Cookies

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a site writes to a browser so that it can remember something between page loads — a language choice, a consent decision, or the fact that a reader has already dismissed a banner. Cookies set by sky-city.bet itself are called first-party. Cookies set by a vendor whose script runs on our pages — an analytics service, an affiliate tracker — are called third-party. We prefer first-party where we can and use third-party only for the two functions listed below.

Affiliate cookies

When a reader clicks a link from sky-city.bet to the operator, the affiliate network sets a short-lived cookie in the reader's browser so that it can credit the referral if an account is opened. The cookie contains an opaque identifier and a timestamp; it does not store a name, an email or any account detail. If an account is not opened within the cookie's lifetime the attribution expires and no data persists.

Analytics

We use a privacy-conscious analytics service that counts pageviews, referrers and anonymised device types. The service is configured to anonymise IP addresses on arrival and not to build cross-site profiles. Analytics data is useful because it tells us which pages are actually read; it cannot be used to identify an individual reader, and we do not attempt to join it to anything else.

How to manage cookies

All modern browsers let readers review and delete cookies, block third-party cookies entirely, or run in a private window where cookies are discarded at the end of the session. The exact menu wording differs — in Chrome it sits under Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies, in Safari under Preferences → Privacy, in Firefox under Settings → Privacy & Security. Blocking cookies does not break this site; the only functional difference is that affiliate referrals cannot be attributed, which affects us rather than the reader.

Cookies on this site

Strictly necessary cookies: a consent record (lifetime up to 12 months) and a state flag for expandable blocks (session). Analytics cookies, optional and only set after consent: a visitor identifier for aggregated counts (lifetime up to 24 months). Affiliate cookies, only set when an outbound link is clicked: an attribution identifier (lifetime typically 30 to 90 days, depending on the affiliate programme).

Changes

If we add or remove a vendor, we update this page and reset the consent banner so that readers are asked to agree again. We log the date of the last substantive change at the bottom of the page. Minor wording edits that do not affect what cookies are set, or what they do, are made without a new consent prompt.