Cookie Policy

Last Updated: March 2026

Welcome to the most exciting page on the internet: our Cookie Policy. We are Artie and John, the founders of Best Online Sportsbooks (best-online-sportsbooks.com).

Back when we were broke, couch-surfing college students in San Diego, the only cookies we cared about came in a plastic sleeve from the discount grocery store. Today, as West Coast family men and data-driven sports bettors, we deal with a different kind of cookie.

Because our site operates in the sports betting space, Google and other search engines hold us to strict "Your Money or Your Life" (YMYL) standards. We welcome that scrutiny. We believe that if you are trusting us to help you navigate your bankroll, you deserve absolute transparency about how we handle your digital data.

Here is the honest, plain English breakdown of what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control them.

What Exactly is a Cookie?

Unfortunately, it is not a baked good. A computer cookie is a tiny text file that gets saved to your browser (like Chrome or Safari) when you visit a website. Think of it as a digital scouting report. It helps our website remember you, your preferences, and how you interact with our pages so we can make the site load faster and function better the next time you visit.

The Honest Truth: Why We Use Cookies

We do not use cookies to spy on you, and we absolutely do not sell your personal data to shady third-party data brokers. We use them for three highly specific, practical reasons:

1. Affiliate Tracking (How We Keep the Lights On) This is the most important one to understand. As we mentioned on our About Us page, we run an affiliate business. When you click a link on our site to visit a sportsbook, a tracking cookie is temporarily placed on your browser.

If you end up creating an account and making a deposit, that cookie simply tells the sportsbook, "Hey, Artie and John sent this person." That is how we earn our commission, which allows us to keep this site free for you. This cookie does not access your bank account, it does not know your name, and it does not cost you a single penny. It just ensures our officially registered corporate entity in Anjouan, Comoros gets credit for the referral.

2. Site Analytics and Performance We are math guys. We like to see the data. We use analytical cookies (like Google Analytics) to see which pages are popular and which ones are being ignored. If we notice that ten thousand people are reading our guide on "How to Bet the Run Line" but nobody is clicking on our "Water Polo Betting Guide," these cookies tell us to write more about baseball and less about water polo. All of this data is completely anonymous.

3. Essential Site Functionality Some cookies are strictly necessary just to make the website work. They keep the servers running smoothly, protect the site against spam bots, and ensure our 8-Factor Scoring System displays correctly on your mobile phone while you are hiding from your kids in the garage.

The Types of Cookies We Deploy

To be painfully thorough, here is the official breakdown of the digital cookies you will encounter here:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential. You cannot opt out of these because the website will literally break and fail to load without them.

• Performance Cookies: These collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site, like which pages get the most traffic and if users are receiving error messages.

• Targeting and Affiliate Cookies: These are the links that track your clicks out to our sportsbook partners. They map your journey from our review page to the operator's registration page.

You Are in Control: How to Nuke Your Cookies

If you do not want us, or anyone else, leaving cookies on your browser, you have complete control. You can wipe them out at any time.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. Every browser is different, but you can usually find these controls in the "Settings" or "Preferences" menu under "Privacy and Security."

• A Quick Warning: If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or fail to function properly. Furthermore, if you block our affiliate tracking cookies and then sign up for a sportsbook, we will not get our commission. We will survive, but it means John might have to wait an extra year to upgrade his patio grill.

Updates to This Policy

The digital landscape changes almost as fast as live betting odds. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in global privacy regulations or our own technical updates. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.