8 FORTUNA PRESENTS ITS GLOSSARY OF WORDS AND TERMS COMMONLY USED ON ONLINE GAMING PLATFORMS.

B

- Bankroll : This simply refers to your balance.
- Blackjack : A card game where the player tries to form a hand totaling 21 points without going over.
- Bonus : Benefits offered by casinos to players, such as extra credits or free spins.
- Welcome Bonus : A bonus offered to new players upon registration or first deposit at an online casino. It may include free credits, free spins, or a percentage bonus on the first deposit.
- Bonus Hunt : A bonus hunt is a hunt for bonuses; in other words, you need to spin the slots until you get a bonus. Once that is done, you move on to the next one while filling in the following table (link to our table). Once your balance is almost 0, we advise you to stop at €10 to avoid risking losing your bonus balance if you have one. You should then open the bonuses one by one while completing the table.
- Bounty : The bounty is a prize; some machines offer special bonuses when you unlock the bounty, sometimes it involves getting 4 scatters, other times it requires specific actions.

C

- Cash Out : The process of withdrawing a player's winnings.
- Craps : A dice game where players bet on the outcome of the dice roll.
- Dealer : The person responsible for managing the table games, including dealing cards and managing bets.

F

- Free Spin : Free spins, if we follow the translation, are free rounds. To obtain free spins, you will need to access a bonus on a slot machine. It is also possible that casinos offer you free spins to retain their players; for example, BetOnRed offers 20 free spins with no deposit on Gates of Olympus for players using the code 8Fortuna.

G

- Gamble : To risk, to attempt.

H

- High Roller : A player who bets large amounts
- Hit : Hit is a verb in English that means to touch; it is used when there are connections on a machine, or when the person is going to get a bonus.
- House Edge : The statistical advantage of the casino over the players, represented as a percentage.

J

- Jackpot : A large sum of money to be won, often associated with slot machines or other casino games.
- Progressive Jackpot : A jackpot that increases as players bet, until it is won.

L

- Live Dealer : Online casino games with real dealers broadcasted in real-time.

M

- Max Win : The maximum payout of a machine.

- Bet : The amount of money wagered on the outcome of a game.

P

- Poker : A card game with various variants where players bet on the strength of their hands.

- Progressive Jackpot : A jackpot that increases as players bet, until it is won.

- Providers : These are game providers, like Pragmatic etc. (linked to the providers page)

R

- Raise : To increase the bet.

- Return to Player (RTP) : Theoretical percentage of stakes that a casino game returns to players over the long term.

- Retrigger : A retrigger is an additional free spins gain; imagine that during a bonus, the reel gives you a certain number of scatters again, you receive additional free spins on the same bonus.

- Roulette : A table game with a spinning wheel and a ball; players bet on the number or color where the ball will stop.

S

- Scatters : Scatters are bonus symbols; most machines require 3 scatters, others 4 to access a feature, particularly free spins.

- Slots : Slots are slot machines.

- Slot Machine : A mechanical or electronic gaming device with spinning reels displaying various symbols. Players bet on symbol combinations to win.

- Spins : The number of rounds or rotations performed on a slot machine or a similar game.

V

- VIP : A loyalty program offering special benefits to regular players.

W

- Wager : The wager is a condition that the player must meet to claim a withdrawal of their balance.

- Wild : Wilds are features specific to slot machines; the function of the wild depends on the machine you are on, but in the majority of them, the wild allows connections with all symbols, it is the equivalent of all symbols at once.