Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a classic game of poker, minus the involvement with other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical 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 video poker machine and pushes the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the player has decided on which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are needed they will be given out. The game is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from machine to machine, so that experienced gamblers are agile enough to select the most beneficial game every time.

After the first round has completed, the player can either choose to remain on and try to to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that they may have won. Additionally, a few styles of the game give the gambler a chance to increase their winnings, in which situation a further game is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other differing aspects to enhance playability.