12 Facts About Video poker

Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker.

Video poker first became commercially viable when it became economical to combine a television-like monitor with a solid state central processing unit.

Video poker became more firmly established when SIRCOMA, which stood for Si Redd's Coin Machines, introduced Draw Poker in 1979.

Today video poker enjoys a prominent place on the gaming floors of many casinos.

All the other hand combinations in video poker are the same as in table poker, including such hands as two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush and royal flush .

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Video poker machines are tested to ensure compliance with this requirement before being offered to the public.

Video poker variations include Deuces Wild, where a two serves as a wild card; Joker's Wild, where a joker serves as a wild card; Anything's Wild, where the player selects any card to act as the wild card before the hand is dealt; pay schedule modification, where four aces with a four or smaller kicker pays an enhanced amount ; and multi-play poker, where the player starts with a base hand, and each additional played hand draws from a different set of cards with the base hand.

Players in all three states are able to enjoy fully regulated online video poker games provided that they are physically present in the respective state, of legal age to gamble and can validate their identity.

Payoff schedules for most video poker machines are configured with a pay schedule that pays proportionally more for certain hands when the maximum number of credits is bet.

Bally Technologies All American video poker is based on Jacks or Better with an increased payout for flushes, straights and straight flushes, but reduced payout for full houses and two pairs .

The full pay version, once common but now rare, is one of the highest return versions of video poker offered, but the play strategy is very complex and mastered by few.

The full pay version of Joker Two Pair or better, once common but now rare, is one of the highest return versions of video poker offered, but the play strategy is very complex and mastered by few.