Video Poker is a beloved game that can be bet on in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your personal computer, using a net connection. The regulations are very straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best mixture of cards as you can in order to come away with money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with other players. Of course, techniques employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player inserts credits (either tokens, credit slips or money) into the video poker machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic 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 gambler would like 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, from all to none.

After the gambler has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The game is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payout schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It should be known that the payout schedule can change from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to pick the most money-making ones every instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, a few styles of the game give the player a chance to double their wins, in which case a further hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing aspects to increase playability.