Our Cookie Policy Explained Simply
This page sets out every cookie we place on madcasino-pokies.com, why it is there, how long it stays, and how you switch it off. We keep the language plain because you should not need a law degree to understand what happens on your device.
What Cookies Actually Are
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your device when you visit. It holds a few pieces of data, such as a session identifier or your language choice, so the site can recognise you the next time you arrive.
Your browser sends that file back to us with each request. That is how we keep you logged in between pages, remember your currency preference, and tell whether a visitor is genuine rather than an automated script hitting our login form.
Cookies are not programs. They cannot install software, read files off your hard drive, or access other sites. The same applies to similar technologies we use, including local storage and pixels, and everything in this policy covers those too.
The Four Cookie Types We Set
Strictly necessary
These cookies keep the site working. Without them you cannot log in, deposit, or play a single round of pokies. The session cookie holds your authentication token, security cookies flag suspicious login attempts, and load-balancing cookies route your requests to the right server. We never ask for consent before setting these, because refusing them breaks the site outright.
| Cookie type | Purpose | Example names | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Login sessions, fraud prevention | sid, auth_token, csrf_token | Session to 30 days |
| Functional | Language, currency, game preferences | lang_pref, cur_pref, fav_games | 90 days |
| Analytics | Aggregated usage statistics | _ga, _gid, _pk_id | Up to 365 days |
| Marketing | Retargeting and campaign measurement | _fbp, ads_id, utm_* | 30 to 90 days |
Functional and Analytics Cookies
Functional cookies remember choices you have already made. If you set the site to English and AUD, those settings persist across visits through a functional cookie. The same category stores muted audio, your last-played pokies, and whether you have dismissed our promotions banner.
Analytics cookies tell us, in aggregate, how the site performs. We learn which pages load slowly, where players drop off during registration, and how often a game lobby filter gets used. The data is aggregated and cannot identify you personally. We use it to fix problems and reorder the lobby, not to profile individual players.
Marketing Cookies and Retargeting
Marketing cookies let us show Mad Casino offers to people who have already visited us but left without signing up. If you browse our lobby and later see one of our ads elsewhere, that is retargeting at work, driven by a cookie set during your visit.
These cookies also measure which campaigns bring players in, so we stop spending on channels that perform poorly. Marketing cookies are optional. They load only after you tick the marketing box in our cookie banner, and withdrawing consent later wipes them on your next visit.
We do not use marketing cookies to track your activity on other websites beyond measuring our own ad campaigns, and we never sell cookie data to anyone.
Cookies Set by Third Parties
Some cookies on our pages do not come from us. When you open a live dealer table or a pokie from an external game provider, that provider may set its own cookies to keep the game session stable. Payment providers do the same when you reach their hosted checkout, setting short-lived cookies for fraud screening and transaction continuity.
Analytics providers and advertising networks we work with also place cookies under their own names. We vet each third party before it goes live on our site, list it in our consent tool, and hold it to a data processing agreement. Every third-party cookie category appears in the banner with its own toggle, so you can accept analytics from one provider while refusing marketing from another.
Third-party cookies are governed by the policies of the companies that set them. Where we name a provider in our consent tool, a link to its own cookie policy sits right next to the toggle.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
In our banner
The first time you land on madcasino-pokies.com, a banner asks you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can choose full acceptance, full rejection, or open the granular settings and toggle each category separately. Hitting Accept All or Reject All takes one click, and strictly necessary cookies stay on either way because the site cannot function without them.
- Change your choice any time via the Cookie Preferences link in the footer of every page.
- Your new settings apply immediately and clear any consent-based cookies you just withdrew.
- Rejecting non-essential cookies does not block you from playing, depositing, or withdrawing.
In your browser
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies without touching our site.
Chrome: open Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies, and pick the level you want.
Safari: go to Settings, then Privacy, and use Manage Website Data to remove cookies for our domain.
Firefox: open Settings, then Privacy and Security, and choose Custom under Enhanced Tracking Protection.
Edge: go to Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, and set your block and allow lists.
Blocking all cookies has consequences worth knowing before you do it. You will be logged out each time you close the browser, your language and currency preferences reset to defaults, and some game sessions and payment checks may fail mid-transaction. If you want that level of privacy anyway, we respect it, and strictly necessary cookies set during an active session expire the moment you close the browser.
How Long Cookies Last
Nothing we set lives on your device forever. Session cookies vanish the moment you close your browser. Persistent cookies carry an expiry date, and ours follow the durations below.
Strictly necessary cookies last either a single session or up to 30 days if you ticked Remember Me at login. Functional cookies run for 90 days, which is long enough to keep your preferences stable without holding data indefinitely. Analytics cookies persist for up to 365 days so traffic trends remain statistically meaningful. Marketing cookies expire after 30 to 90 days depending on the network, and payment provider cookies are the shortest of all, typically clearing within a session.
Deleting cookies yourself removes every duration instantly, regardless of the expiry we set. Clearing site data also logs you out and resets your preferences to defaults on your next visit.
Updates to this policy
When we add a new cookie category, change a provider, or adjust retention periods, we update this page and bump the version note at the top. For material changes that affect your data, we also surface a notice in the cookie banner so you can re-confirm your choices before the new cookies load. If you have questions about anything here, our live chat runs 24/7 and [email protected] answers within one business day. This policy was last updated in 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to accept cookies to play at Mad Casino?
Only strictly necessary ones. You can reject functional, analytics, and marketing cookies in the banner and still register, deposit, and play every pokie on the site.
Will blocking cookies log me out?
Blocking all cookies ends your session each time you close the browser, and your saved preferences reset to defaults. Blocking only non-essential cookies keeps you logged in as normal.
Can I change my mind after accepting?
Yes. Use the Cookie Preferences link in the footer of any page. New settings apply immediately and withdrawn cookies are cleared on your next visit.
Do you sell my cookie data?
No. We never sell cookie data, and analytics data is aggregated so it cannot identify you personally.
How do I delete cookies that are already on my device?
Clear site data in your browser settings for madcasino-pokies.com, or delete all cookies for every site. Either approach removes our cookies instantly regardless of their expiry dates.