Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. It describes what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control their use.
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies can be either first-party cookies, which are set by the website you are visiting, or third-party cookies, which are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. Cookies can also be classified by how long they remain on your device: session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes on our website. These purposes include ensuring proper website functionality, analyzing how visitors use our site, remembering your preferences, and supporting our affiliate partnerships.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, certain services cannot be provided. These cookies do not collect personal information and are typically deleted when you close your browser.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information about browsing behavior. This data helps us improve our content and user experience. Analytics cookies collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, how visitors arrived at our site, and general geographic location based on IP address.
The information collected by analytics cookies is aggregated and does not directly identify individual visitors. We use this information to identify trends, understand which content is most valuable, and make improvements to our website.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, these cookies may remember your preferred display settings or whether you have previously dismissed a notice. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymized and does not track your browsing activity on other websites.
Advertising and Affiliate Cookies
We participate in affiliate programs with sweepstakes casino platforms. When you click affiliate links on our site, cookies may be placed on your device to track that you arrived at the partner platform through our website. This allows us to receive compensation when you register with these platforms.
These affiliate cookies are set by third-party platforms and are subject to their respective privacy and cookie policies. The cookies typically track the referring website and the date and time of your visit, allowing the partner platform to attribute your registration to our referral.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, third-party services integrated into our website may set their own cookies. These include analytics providers, social media platforms, and affiliate tracking services. We do not control these third-party cookies, and their use is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.
Common third-party services that may place cookies through our website include web analytics platforms that help us measure traffic and usage patterns, and affiliate tracking systems used by sweepstakes casino platforms to track referrals.
Cookie Duration
Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies exist only during your browsing session and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.
Essential and functionality cookies on our site are typically session-based. Analytics cookies may persist for up to two years. Affiliate tracking cookies vary by platform but typically persist for 30 to 90 days to allow proper attribution of registrations.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically configure your browser to block all cookies, accept all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set so you can decide whether to accept it. The process for managing cookies varies by browser, but you can usually find these controls in your browser’s privacy or security settings.
Common browsers include settings to delete existing cookies, block future cookies, and create exceptions for specific websites. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of our website and other sites you visit.
Opt-Out Tools
Some analytics and advertising services offer their own opt-out mechanisms. For example, Google provides opt-out tools for Google Analytics that prevent your data from being collected by their service. You can learn more about these options through the privacy policies of the respective services.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers include a Do Not Track feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. There is currently no uniform standard for how websites should respond to these signals. We do not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, but you can use the browser controls described above to manage cookies.
Consequences of Disabling Cookies
If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Essential cookies are required for basic site functionality, and disabling them may prevent you from using certain features or accessing certain pages.
Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your ability to use our website but will limit our ability to understand how visitors use our site and make improvements based on that information.
Disabling affiliate cookies will not affect your ability to register with sweepstakes casino platforms, but it may prevent proper attribution of your registration to our referral, which supports our ability to maintain this website.
Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies to collect and store information. These technologies include web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage.
Web beacons and pixel tags are small graphic files that allow us to monitor website usage and track email campaigns. Local storage allows websites to store data locally on your device and may be used for functionality purposes similar to cookies.
These technologies are governed by this Cookie Policy and can generally be managed through the same browser controls used for cookies.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in technology, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the date at the top of this policy.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and related technologies.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, you may contact us through the contact options available on our website.
Additional Resources
For more general information about cookies and how they work, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which provides comprehensive information about cookies and how to manage them across different browsers.