Gambling Terms & Glossary Guide

If it is your first time to play online casino games, you can familiarize yourself with casino terms, for example: cash back and rebate.

TERM

243 ways to win

DEFINITION

A video slot with a fixed payline of 243. A win is triggered when 3 or more matching symbols appear on a payline.

TERM

DEFINITION

A

Action

Active payline

All-ways slots

-The play at the casino or the total amount of money put into play. Also, a dealer expression telling a player it is his/her turn to act.

-The winning paylines that are active in play.

-Slots with no fixed payline. The beauty of all ways slot is the large number of ways you can win .

B

Baccarat

Banker

Bet

Bonus

Bonus feature

Bonus multiplier

Bonus round

Buy a feature

Buy a pay

-Also called Punto Banco. A card game with several variants in which players bet on whether the player, or the dealer, has the winning hand from a two-card or three-card hand. Winning hands are determined by achieving a cumulative points total closest to nine. Face cards and 10s don't have any point value.

-The person betting against all of the players at the table. The banker typically has to rotate every turn or every other turn.

-The wagered amount per spin.

-Special offers that online casinos provide to new and existing players. To encourage loyalty, inspire new players to sign-up and act as an incentive for casino referrals. Bonuses come in a variety of offers and each with their own special terms and conditions attached.

-Reward features that comes with game play. They include Free spins, re-spins, expanding wilds and many more.

-A feature that multiples your win by a number during a bonus round.

-A special mode of play that triggers when specific combinations of symbols align on a video slot machine. Bonus rounds in slots provide perks such as free spins or a side game. This allows players to earn extra coins, without having to place an additional bet. In some instances bonus rounds may even lead to the activation of a mini-game.

-A feature that allows you to buy your access into bonus games.

-A slot machine type that requires you to insert more coins to unlock more winning combinations.

C

Cashback

Cash bonus

Certified slots

Coin in

Coin out

Credit

-A refund of a percentage of your bets regardless of a win or loss.

-Free' money offered to new players depositing at an online casino for the first time. For example, a 100% deposit match, will double the value of a player's first deposit. All cash bonus offers are subject to the casino’s T&Cs.

-Slots that has been certified by regulatory bodies to be provably fair.

-Refers to the total amount of bets made.

-Refers to total winnings on the coins in.

-In some online casinos, bets are expressed in credits. One credit is usually equal to one monetary unit in the player's native currency.

D

Dealer

Deposit

Deposit Bonus

-The casino employee responsible for distributing the cards to each player.

-A payment a player makes to his/her online casino account in order to play games for real money.

-See Cash Bonus.

E

Expanding wilds

-Wild symbols that can substitute for all symbols on the reels at a go.

TERM

DEFINITION

F

Fixed jackpot

Free spin

-A non-progressive jackpot with a fixed amount to be won.

-When a player can spin the slots reels for real money without having to wager any of his or her own cash. While the payout for a free slots spin can vary, it's often based on the wager (number of coins) and number of paylines from the previous bet.

G

GG

Gla

-Good game

-Good luck all.

H

Hit

Hot

Hot table

House edge

-To spin a winning payline combination.

-A machine that is perceived to be paying out at a high rate.

-When the players who are betting right are winning frequently.

-The likelihood that the casino will win money, calculated as the ratio of the expected player loss to the initial bet amount. For example, a five percent house edge means that for every $10 bet a player can expect to lose 50 cents. The lower the house edge, the lower a player's chances of losing.

I

Icons

-The symbols found in slots. Popular icons include fruits and card symbols.

J

Jackpot

-A big cash prize.

TERM

DEFINITION

L

Line

Two-liner

Three-liner

Live dealer games

-Also referred to as a payline, it is the winning combination of symbols in a slot game.

-A slot machine that features no more than two reels.

-A slot machine featuring three reels that require lining up three identical symbols for a win.

-Online casino games that are run by real human dealers. Players can see the dealers and games on their device using a live-streaming video link. Players can also communicate with the dealer using live chat.

M

Multi-line bonus slot machine

Multi-way

Multiplier

-A video slot machine with more than a single payline and has at least one bonus symbol.

-Video slot machines with several winning ways.

-A type of wild card that, when used to make a winning combination, doubles or triples (or more) the payout.

N

N1

Net profit

Net win

No-deposit bonus

-Nice one.

-You win the prize money deducted from your total bet amount

-Net profit

-Free money that doesn't require an initial cash deposit from the player. And can usually be used without restriction at the online casino in question.

O

Online casino

Online slots

-An online version of a traditional, physical casino. The online casino can be web-based (no downloading of software needed to play) or download-based (a software client needs to be downloaded in order to play).

-Video slot games played over the internet.

TERM

DEFINITION

P

Pair

Pass

Payline

Payout percentage

Punto

Punto banco

-A hand comprised of two cards of the same rank.

-To not bet or to fold.

-The line of symbols on a reel that pays out when a winning combination of symbols is hit. There can be as little as three paylines on an online slot or as many as 100. A payline can be a straight line across all the reels or it can take the form of a variety of predetermined shapes. For example, vertical along a single reel or zigzag across multiple reels.

-The statistical percentage of every bet wagered that will be returned to the player. This is always less than 100%, and the lower the percentage, the more profitable the machine for the casino. For example, a game with a 96% payout percentage is expected to pay out $0.96 for every dollar wagered. The other $0.04 is retained by the casino, and represents the house's statistical edge.

-The player. Also, the bet that is placed on the player winning and also the hand that sits opposite the Banco hand.

-Another name for Baccarat .

R

Reels

3-reel slot

5-reel slot

Reload Bonus

Return to player rate (rtp)

Rows

-The rotating element of a slot machine that's covered in symbols. Players spin the reels after placing their bet and where the reels come to rest determines if the bet is successful. Many online slots have five reels, but some games have three, seven, or even nine.

-A slot machine type with a configuration of 3 vertical spinning reels.

-A slot machine type with a configuration of 5 vertical spinning reels.

-Bonus money players get for subsequent deposits.

-Return to Player refers to the percentage of all wagered funds that will be paid to players in winnings for a given slot.

-The horizontal arrangements of symbols in a slot game.

S

Scatter

Scatter Symbol

Stake

Steam

Symbols

-A scatter is a slot symbol that can show up anywhere in the gaming reels and still make a win.

-Special symbols that pay out when two or more appear anywhere on the screen during a slots game. Even outside of a winning payline. Scatter symbols, or scatters as they're also referred to, can serve as a special multiplier. To raise a player's bet by double, triple, or higher, And may also trigger free spins or bonus rounds when they randomly appear.

-Bet

-When a line starts to move rapidly.

-The pictures, numbers, or letters on a slot machine's reels that are used to determine winning combinations. Typically slots symbols include imagery that reinforces a game's theme. Such as fruit, dollar signs, or cartoon characters. Symbols in video slots games online are often animated (sometimes in 3D) and may talk or trigger music when hit.

T

Tie (Push)

Tournament

-That is tie or draw. Bet result no winner. So all bets void, all bets will be refunded the amount

-A tournament refers to a competition where slot players compete for a particular prize at a pool of online slots.

TERM

DEFINITION

W

Wager

Wild multiplier

Wild Symbol

-The amount of money bet

-Multiplier values attached to a wild symbol when triggered.

-A symbol that can be substituted for other symbols on the reel. When a wild symbol appears it can be combined with the symbols around it to make a winning combination. In some games Wilds will pay out even if they aren't on a payline. They sometimes also serve as a special multiplier that can double, triple, or more the payout of a winning combination of symbols. Typically in video slots games online Wild symbols usually cannot be substituted for Scatter symbols.