Casino Streaming Terms, Explained

Bonus hunt

A session format where a slots streamer collects bonus features across many different games at a fixed bet size, then opens them all back-to-back to see the combined result. The tension comes from tracking whether the total wins beat the money spent collecting.

See also: Bonus hunt tracker

Bonus buy (feature buy)

Paying a fixed price — usually 100x the bet — to trigger a slot's bonus round instantly instead of waiting for it to land naturally. Common in bonus hunts to guarantee content within a set budget.

Start balance

The bankroll a streamer sets aside at the beginning of a bonus hunt, before collecting any bonuses. Profit and loss for the whole hunt are measured against this number.

Opening balance

The cash left over when the collecting phase ends and the opening phase begins. The difference between start and opening balance is what the collected bonuses cost.

Average multiplier (Avg X)

The average win-to-bet multiplier across all opened bonuses in a hunt: total won divided by total bet. It summarises how well the hunt is paying overall.

Break-even multiplier (Avg X needed)

The average multiplier the remaining unopened bonuses must hit for the hunt to finish in profit. It falls after every good bonus and rises after every bad one — the single most-watched number on a hunt overlay.

See also: How the tracker calculates it

Super bonus

An enhanced version of a slot's bonus round — more spins, upgraded symbols or higher multipliers — either bought at a higher price or landed with extra scatters. Hunts often tag these separately because they carry outsized win potential.

Max win

The capped maximum amount a slot can pay out, expressed as a multiplier of the bet (for example 10,000x). When a spin hits the cap, the round ends and the full amount is awarded.

RTP (Return to Player)

The percentage of all wagered money a slot is designed to pay back to players over the long run — 96% RTP means €96 returned per €100 wagered on average. Casinos can license some titles at multiple RTP versions, which is why published numbers sometimes differ.

See also: Browse slots with RTP data

Volatility (variance)

How a slot distributes its payouts. High-volatility games pay rarely but big; low-volatility games pay often but small. Bonus hunts skew high-volatility because single big multipliers make the format.

Hit frequency

How often a slot lands any win, expressed as a percentage of spins. A 25% hit frequency means roughly one spin in four pays something — independent from how big those wins are.

Tumble / cascade

A mechanic where winning symbols disappear and new ones fall into their place, allowing several wins from a single spin. Often paired with multipliers that grow with each consecutive tumble.

Megaways

A licensed reel engine (originally by Big Time Gaming) where the number of symbols per reel changes every spin, creating up to 117,649 ways to win. Many providers release Megaways versions of their hit slots.

Hold & Win

A bonus style where landing trigger symbols locks them in place and awards respins; each new symbol resets the counter. The round ends when spins run out, paying the sum of everything locked.

Scatter

A symbol that pays or triggers a bonus regardless of its position on the reels — typically three or more scatters start the free-spins round.

Wild

A symbol that substitutes for other paying symbols to complete wins. Variants include sticky wilds (stay for multiple spins), walking wilds and multiplier wilds.

Sticky wild

A wild symbol that remains on the reels for subsequent spins instead of disappearing, compounding win potential across a bonus round.

Free spins

The most common slot bonus: a number of spins played without betting, usually with an enhancement such as multipliers, expanding symbols or added wilds.

Retrigger

Landing the bonus trigger again during a bonus round, awarding additional free spins on top of the current round.

Cluster pays

A payout system where wins come from groups of adjacent matching symbols rather than paylines — five or more touching symbols typically form a paying cluster.

Paylines / ways

The patterns across the reels on which matching symbols pay. Fixed-payline slots pay along set lines; ways-to-win slots pay for matching symbols on consecutive reels in any position.

Slot provider (studio)

The company that designs and licenses a slot to casinos — Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming, Nolimit City and Push Gaming are staples of bonus-hunt line-ups.

See also: All providers

Demo play

A free-play version of a slot using virtual credits, identical in maths to the real game. Streamers use demos to showcase mechanics without wagering.

Balance guessing

A viewer game where chat predicts the final balance a bonus hunt will end on; the closest guess wins a prize. Runs in chat via bot commands or on the streamer's website.

See also: Guess-the-balance giveaways

Stream overlay

The graphics layer rendered on top of gameplay in OBS — for casino streams, typically the bonus-hunt tracker, current-offer banner, leaderboards and giveaway widgets.

See also: OBS widgets

Browser source

An OBS source type that renders a live web page inside your stream scene. CasinoHub widgets are browser sources: paste a URL once and the overlay updates itself.

OBS dock

A control panel embedded inside the OBS interface itself (View → Docks → Custom Browser Docks), letting a streamer manage hunts and giveaways without alt-tabbing.

Chat command

A bot-powered keyword viewers type in chat (like !hunt or !slot) that returns live info or performs an action — requesting a slot, checking points, or entering a giveaway.

Slot request

A viewer suggesting a specific slot for the streamer to play or add to a hunt, usually via a !slot chat command with per-viewer limits.

Channel points (loyalty points)

A per-channel currency viewers earn by watching and spending in a points store — redeemable for giveaway entries, guesses or custom rewards.

See also: Points & store

Raid

Sending your live audience to another channel as your stream ends. On casino Twitch/Kick, raids are a core discovery loop between streamer communities.

Wagering

Total money bet across a session. Casino leaderboards and community competitions commonly rank viewers or streamers by wagering volume over a period.

Profit / loss (P&L)

The running difference between current balance and start balance during a session or hunt — the number that decides whether a hunt "paid".