0–9
- 1X2
- The three-way market: 1 for a home win, X for a draw and 2 for an away win.
A
- Asian handicap
- A virtual goal start or deficit given to one team so that only two outcomes remain. Lines are written as −0.5, 0/0.5, +1 and so on.
B
- Banker
- One of the two hands in baccarat. It wins slightly more often than Player, so its wins pay a commission at standard tables. The complete baccarat rules explain why.
- Big / Small
- In football betting, another name for over/under on total goals. In Sic Bo, a bet that the three dice total 11–17 (Big) or 4–10 (Small).
- Blackjack
- A card game where you try to beat the dealer without going over 21. Also the name of an ace plus a ten-value card, paid at 3:2. Our chart for every hand shows the best move.
- Bookmaker margin
- The profit built into a sportsbook’s prices: the amount by which the implied chances of all outcomes add up to more than 100%.
C
- Closing price
- The last price before a match starts; usually the market’s most accurate estimate.
- Commission
- The 5% taken from Banker wins at a standard baccarat table.
- Crash game
- A game where a multiplier climbs from 1.00x until it "crashes" at a random point; you must cash out before then to win. Aviator is the best-known example.
D
- Dealer
- The person running the cards, dice or wheel at a live casino table.
- Decimal odds
- The total return per RM1, stake included. Odds of 1.90 mean RM10 returns RM19.
- Double down
- In blackjack, doubling your bet after the first two cards and receiving exactly one more card.
- Dragon Bonus
- A baccarat side bet that pays according to the winning margin of the hand you choose.
- Dragon Tiger
- A two-card game: one card to Dragon, one to Tiger, and the higher card wins. A tie makes Dragon and Tiger bets lose half. We have worked out the odds of every Dragon Tiger bet.
E
- E-wallet
- A digital wallet such as Touch ’n Go eWallet, Boost or GrabPay that can be used to deposit. Depositing with an e-wallet is explained step by step.
- Even money
- In blackjack, an instant 1:1 payout offered when you hold blackjack and the dealer shows an ace — really insurance in another form.
F
- Free spins
- Slot rounds that cost nothing, usually triggered by scatter symbols.
H
- Half ball
- A 0.5 handicap line. There is no push — the bet either wins or loses in full.
- Hit and stand
- In blackjack, hit means taking another card, while stand means stopping at your current total.
- House edge
- The average share of every bet the casino keeps over the long run. A 2.7% house edge means an average cost of RM2.70 for every RM100 staked.
I
- Implied probability
- The chance a price "believes in": 1 divided by the decimal odds. Odds of 2.00 mean 50%.
- Insurance
- A blackjack side bet offered when the dealer shows an ace. It pays 2:1 if the dealer has blackjack, but its house edge is around 7%.
L
- La Partage
- A French roulette rule that returns half of every even-money bet when zero lands, cutting the house edge to 1.35%.
- Level ball
- A handicap line of 0. If the match is drawn the stake is returned; otherwise the winning team takes it.
- Live casino
- Table games with real dealers, streamed live from a studio to your screen.
M
- Malay odds
- The price format on Asian handicap screens. A positive price such as 0.85 is the profit per RM1; a negative one such as −0.85 means you risk only 85 sen to win RM1. Our odds converter turns it into other formats.
- Martingale
- Doubling the stake after every loss. It produces many small wins and the occasional huge loss, and it never changes the house edge — see our Martingale test with real numbers.
- Megaways
- A slot mechanic where the number of symbols on each reel changes every spin, giving more than a hundred thousand ways to win.
- Mix parlay
- One bet combining several selections; the odds multiply and every leg must win or be pushed. Work out the payout with our parlay calculator.
N
- Natural
- In baccarat, a total of 8 or 9 from the first two cards; the round ends immediately.
O
- Over/under
- A bet on whether the total goals finish above or below a line, such as 2.5.
P
- Paytable
- The screen in every slot or table that shows what each symbol or bet pays, and often the game’s RTP.
- Player
- The second hand in baccarat, paid at 1:1 with no commission.
- Progressive jackpot
- A prize that keeps growing because a small slice of every bet feeds it until someone wins.
- Provably fair
- A system that lets players verify each result with cryptographic hashes, as in Aviator. Our article explains why prediction apps cannot work.
Q
- Quarter ball
- A 0.25 or 0.75 line (also written 0/0.5 or 0.5/1) that splits the stake in two, which is where half wins and half losses come from. See how every handicap line settles.
R
- Rebate
- A small percentage returned on deposits or turnover, credited at regular intervals.
- RNG
- Random number generator: the software that decides the results of slots and digital table games.
- Road
- A scoreboard of past results at baccarat and Dragon Tiger tables, such as the Big Road and Bead Plate. It is history, not a forecast.
- RTP
- Return to Player: the average share of stakes paid back to players over the long run. A 96% RTP means a 4% house edge.
- Running ball
- A bet placed while the match is in play.
S
- Scatter
- A slot symbol that pays in any position and usually unlocks free spins.
- Shoe
- The box holding several shuffled decks, used in baccarat, Dragon Tiger and blackjack.
- Sic Bo
- A three-dice game with more than 50 bet types. Our Sic Bo odds table shows what each one costs.
- Split
- In blackjack, separating a pair into two hands, each with its own stake.
- Squeeze
- Revealing a baccarat card slowly for suspense; the odds do not change at all.
- Suited Tie
- A Dragon Tiger side bet: both cards share rank and suit, usually paid at 50:1.
T
- TAC
- A one-time verification code sent by SMS. Never share it with anyone, including people claiming to be agents.
- Tie
- A bet that both hands draw. In baccarat it pays 8:1 with a house edge of about 14%.
- Turnover
- The amount you must wager before a bonus and its winnings can be withdrawn, such as (deposit + bonus) × 8. Our bonus value calculator works it out for you.
V
- Volatility
- How much a slot’s results swing: high volatility means rare but big wins, low volatility means frequent but small ones. Our article on slot volatility with worked numbers goes deeper.
- Voor
- Local slang for the team giving the handicap, in other words the favourite.
W
- Wild
- A slot symbol that stands in for other symbols to complete a winning line.