1. What Are
Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Cookies are small text-based data strings deposited onto your browser, desktop device, tablet, or
smartphone whenever you visit or engage with SportyBet (accessible at sportybets.app). Cookies allow our web
server cluster to uniquely distinguish your session from other active bettors, verify active wager state
persistence, and guarantee seamless authentication across page transitions.
Alongside standard HTTP cookies, SportyBet utilizes complementary client-side storage
technologies, including HTML5 local storage, session storage, software development kits (SDKs) in our
lightweight Android APK, and cryptographic tracking pixels. In this policy, all these mechanisms are
collectively referred to as "Cookies".
2.
Categories of Cookies Used
To ensure total transparency, SportyBet classifies all deployed cookies into four distinct tiers:
Strictly Necessary
Cookies
Essential for fundamental platform features: authenticated session
persistence, sub-second odds processing, deposit gateways, and regulatory age validation (18+).
These cannot be disabled without breaking website functionality.
Performance &
Analytics Cookies
Collect aggregated, anonymized metrics on platform usage, latency
bottlenecks, and network connection quality across edge nodes in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and global
international locations.
Functionality &
Personalization
Remember your chosen preferences, such as selected odds display
format (Decimal, Fractional, American), active balance privacy toggles, language settings, and
preferred sports league favorites.
Promotional &
Marketing Cookies
Help regulate promotion frequency (such as our 1,000% ACCA Boost
banner) and prevent repeated unwanted popups from displaying after user dismissal.
3. Specific
Cookie Inventory
Below is a summary of the standard cookies deployed when browsing SportyBet:
| Cookie Identifier
| Category
| Retention Period
| Purpose
|
__sp_sess_id
| Strictly Necessary
| Session (Browser Close)
| Maintains active encrypted bettor login and betslip compilation state.
|
__sp_csrf_token
| Security
| Session
| Protects betslip submittals against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
|
__sp_odds_pref
| Functionality
| 365 Days
| Preserves selected odds format and sound notification settings.
|
__sp_geo_reg
| Regulatory
| 30 Days
| Ensures compliance with country-level licensing boards (e.g. NLRC, BCLB).
|
_ga, _ga_*
| Analytics
| 14 Months
| Google Analytics measurement for site responsiveness and error diagnostics.
|
__sp_promo_modal
| Marketing
| 7 Days
| Suppresses promotional pop-up modals once dismissed by the bettor.
|
4.
Third-Party Integrations & Analytics
To guarantee certified game fairness (such as Provably Fair crash games like Aviator) and
sub-second payment clearance, SportyBet interacts with certified third-party service providers. These
partners may place their own cookies subject to their independent privacy and security policies:
- Game Studio Providers (Spribe, Microgaming, Pragmatic Play): Manage active round
hashes, RNG seeds, and live multi-player chats.
- Payment API Processors (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Card Gateways): Authenticate 3D Secure 2.0
validation and safeguard financial routing.
- Cloudflare & CDN Security: Analyze client telemetry to deflect DDoS attacks and
fraudulent automated scraping bots.
5. How to Manage
and Disable Cookies
You have full autonomy regarding how cookies are placed on your terminal devices:
Browser Configuration:
Most modern browsers permit you to block, audit, or wipe stored
cookies via their respective privacy settings:
Important
Note: Disabling strictly necessary cookies may impede fundamental functions on SportyBet, such as
the ability to place real-time betslips, trigger instant cashouts, or maintain an active logged-in
session.
6.
Security, Anti-Fraud & Regulatory Integrity
Under strict regulatory oversight from statutory bodies including the National Lottery
Regulatory Commission (NLRC) of Nigeria and the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) of Kenya,
SportyBet is legally mandated to employ device profiling markers to detect multi-accounting abuse,
syndicates, and fraudulent credit/debit card transactions. These tokens are stored securely under 256-bit
TLS encryption protocols and are never sold or traded to third-party commercial brokers.
7.
Policy Modifications & Inquiries
SportyBet reserves the prerogative to modify this Cookie Policy to align with amended iGaming laws,
technological innovations, or altered operator procedures. Revisions become effective immediately upon
public posting to this page.
For questions or concerns regarding our cookie architecture, contact our Data Protection
Office at: [email protected].