JILI GAMES Glossary: Casino Terms Explained in Plain Words

These terms are everywhere on casino pages, while definitions for them are nearly nowhere. These entries are built from a definition, the misreading attached to it and a fully calculated worked example — most terms here trip people up in a specific, predictable fashion, not by being unfamiliar. There are 8 pages below.

Everything in this section

8 pages that each take one entry and never summarise several. A field marked “not published” above is explained on the entry’s own page, which names the party that would have published it.

Each entry in a paragraph

There is just enough on each one to show you which page deserves a click.

Free spins explained

Free of any additional stake, a feature round consists of awarded spins.

Fixed by: The studio supplies a game feature, whereas a promotion is supplied by the operator. Where you meet it: It appears in game feature lists, and apart from that in bonus terms.

The misreading: The two uses of free spins, an operator’s promotion and a game’s own free-spin round, are not equivalent, whatever the common name suggests.

Bankroll management in full

Fixing the amount at risk ahead of time and halting at it.

Fixed by: The player. Nothing else sets it. Both Responsible gambling pages and deposit limit settings are places it comes up.

A common misreading: Chasing losses is described as recovering.

Turnover in full

Short for also called handle. What has been staked in total during a play period, measured per wager and not per deposit.

Fixed by: Built up by playing, then recorded on the operator’s platform. Where you meet it: Where to look: responsible-gambling statements, the bonus terms and a record of account activity.

The misreading: Many mix turnover up with the sum deposited or with the current balance.

The Ways to win entry

Short for including Megaways. A system that replaces paylines, paying neighbouring matching symbols whatever their position.

Fixed by: In place of fixed paylines, as the game studio sets it. Where you meet it: Tables of specs for cluster-pays and scatter-pays slots.

The misreading: Mistaking a large way-count for a large advantage is a frequent error.

Maximum cashout, in detail

Short for also called a win cap. It restricts how much of the winnings a bonus produced can leave the account, whatever the balance ended up as.

Decided by: The operator, according to its bonus terms. Where you meet it: Look in the bonus terms and conditions, usually next to the wagering requirement clause.

The misreading: The usual assumption holds that when wagering is cleared, everything in the resulting balance can be withdrawn.

The Game weighting entry

Short for also called contribution rate. The share at which wagers on a particular game count towards clearing a wagering requirement.

Settled by: The operator, taking each promotion and each game category in turn. Where you meet it: Usually a table in the bonus terms and conditions that lists game categories with their rates.

The misreading: Many assume a ₱100 wager always counts for ₱100 against a wagering requirement, no matter which game it went on.

Hit frequency, in detail

Short for also called hit rate. A proportion of spins that return a win of any size, regardless of the long-run total.

Fixed by: The studio determines it, as part of the paytable and reel maths. Where you meet it: Studio spec sheets and info panels, found less often than RTP.

The misreading: People often take a high hit frequency as a sign that a game pays more, or is ‘looser’.

Wild symbol in full

Completing a winning combination is what this substituting symbol does, by standing in for the rest.

Who decides: The game studio, in the paytable. It shows up in: a game’s paytable and feature list.

The misreading: People often assume a wild can replace anything.

Check glossary details in the game itself

Not one of these definitions needs this site’s word to hold up. All of these can be confirmed by looking at the game itself:

1. Open any slot’s own information screen. Look there for the way-count, the paytable and the feature rules: they are where each mechanical term defined here finds its primary source.
2. Compare a way-count against the grid. Nothing about generosity is contained in 1,024 ways on a 5x4 grid, which is only 4 to the power of 5, a fact about geometry.
3. Where a bonus term matters, rely on the operator’s own conditions instead of a summary. Pick the base wrongly and a wagering requirement is off by a factor of two, since it multiplies either the bonus only or the bonus plus the deposit.
4. Check, for a studio with no published RTP, that two sources quoting one agree. Neither is authoritative on JILI titles, given that they drift apart by as much as two points.

The thing most often got wrong here

One mistake outweighs the rest for every one of these terms: assuming the casino sets them. Most of the time it does not, as the studio decides RTP, volatility, paylines, wilds and scatters while building the game, leaving the offering site unable to alter any of them.

One thing does vary, the wagering requirement, which each operator writes into its own bonus terms. The entry tells you which of the two it is, which matters because complaints only get anywhere when they reach the right one.

Using these terms on a game screen

1. Open the help or info screen of the game you are about to play and find the rules these entries describe.
2. Read each rule against its glossary entry, and note any figure that belongs to that build only.
3. Set the stake and the stop amount before the first round, then check them against the rules you read.