Video Poker is a popular game that can be wagered on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through a net account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the highest combination of cards achievable in order to acquire money. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and bettors will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, whether it is all or none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any fresh cards are needed they will be handed out. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each and every better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from machine to machine, so that skillful bettors are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine every time.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their profits, in which instance another round is played. There are also differences among individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying elements to increase playability.