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Cookie policy
Last updated 30 Aug 2026
This page lists every cookie and every browser-storage key this site is capable of writing — not a generic template. If it isn't in a table below, we don't set it. Nothing in the Analytics or Advertising groups runs until you say yes.
Change your mind, any time
Withdrawing consent is exactly as easy as giving it. This button reopens the same panel you saw on your first visit, and it is also linked in the footer of every page.
What a cookie actually is here
A cookie is a small text file a site asks your browser to keep. We also use two related technologies — local storage and session storage — which work the same way from a privacy point of view, so we regulate them under the same consent choice and list them in the same tables. Session storage disappears when you close the tab; local storage stays until you clear it.
Strictly necessary
Always on — no consent needed
These do one job each and the site genuinely breaks without them. Under UK PECR and the EU ePrivacy Directive they're exempt from consent.
| Name | Type | Set by | What it does | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bcp_consent | Cookie | BestCasinoPortal | Stores the choice you made in this banner so we stop asking. | 180 days |
| bcp_geo | Cookie | BestCasinoPortal | Your two-letter country, so we only show operators that are legal where you are. | 7 days |
| bcp_geo | Local storage | BestCasinoPortal | Same country value, kept as a fallback when the cookie is unavailable. | Until you clear it |
| bcp_sticky_dismissed | Local storage | BestCasinoPortal | Remembers that you closed the sticky offer bar so it stays closed. | Until you clear it |
| bcp_push_seen | Local storage | BestCasinoPortal | Remembers we already offered you notifications once. | Until you clear it |
| bcp_sp_dismissed / bcp_sp_count | Session storage | BestCasinoPortal | Stops the recent-activity toast repeating within one visit. | End of the browser session |
Analytics
Only set after you accept
Google Analytics 4, with IP anonymisation on. It tells us which reviews and guides people actually read. Reject this and no Google script is loaded at all — we don't just switch it to a quieter mode.
| Name | Type | Set by | What it does | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Cookie | Tells one browser apart from another so a returning visit is not double-counted. | 2 years | |
| _ga_<stream-id> | Cookie | Keeps GA4 session state between page views. | 2 years | |
| _gid | Cookie | Same job as _ga, over a single day. | 24 hours | |
| _gat | Cookie | Throttles how often data is sent when a page is busy. | 1 minute |
Advertising & attribution
Off by default — only set if you turn it on
Lets Google measure ad performance, and lets a partner casino credit us for sending you. Leaving this off never changes which casinos you see or how they are ranked.
| Name | Type | Set by | What it does | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Cookie | Measures which ad or link led to a sign-up. | 90 days | |
| Operator cookies | Cookie | The casino you clicked | Set on the operator's own website after you leave ours, so they can credit the referral. | Set by them — see their policy |
Who else is involved
| Company | Service | When it runs | Their policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC | Google Analytics 4 | Analytics, only with your consent | View |
| Cloudflare, Inc. | CDN, DDoS protection and TLS | Strictly necessary — serves and protects the site | View |
| Playin | Free demo game embeds | Loaded only after you press Play on a game page | View |
| Partner casino operators | Affiliate attribution | Only once you click through to them | View |
Things that aren't cookies, but you should know about
- ✦Affiliate click records. When you click through to a casino, our redirector logs the offer, the time, your IP address, your browser string and the page you came from. That's how commission gets reconciled and how we spot click fraud. It is not used to build a profile of you or to target advertising.
- ✦Push notifications. Only if you accept your browser's own permission prompt. We then store the subscription endpoint your browser generates, plus your browser string, language, timezone, country and the page you subscribed from. Unsubscribe in your browser's site settings and it stops.
- ✦Demo games. Free game embeds load from
playin.comin a sandboxed frame, and only after you press Play. Until then, nothing is requested from them. - ✦No fingerprinting, no ad network. We don't run a display-ad network, we don't sell audience segments, and we don't use device fingerprinting to get around a rejection.
Controlling this yourself
Beyond the settings panel above, every major browser lets you block or delete cookies for a single site under its privacy settings. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we read it and treat it as a rejection without you having to click anything — see your opt-out rights. Blocking everything won't lock you out: the site works fine, you just get less relevant regional filtering.
18+ only. Questions about anything on this page? Read the privacy policy or contact us and we'll answer.