Each term in a line or two
Casino glossary: 40 terms from A to Z
KYC, TXID, wagering requirement, provably fair — a foreign casino's terms are full of words you meet nowhere else. Here they are explained plainly, and where possible with an operator's clause and the date we read it.
This casino glossary exists so that an operator's terms can be read without a dictionary beside you. Each term gets a line or two; where a term has a clear example in some operator's terms, the clause number and the reading date come with it.
The terms are in alphabetical order from A to Z. If a word turns up on the ranking's cards, you will find it here faster than in the English of the terms themselves. A glossary does not replace an operator's terms: where a word means something different on a particular site, that site's text is what applies.
Casino glossary A–C
AML — anti-money-laundering rules. Under them an operator may also ask for proof of the source of funds, as clause 5.4 of Shuffle's terms does (read on 8 September 2026).
Anjouan licence — permission from the supervising authority of Anjouan, an island of the Comoros. The public register is searched by licence number and shows domains and validity dates beside an entry; the entry ALSI-202509073-FI2 of Metlait SRL (Wild Fortune) ends on 29 September 2026.
Bonus — extra money or free spins an operator gives for a deposit. Vave's campaign page offered, on 24 August 2026, 150% on the first deposit up to 1.5 BTC plus 100 free spins.
BTC — bitcoin, the commonest crypto asset in casino cashiers. Rocketpot's clause 10.2 sets the minimum deposit at 0.001 BTC and says smaller deposits are lost (read on 2 September 2026).
Cashback — part of a loss returned to the player. Vave's campaign page promises weekly cashback of up to 7% of net losses, but only from VIP level 1 upwards.
CGA — the Curaçao Gaming Authority, the supervisor in Curaçao. Its portal at cert.cga.cw is searched by domain and by company name, and shows the certificate's holder, number, status and domains.
Confirmation — a blockchain confirmation an operator waits for before counting a transaction. Rocketpot requires one under clause 10.5; Bitcasino.io requires three before a withdrawal under clause 6.1.
Cooling-off period — a short pause during which play is not possible. Shuffle's clause 10.10 says money can still be taken out during it (read on 2 September 2026).
Crash game — a game in which a multiplier rises until it suddenly drops; the player has to leave before the drop. The moment of the drop is set by a random number.
Crypto wallet — the application or device where you keep your coins and from which you send a deposit. Rocketpot's clause 11.8 may ask, as evidence, for a message signed from the wallet an earlier deposit came from.
Casino glossary D–L
Deposit limit — a ceiling on what you can move onto an account in a day, a week or a month. Setting limits is covered on the page about limits and breaks.
Dormant account — an account with no transactions over a set period. Under Metaspins' clause 13.1, an administration fee of up to $10 may be charged after 12 months without activity.
Free spins — spins on a slot that cost the player nothing; their winnings often carry conditions of their own. How much of those winnings has to be wagered stands in the bonus terms, not in the headline of the promotion.
Identity check — the check of documents by which an operator satisfies itself that the account holder is who they claim to be; see also KYC.
Instalment payout — a large win paid out in several parts. Under Vave's clause 8.8, a win from 50,000 USDT upwards may in exceptional cases arrive in equal instalments.
KYC — know your customer, the identity check: the operator asks for documents proving identity, age, address or ownership of a payment method. Every operator's clause is written out on the page about document demands operator by operator.
Licence number — the identifier given by a supervising authority, which an operator prints in its footer or its terms. The number of Vave's operator Latcas B.V. is OGL/2024/1676/0905; a number is worth comparing with the register entry.
Live casino — table games with a real dealer, streamed on video. Vave's VIP points are earned on slots only; table games and live dealers stay out.
Loss limit — the amount a player is prepared to lose over a period; when it is reached, play stops.
Casino glossary M–R
Network — the blockchain a coin moves on; USDT, for instance, moves on several. Under Wolfbet's clause 14 §2, deposits sent by way of another chain are lost, so always choose the network shown in the cashier.
Network fee — the fee you pay the blockchain for a transaction; it is not a casino fee. The choice of coin and network changes its size, as set out on the page about networks, coins and fees.
Pay N Play — a model in which an account is created by a deposit made through a bank and identity is established from the bank's data. It is often searched for with the words “without registration”.
Payout cap — how much can be taken out in total over a period. Wild Fortune's clause 11.8 allows up to 1,000 a day, 5,000 a week and 15,000 a month in euros or dollars; Vave's clause 8.8 sets no period cap. More is on the page about payout caps and waits.
Provably fair — a method that lets a player use cryptographic values to check that a result was not altered after the stake. Common in crash and dice games.
Register entry — a record in a supervising authority's register: number, holder, status, dates, domains. An entry and a footer can differ: for Wild.io the certificate names Nonce Gaming B.V. while the terms name Stack Gaming Ltd.
Restricted-country list — a list in an operator's terms of countries from which the service may not be used; where Estonia stands in those lists is shown only on the page about country lists and registers.
Rollover — wagering the deposit before a withdrawal. Vave's clause 8.11 requires threefold wagering in the casino or live casino and a single round in sports.
RTP — return to player, a game's theoretical return over a very long run of play. It is a property of the software, not a promise about one session.
Casino glossary S–Z
Same-channel rule — a withdrawal has to go back the way the deposit came. Metaspins' clause 11.3 allows withdrawal only in the same crypto asset; Rainbet's clause 8.4 requires the same payment method.
Self-exclusion — closing an account at the player's own request, for a fixed time or for good. What the documents behind an operator do and do not cover is described on the page about permits and certificates.
Sports betting — stakes on sporting events. Vave has a separate sports section, and clause 8.11 requires a single round of wagering on the deposit there.
Stablecoin — a coin whose value is tied to another currency, such as USDT and USDC to the dollar. A balance in a stablecoin does not move with the crypto market.
Terms and conditions — the operator's contract with the player, holding every clause from identity checks to withdrawals. Every example in this glossary comes from there.
Threshold — the amount above which an operator asks for documents. Bitcasino.io's clause 6.6 names €2,500, Rocketpot's clause 11.4 names $2,500 or 0.05 BTC, and clause 12.4 of the same document names $2,000.
TXID — the identifier of a blockchain transaction. It finds any crypto transfer, and support often asks for it when a payment has gone missing.
USDT — Tether's stablecoin, whose value is tied to the dollar. Both of the desk's money tests were made in USDT.
Veriff — a third-party identity verification service. Bitsler names it as its provider; in the desk's test, TrustDice sent a compliance email with a Veriff link.
VIP programme — points for stakes. Vave gives 1 VP for every 30 USDT staked on slots, and 200 VP convert into 1 USDT.
Wagering requirement — how many times a bonus or a deposit has to be played through before a win can be taken out. Bitcasino.io's welcome package requires 30x on bonus money, Rocketpot's bonus terms 100x.
Welcome package — a bonus spread over several deposits. At Vave, the second, third and fourth deposit bonuses are 100% / 50% / 25%.
How to find these terms in the terms themselves
Operators' terms are mostly in English and long. Search the page in your browser for these words:
- verification, KYC — the identity clauses;
- withdrawal — the withdrawals section with its caps and instalments;
- wagering, turnover — the wagering requirement and the rollover on a deposit;
- dormant, inactive — fees on a dormant account;
- restricted — the list of restricted countries;
- licence, license — the issuer and the number of the licence.
The clause number you find is the one you can cite when writing to support or in a complaint. What each of the five criteria measures is set out on the method page, and the operators' scores are in the ranking.