Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a net connection. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to acquire cash. In this respect it is much the same as a classic game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the bettor puts credits (whether it is tokens, tickets or cash) into the machine and pushes the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.

The Video Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should 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 player has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be handed out. The hand is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Typically, the lowest succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to two pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can vary from game to game, so that skillful gamblers are able to select the most money-making machine each and every time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the gambler an opportunity to increase their wins, in which instance another game is played. There are also variations between specific games, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.