Of these terms, which ones sit under a casino's control?

This evidence turns up a single item — the wagering requirement, which every operator writes into the bonus terms it publishes itself. Whoever hosts the game has no say over what's left — that was fixed by the studio behind it.

Why do RTP figures differ between sites?

Not every studio makes this figure public, so what people cite for those titles amounts to third-party estimates, and those numbers rarely land on the same figure. A mismatch between two comparison sites on one game's figures is rarely a real disagreement — it's usually two unsourced guesses.

Are these definitions specific to the Philippines?

No. A slot's mechanics ride along with the game itself, holding constant across every site. The payment and licensing context is what's Philippine-specific here, and that's covered in the payment and provider sections.

How would you describe the gap separating RTP from volatility?

RTP measures what a game pays back over a long stretch of play. Call it volatility: the particular shape in which returns come back to you. Both games might return 96%, yet one pays out small amounts often while the other pays almost nothing until a huge win lands — and playing them feels completely different.

Is there real cause to celebrate a high maximum win?

Think of it as a ceiling tied to a probability close to zero, not a forecast. Look at a title tagged medium volatility that also advertises a 100,000x maximum — that combination tells you the top number is bookkeeping, not something you'll realistically hit.

Where do these definitions come from?

The mechanics themselves show it, readable in any game's own information screen. Operator claims and title-specific figures play no role in supporting any of these entries.

JUAN365 Glossary: What Changes the Index?

Nearly every casino page reaches for this vocabulary, but defining it is a job almost none of them take on. Every entry includes the definition, the common misreading attached to it, and a worked example with the math shown — because these terms tend to be misunderstood in specific, predictable ways, not just unfamiliar.

Everything in this section

Term	In one line	Fixed by
House edge	What the operator holds mathematically, the same figure as RTP’s arithmetic complement	The game studio is the one that keeps whatever RTP doesn’t already return
Volatility	A game’s return pattern: mostly small wins, or infrequently big ones.	Determined by the paytable and reel maths that the game studio designs
Maximum bet rule	A cap on what a single spin or hand may stake while a bonus is under wagering, and breaking that cap usually costs the player both the bonus and its winnings	The operator, in its bonus terms
Wild symbol	By standing in for other symbols, this one completes a winning combination.	The game studio, in the paytable
Free spins	A round of feature spins handed out with no extra stake attached.	For a game feature it’s the game studio calling the shots; for a promotion, it’s the operator.
Maximum cashout	A cap governs how much of a bonus’s winnings a player can take out, independent of the balance actually reached.	The operator, in its bonus terms
Bet unit	Sized off a share of the bankroll instead of an arbitrary standalone figure, this is what’s staked on a single spin or hand	Best left to the player, who should size it against the bankroll and the chosen game’s volatility
Ways to win	This mechanic skips paylines entirely: any adjacent matching symbols pay, whatever position they land in.	The game studio decided on this rather than sticking with fixed paylines.

one page per entry, 8 in total, with nothing here rolled into a joint summary A “not published” field above always has its answer on the entry’s page — the name of whoever was meant to release that figure.

Each entry in a paragraph

Just enough on each one to tell which page is worth clicking into.

Glossary	In short
House edge	What the operator holds mathematically, the same figure as RTP’s arithmetic complement Fixed by: The game studio is the one that keeps whatever RTP doesn’t already return. Where you meet it: Rules for table games, along with how different game types compare.. The misreading: Some people describe a house edge as something a system can defeat.
Volatility	Short for also called variance. A game’s return pattern: mostly small wins, or infrequently big ones. Fixed by: Determined by the paytable and reel maths that the game studio designs. Where you meet it: Within game spec tables, it commonly reads as a label, not a figure. The misreading: High volatility gets translated by many as simply ‘pays more’.
Maximum bet rule	Also referred to, in short, as a max stake rule. A cap on what a single spin or hand may stake while a bonus is under wagering, and breaking that cap usually costs the player both the bonus and its winnings Fixed by: The operator, in its bonus terms. Where you meet it: Set out in the bonus terms and conditions, with the game client occasionally applying it automatically. The misreading: One could quickly assume a maximum bet rule matters only to players intentionally wagering large sums.
Wild symbol	By standing in for other symbols, this one completes a winning combination. Locked in by: The game studio, inside the paytable. It shows up on a game’s paytable, alongside its feature list. The misreading: People commonly assume a wild will stand in for any symbol.
Free spins	A round of feature spins handed out with no extra stake attached. Fixed by: For a game feature it’s the game studio calling the shots; for a promotion, it’s the operator.. Where you meet it: Found in game feature lists, plus separately within bonus terms. The misreading: Sharing the same name doesn’t make an operator’s promotional free spins identical to an in-game free-spin round.
Maximum cashout	Short for also called a win cap. A cap governs how much of a bonus’s winnings a player can take out, independent of the balance actually reached. The operator itself sets this figure, spelled out in its own bonus terms. Where you meet it: Bonus terms and conditions, generally a line or two from the wagering requirement clause. The misreading: It’s often assumed that once wagering clears, every bit of the resulting balance can be withdrawn.
Bet unit	Short for also called stake size. Sized off a share of the bankroll instead of an arbitrary standalone figure, this is what’s staked on a single spin or hand Fixed by: Best left to the player, who should size it against the bankroll and the chosen game’s volatility. Where you meet it: Look to a game’s betting panel for its stake selectors. The misreading: Assuming safety just because a bet unit looks small is a common habit.
Ways to win	Short for including Megaways. This mechanic skips paylines entirely: any adjacent matching symbols pay, whatever position they land in. Fixed by: The game studio decided on this rather than sticking with fixed paylines.. Where you meet it: Found in spec tables belonging to cluster or scatter-pays slots. The misreading: It’s common to mistake a large way-count for a large advantage.

Check glossary details in the game itself

You won’t find any definition here backed by this site’s own credibility. Every one of these can be verified directly against the game itself:

Open any slot’s own information screen. Three things anchor every mechanical term on this page: the paytable, the way-count and the feature rules, all available right here.
Compare a way-count against the grid. Call it 1,024 ways if you like, but on a 5x4 grid that number is nothing more than 4 multiplied by itself 5 times — geometry, not generosity.
A bonus term’s true terms live with the operator — treat any summary as secondary and go to the source directly. A wagering requirement is a multiplier, and the base it applies to — bonus only, versus bonus plus deposit — can double the result.
If the studio itself leaves RTP unpublished, your task is to check that two sources citing the same figure actually agree. On JILI titles the gap runs up to two points, which settles whether either figure carries authority.

The thing most often got wrong here

If there’s a mistake nearly everyone repeats with these terms, it’s pinning them on the casino as the source. For most games it doesn’t: the studio fixes RTP, volatility, paylines, wilds and scatters at build time, and the site offering the game has no way to alter them.

One term breaks the mould here — the wagering requirement — because operators write that figure into whatever bonus terms they issue themselves. Get the category wrong on one of these and a complaint dies before it starts; that’s why each entry spells out which type it falls under.

Putting these glossary to work at JUAN365

Open any game at JUAN365 and find its info or help screen.
Its listed RTP, volatility and maximum win are things you should interpret with the definitions given earlier.
Budget-conscious players tend toward lower volatility, since it keeps a small balance in play for longer stretches.
Pin down how much you’re prepared to lose before you ever spin, and quit the second that number comes up.

JUAN365 Glossary — Casino Terms, Explained Plainly