This page explains how cookies work on this site, the independent information portal covering Fish and Spins and its casino products. It does not describe what the operator's own platform does with cookies once you leave here – only what we set on beyondstretch.co.uk while you read our pages.
Cookies in plain terms
A cookie is a small text file your browser stores when you visit a website. It lets the site remember something between page loads – that you've seen a banner, which pages you looked at, or how you arrived here. Cookies on this portal do not access your device beyond that, and they cannot read files stored elsewhere on your computer or phone.
We use a small number of cookies, split into four categories:
- Necessary – keep the site functioning (page navigation, basic security, remembering your cookie choice itself).
- Analytics (consent-based) – tell us, in aggregate, which pages get read and which don't, so we know where to add material.
- Marketing and advertising (consent-based) – support any advertising partners whose scripts appear on our pages.
- Preference – remember small settings, such as language or layout choices, between visits.
What is stored and for how long
Necessary cookies typically last for the length of your browsing session and are deleted when you close the tab. Analytics and preference cookies tend to persist for a period of weeks to around two years, depending on the specific script that set them. We don't set a single "master" cookie that tracks you indefinitely – each one has its own lifetime, and none of them store your name, payment details, or anything you'd type into a casino account, because we don't operate one.
Embedded third parties
Some elements on this page – an analytics script, or an embedded widget – may set their own cookies as part of loading correctly. We don't control the internal logic of those scripts, only whether they load at all, which is governed by your consent choice. Where a script belongs to an advertising or analytics provider, it may also read a cookie it set on a different site you've visited, which is standard behaviour across most of the web rather than something specific to us.
Declining without breaking the site
You can decline non-essential cookies at any point:
- Use the consent banner shown on your first visit and choose which categories to allow.
- Revisit that choice later through your browser's site settings if the banner doesn't reappear.
- Block or delete cookies directly in your browser – Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge each have a "Cookies and site data" or "Privacy" panel for this.
- Clear existing cookies for beyondstretch.co.uk specifically, rather than for every site you visit, if you only want a fresh start here.
Declining analytics or marketing cookies won't stop you reading anything on this portal. Necessary cookies are the only category that, if blocked at browser level, can affect basic navigation – most browsers allow you to keep those while still refusing the rest.
Updates to this policy
We review this page periodically and update it when the cookies we use change, or when the underlying law does. Checking back occasionally is the only way to stay current, since we don't email existing readers about wording changes on a policy page.
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected]. This page was last reviewed in 2026.
This site is intended for readers aged 18 and over (18+). If gambling ever stops feeling like entertainment, free and confidential support is available at BeGambleAware.org.