Cookie Policy

What cookies and similar technologies are

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website can ask a browser to store on a device. Cookies can remember a preference, maintain a session, support security, measure how a page is used or help attribute a visit to an advertising or affiliate source.

Similar technologies can include local browser storage, pixels, tags, software development kits, device identifiers and server-side identifiers. They do not all work in exactly the same way, but they can serve related purposes and may be subject to similar privacy or consent rules depending on the jurisdiction.

Current use on Vegas Now

The current Vegas Now website is designed as a lightweight static informational site. Its core pages do not require a visitor account and the current site code does not include third-party analytics scripts, advertising pixels or behavioural profiling tools.

Normal web delivery may still create technical records outside the page code itself. For example, a hosting or security provider can maintain server logs needed to deliver pages, prevent abuse and diagnose errors. Those records are not the same thing as a browser cookie, although they can still contain technical information such as an IP address or request details.

If the site later introduces optional analytics, advertising measurement or preference storage, this policy should be updated and any consent mechanism required by applicable law should be presented before the relevant non-essential technology is used.

Categories of cookies and storage

Strictly necessary and security storage

May be required

This category supports functions that are necessary to deliver or secure a website, such as load balancing, abuse prevention, session integrity or remembering a privacy choice. Where a technology is genuinely necessary for a service requested by the visitor, the rules for consent can differ from those that apply to advertising or analytics.

Preference storage

Only if enabled

Preference technologies can remember choices such as language, display settings or a dismissed interface notice. Vegas Now does not need broad preference profiling for ordinary reading. If a feature later stores a preference on a device, the storage should be limited to what the feature actually needs.

Analytics and performance

Not in current page code

Analytics can help a publisher understand page visits, navigation paths, performance and content usefulness. The current project does not include a third-party analytics SDK or analytics pixel. If optional analytics are added, they should be configured and disclosed in a way that matches applicable consent and privacy requirements.

Advertising and behavioural tracking

Not in current page code

Advertising cookies and tracking pixels can follow activity across pages or services to build audiences, measure advertising performance or personalise ads. Vegas Now does not currently include this type of third-party advertising script in the page code.

Affiliate attribution

Outbound referrals

Affiliate links can include a referral or campaign identifier so a destination service knows that a visit came from Vegas Now. Attribution may use a URL parameter, server-side record, cookie or another method chosen by the destination service or referral platform. The specific tracking used after a visitor leaves Vegas Now is controlled by the external service and is subject to its own policy.

Affiliate links and referral measurement

Vegas Now is an affiliate website. Some outbound links can be associated with a referral relationship. If a visitor follows such a link and later completes a qualifying action on the destination website, Vegas Now may receive a commission.

A referral link may contain an identifier in the URL. The destination website or affiliate platform may then use its own cookie or other attribution technology to remember that referral. Once you move to the destination service, Vegas Now does not control which cookies that service stores, how long they remain or what other information the service combines with them.

Read the destination service's cookie and privacy policies before accepting optional tracking or creating an account. Closing or changing cookies on Vegas Now does not automatically remove cookies that were placed independently by another website.

Third-party cookies and external services

Vegas Now links to external casino websites, responsible gambling organisations and other services. An external website can set its own cookies after you visit it. Those cookies can be necessary for sign-in, fraud prevention, payment processing, age or location controls, analytics, personalisation or advertising.

This Cookie Policy does not describe every cookie used by every linked service. Each external site is responsible for explaining its own use of cookies and for obtaining consent where the law requires it.

If an embedded third-party feature is added to Vegas Now in the future, it should be assessed separately because an embedded feature can sometimes transmit information to the third party before the visitor actively leaves the page.

How to control cookies in your browser

Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies and other site data. You can usually remove cookies for one website, block third-party cookies, clear stored data when the browser closes or prevent websites from storing data altogether.

The exact menu depends on the browser and device. Browser help or privacy settings normally provide the most current instructions. Blocking all storage can affect websites that rely on cookies for sign-in, security, shopping baskets or saved preferences.

Clearing cookies on one device does not automatically clear them from another device. It also does not delete a separate account or transaction record held by a third-party service.

Where applicable law requires consent for a non-essential cookie or similar technology, the relevant technology should not be treated as authorised merely because a visitor continued browsing. Consent, where required, should be based on a clear choice and enough information to understand what will happen.

A necessary security or technical function can be treated differently from analytics or advertising because not every cookie serves the same purpose. The legal basis for using a technology depends on the jurisdiction, the purpose and how the technology operates.

If Vegas Now begins using non-essential measurement or advertising technologies, the site should provide an appropriate control where required and should make declining optional tracking reasonably accessible rather than hiding the choice inside this policy.

Retention and expiry

Cookies can be temporary or persistent. A session cookie usually expires when a browser session ends, while a persistent cookie can remain until its expiry date or until the visitor removes it. Similar storage technologies can have different retention behaviour.

Vegas Now aims to avoid storing data longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose involved. Where an external service controls a referral or destination cookie, its retention period is determined by that service rather than by this website.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

This policy may be updated if the site adds or removes technology, changes hosting or referral arrangements, introduces analytics, or needs to respond to changes in privacy and cookie rules. The version published on this page describes the policy that applies to the site at that time.

A meaningful change in tracking practice should be reflected in the actual site controls as well as in the wording of this page. Updating a policy alone is not a substitute for a consent mechanism where the law requires one.

For information about broader handling of personal information, read the Privacy Policy.