LongShot: Odds Lab Privacy Policy

Overview

LongShot: Odds Lab is a number-draw probability simulator app for iPhone and Android. It has no deposits, withdrawals, paid number-draw entries, stored balance, or redeemable value, and it does not require an account.

This policy explains what information the app stores on your device, what information may be processed by third-party services used in the app, and how to contact support.

Information stored on your device

LongShot: Odds Lab stores some app information locally on your device using platform-provided storage. This may include your saved chosen numbers, app settings, ad/reward state, lifetime draw count, and lifetime match-count summaries.

This local information is used to keep the app working across launches and to support future app features.

Analytics

LongShot: Odds Lab may send lightweight usage events to help understand how the app is used and to spot issues. These events can include things like app opens, draw activity, mode selection, match-count results, reward ad events, and error states.

Analytics events are used to improve LongShot: Odds Lab. They are not used to identify you by name, and the app does not ask you to create an account.

Anonymous app sessions

LongShot: Odds Lab may create a random session ID while the app is open so the service can estimate how many app users are active. This session ID is newly generated for each foreground app session and is not a user account or persistent personal identity.

Session reports may include the app platform, app version, build number, device family, operating system version, approximate country or network-derived location, draw count for the session, best match count, two-or-more match count, and three-or-more match count. Session heartbeats expire automatically if the app closes, crashes, or loses connection.

Your play totals, and your age if you give it

The app keeps your running totals on your device: how many draws you have run, how many of them matched each number of balls, when you first opened the app, and your best match. These totals are also reported to our own stats service against a random install ID, so we can see how the app is used. The install ID is generated on your device, is not linked to your name, email, Apple ID or any advertising identifier, and is stored as a hash on the server.

The app asks once, optionally, for your age. It is used to show how old you would be after the number of weekly draws you have run. You can skip the question and the app works exactly the same. If you do give an age, it is stored on your device and sent with your play totals against the same random install ID. Deleting the app removes the stored age and install ID from your device; ask us using the contact details below if you would like the server copy removed.

Server-side protections may use IP address information for rate limiting, abuse prevention, approximate location, diagnostics, and security. Where practical, IP addresses are stored as hashes rather than raw values. Public website visitors are not included in the app active-session count.

Advertising

LongShot: Odds Lab uses Google AdMob to show ads. AdMob may process information such as device identifiers, ad interactions, approximate location inferred from network information, diagnostic data, and other data described in Google's advertising and privacy documentation.

On iPhone and iPad, LongShot: Odds Lab asks for your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt before ads can use your device's advertising identifier to show personalised ads. If you choose "Ask App Not to Track", you will still see ads, but they will not use that identifier for tracking. You can change this at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.

AdMob is provided by Google and is subject to Google's own privacy practices. You can learn more at Google's Privacy Policy and Google AdMob privacy information.

No paid or redeemable draw features

LongShot: Odds Lab is for entertainment and probability education only. It has no deposits, withdrawals, stored balance, or redeemable value.

Support requests

If you contact support, you may choose to provide your email address and any details you include in your message. This information is used only to respond to your request.

Your choices

You can delete LongShot: Odds Lab from your device to remove locally stored app data. You can also manage advertising-related settings using the privacy and tracking controls provided by iOS and Android.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as LongShot: Odds Lab changes. The latest version will be posted on this page.

Contact

For privacy questions or support, email support@andyfraser.online.