Cookies Policy: What We Store on Your Device and How to Control It

Plain answers first

Most cookie notices say the same three things and explain none of them. This LEON Bet policy names the categories in use, states what each actually does on a betting site, says how long each type survives, and gives the settings path for the browser you are reading this in. If a section here does not tell you something you could act on, it has failed its purpose.

Two facts up front. Cookies that keep you logged in cannot be switched off while you use an account, because they are what an account session is made of. Everything else, including analytics and advertising cookies, is optional and can be turned off at any time without losing access to games, balances or support.

What a cookie actually is

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. It holds a short value, often a random identifier, and the browser sends that value back on your next request to the same site. That is the whole mechanism: it lets a stateless connection remember something between one page and the next.

Without cookies, a website cannot tell that the person loading a game page is the same person who typed a password on the previous page. With them, it can, which is why authentication is the primary use on any site that has accounts.

Several related technologies do similar jobs and are covered by this policy wherever they appear:

• Local storage and session storage, which hold larger values in the browser and are used for interface state such as an open bet slip or a partially completed form.
• Pixels and tracking beacons, tiny transparent images embedded in a page or an email that register when the content was loaded.
• Software development kits inside embedded content, which set their own identifiers when a third-party component runs.

First-party and third-party

A first-party cookie is set by the domain in your address bar. On this site those cover login, preferences and the site's own measurement.

A third-party cookie is set by a different domain whose content is embedded in the page. On the LEON Bet casino site the main examples are game studios, whose titles load inside a frame served from their own infrastructure and which need their own session identifier to run a round, resume an interrupted game and return the correct result; and measurement or advertising services that operate across multiple sites.

Third-party content is what makes a games lobby possible. A provider cannot run its game without recognising its own session, so blocking third-party cookies entirely will cause some titles to fail to load or to drop out mid-round.

How long cookies last

Session cookies exist only while the browser is open. They are erased when the browser closes, and they carry the shortest-lived material such as the current login session and interface state. Closing the browser ends them and logs you out.

Persistent cookies carry an expiry date and survive between visits. Their lifespan varies by purpose: a language or odds-format preference is set for a long stretch because re-asking every visit would be irritating, a consent record lasts as long as the consent is treated as current, and analytics identifiers expire on a shorter cycle. No cookie lasts indefinitely, every one carries an expiry, and clearing your browser data removes all of them regardless of the date attached.

The categories in use

Strictly necessary

These make the site work at all. They cannot be declined while using an account, because switching them off is functionally identical to logging out.

They handle the authentication token that proves the current session belongs to you, the security token that protects forms against cross-site request forgery, load balancing so your requests stay with the same server through a transaction, fraud and abuse signals that flag an unusual session, bet slip and deposit flow integrity so a transaction is not duplicated or lost mid-step, and the record of your own cookie choices, which itself has to be stored somewhere.

Functional

These remember decisions you have made so the site behaves the way you left it. Language and regional format for an Australian player, preferred odds display, currency presentation, sound and animation settings, favourite sports and leagues, recently played titles, layout preferences such as a compact or expanded lobby, and whether a notice has already been dismissed.

Declining functional cookies does not break the site. It resets these choices each visit.

Performance and analytics

These measure how the site is used, in aggregate rather than by name. They record which pages load slowly, where scripts throw errors, how a game or deposit flow performs on particular devices and connections, which lobby filters and search terms people actually use, and where a journey is abandoned. The output is statistics used to fix problems and prioritise work.

Analytics identifiers are pseudonymous, meaning they identify a browser rather than a named person, and analytics data is not used to make decisions about an individual account.

Advertising and targeting

These are the ones most readers came here about, and they are entirely optional. They are set only after you consent, and consent can be withdrawn at any time.

They record which campaign or partner referral brought a visitor to the site, so partners are credited correctly; they cap how often a given promotional message is shown, which is what prevents the same advert repeating endlessly; they support relevant advertising on other sites and platforms; and they measure whether an advertising placement led to a registration, without exposing your gameplay to the advertiser.

Refusing this category does not reduce site functionality, does not affect eligibility for any bonus, and does not stop advertising existing. It makes what you see less relevant to you.

Consent and changing your mind

On a first visit a consent banner appears before any non-essential cookie is set. You can accept everything, reject everything except the strictly necessary set, or open the detail view and choose category by category. Strictly necessary cookies are shown but not toggleable, and the reason is stated rather than hidden.

Your choice is stored and respected on later visits. To revisit it, reopen the cookie preferences link available on the site, adjust the categories, and save. A withdrawn consent stops the relevant cookies from being set again; cookies already on the device can be removed through your browser using the steps below.

Consent is asked again when the categories in use change materially, or when a stored choice ages past the point where treating it as current would be unreasonable.

Where the boundary sits on sharing

Data collected through LEON Bet cookies is not sold, and it is not handed to unrelated companies for their own purposes. Sharing is limited to the partners that operate the site's components and measurement: game providers running their own titles, analytics and monitoring suppliers under contract, and advertising and affiliate partners for attribution where you have consented to that category.

That is a bounded statement rather than an absolute one, and it is written that way deliberately. Embedded third-party content means some data reaches those parties by the nature of how a browser loads it. Each of them works under an agreement limiting use of that data to the service supplied. What does not happen is a transfer of your information to parties outside that network for their own commercial exploitation.

Before you block everything

An honest warning belongs ahead of the instructions. If you block all cookies, including the strictly necessary category, the following happens:

• You will not be able to log in. Credentials will be accepted and the session will be discarded immediately, which typically looks like the login page reloading with no error.
• If you are already logged in, you will be signed out and repeatedly logged out on navigation.
• Deposits and withdrawals will not complete, because payment flows depend on session continuity.
• Games will fail to launch or will stop mid-round.
• The consent banner will reappear on every single page load, because the record of your choice cannot be stored.
• Language, odds format and other preferences will reset constantly.

Blocking only third-party cookies is a much milder setting, but it can still break some provider-hosted games. Blocking only advertising cookies has no functional effect at all, and is the option most privacy-conscious players actually want.

Managing cookies in your browser

Browser settings override site preferences, and clearing cookies will log you out of this and every other site.

Google Chrome (desktop). Menu, then Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies to choose how third-party cookies are handled and to add site-level exceptions. To delete existing cookies, go to Privacy and security, then Delete browsing data, and select Cookies and other site data. For one site only, click the icon at the left of the address bar and open its site settings.

Safari (macOS). Safari menu, then Settings, then the Privacy tab. Block all cookies is a checkbox there, and Manage Website Data lets you inspect and remove stored data site by site. Tracking prevention lives on the same tab.

Safari (iPhone and iPad). Open the Settings app, go to Apps and then Safari on current iOS versions, or scroll to Safari directly on older ones. Block All Cookies sits under Privacy and Security, and Clear History and Website Data removes what is already stored.

Mozilla Firefox. Menu, then Settings, then Privacy and Security. Enhanced Tracking Protection offers Standard, Strict and Custom modes, and Custom lets you choose exactly which cookies to block. Cookies and Site Data below it clears stored data and can be set to clear automatically when Firefox closes.

Microsoft Edge. Menu, then Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data. Tracking prevention with Basic, Balanced and Strict levels is under Settings, then Privacy, search, and services.

Mobile browsers generally. Cookie controls sit under the browser's own settings rather than the device settings, except on Safari for iOS as described above. Private or incognito windows discard all cookies when the window closes, which is a simple way to browse without leaving anything behind.

Updates to this policy

When cookie usage changes, this page is republished with a revised effective date. Material changes, such as a new category or a new class of third-party recipient, trigger the consent banner again on your next visit and a notice on your next login, so a meaningful change is not left for you to discover by re-reading the page.

Questions about cookies or tracking

Live chat inside your LEON Bet account is the quickest route for a cookie question, including practical problems such as being logged out unexpectedly, and it is staffed around the clock. General enquiries can also go to the operator's support service. If your question is about personal information more broadly, rather than about what is stored on your device, the Privacy Policy on this site covers collection, sharing, retention and your rights under Australian privacy law.