Electronic Poker is a beloved game that can be gambled on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your computer, through a net connection. The regulations are very simple and involve the player attempting to get the greatest mixture of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is very similar as a regular game of poker, without the line of contact with any other players. Of course, methods used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the deal 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 gamblers should now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the enthusiast has chosen which cards he or she wishes to keep, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payment schedule.

Generally, the lowest winning hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money getting larger for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, 3 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 vary from machine to machine, so that discerning players are able to pick the most money-making game each instance.

After the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that might have been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which case another game is played. There are also variations between individual machines, with some decks of cards having wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.