Video Poker is a favored game that can be bet on in casinos around the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, through a net account. The regulations are very straightforward and consist of the player trying to achieve the highest combination of cards possible in order to win cash. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, apart from the line of contact with other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the enthusiast inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "dealt" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ written on them, and bettors should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he or she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any fresh cards will be given out if desired. 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 winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money growing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 definitely goes without saying that the payout schedule can vary from game to game, so that discerning players are able to pick the most profitable ones each time.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game allow the player an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which case a further game is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.