Cookie policy
This site is deliberately built to use as little tracking as possible. Public pages set no cookies at all.
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The short version
If you simply browse this site β reading articles, using calculators, comparing operators β we set no cookies on your device and we do not profile you.
A single cookie is created only if you sign in, because a login cannot work without one. A few preferences are stored locally in your own browser, where they stay on your device and are never sent to us.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store and send back on later visits. Related technologies, such as local storage, also keep data in the browser but are not transmitted to the server automatically.
Strictly necessary cookies
We use one, and only when it is genuinely needed.
- Session cookie (bt_sess) β created when you sign in to an account or to the administration area. It keeps you logged in and protects forms against cross-site request forgery. It contains a random identifier and no personal information, it is marked HttpOnly and SameSite, it is served over HTTPS only, and it expires when you close your browser or sign out.
Preferences stored in your browser
These are kept in your browser's local storage. They remain on your device, are not sent to our server, and are readable only by this site.
- Theme preference β remembers whether you chose the light or dark appearance.
- Compliance notice β remembers that you dismissed the 18+ and affiliate notice, so it does not reappear on every page.
- Betting journal β if you use the journal without an account, your entries are stored only in your own browser. Clearing your browser data deletes them permanently, and we cannot recover them.
Analytics
Analytics is disabled by default on this site. If we enable it, we use a privacy-focused, cookieless provider that records aggregate page views without setting cookies, without fingerprinting and without tracking individuals across sites. We would update this page before doing so.
What we do not do
- We do not use advertising, retargeting or behavioural-profiling cookies.
- We do not embed third-party social or advertising trackers in our pages.
- We do not sell or share browsing data with data brokers.
- We do not attempt to identify you across other websites.
Third-party sites you click through to
When you follow a link to a betting operator or any other external site, that site sets its own cookies under its own policy, and an affiliate link may record that the visit came from us. That processing happens on their systems and is outside our control.
Once you leave this site, the privacy and cookie policy of the site you land on applies. We recommend reading it.
How to control cookies and stored data
Every major browser lets you view, block and delete cookies and site data, usually under Privacy or Site settings. Clearing this site's data will sign you out, reset your theme choice, bring back the compliance notice, and permanently delete any journal entries held only in your browser.
Blocking the strictly necessary session cookie will prevent signing in, but the rest of the site β including every calculator β will continue to work normally.
Changes and contact
If our use of cookies changes, we will update this page and the date shown above. Questions go to [email protected]; the privacy policy covers everything else we store.