Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be wagered on in casinos across the world, or alternatively at your house on your PC, through a net connection. The regulations are absolutely simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the best combination of cards possible in order to come away with cash. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the interaction with any other players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker starts when the gambler puts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A five card hand will then be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and bettors will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has decided on which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, at which point any new cards will be given out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Generally, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can range from machine to machine, so that discerning gamblers are agile enough to pick the most beneficial machine each instance.

After the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.