experience can be improved.
Where a player follows a link to a third-party operator or service, that destination sets and controls its own cookies once BetOnline is left. Those cookies fall outside this policy and are governed by the terms and policies of the third party involved. Reviewing the cookie and privacy notices of any third-party destination is encouraged before creating an account or committing funds there.
Managing and Disabling Cookies
Control over cookies rests largely in the browser. Most browsers allow cookies to be viewed, blocked, limited to certain sites, or deleted, and many offer a setting to warn before a cookie is stored. Adjusting these settings puts players in control of which categories are accepted, subject to the strictly necessary cookies that the pages require to function.
- Browser settings can be used to block or delete cookies, either broadly or for specific sites.
- Private or incognito browsing modes limit how long cookies are retained after a session ends.
- Clearing stored cookies removes saved preferences, which may need to be set again on the next visit.
- Disabling strictly necessary cookies can prevent some core features, such as secure access, from working properly.
The exact steps vary between browsers and devices, and the help section of a browser explains how to review and change cookie settings. Choosing to limit cookies may affect how smoothly some features perform, though core information on the pages remains available.
Consent and Changes
Where required by applicable law, cookies that are not strictly necessary are used based on the consent given by a player, and that consent can be adjusted or withdrawn at any time through browser settings or any preference tool that is provided. Strictly necessary cookies do not rely on consent because they are essential for the pages to operate. This cookie policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in technology, features or legal requirements, and the version published on this page is the version that applies. Reviewing this page periodically helps players stay aware of how cookies are used.
What Happens When Cookies Are Declined
Choosing to decline cookies that are not strictly necessary is always an option, and access to the core information on BetOnline remains available. Declining certain cookies does, however, change how some features behave. Preferences may not be remembered between visits, which can mean settings need to be chosen again. Performance measurement becomes less complete, which can make it harder to identify and fix issues that affect the experience. Content and any promotional messages may be less relevant, since the signals used to tailor them are limited. Strictly necessary cookies remain active because the pages depend on them for basic operation and security, so declining is not available for that essential category.
Related Policies
This cookie policy is part of a wider framework and should be read together with the other legal pages. The privacy policy explains, in general terms, how information is collected, used, shared and protected, while the terms and conditions set out the rules that apply to the use of BetOnline. Together, these documents describe how the pages behave and how player information is handled.
Contact
Questions about how BetOnline uses cookies, or about cookie preferences, can be raised through the contact page, and requests are handled through the account or legal area where applicable. General guidance on safer play, including tools and support resources, remains available on the responsible gaming page at any time for adult players aged 21 and older.