Electronic Poker is a beloved game that is able to be bet on in casinos all over the world, or alternatively at your house on your personal computer, using an Internet connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player trying to get the best assemblage of cards as you can in order to win cash. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, minus the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics used in a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be irrelevant here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler puts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler would like to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it is all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected 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 given out. The game is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Typically, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money growing for each and every better hand. A list of common 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 last but not least royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can change from machine to machine, so that experienced enthusiasts are able to choose the most beneficial machine every time.

Once the initial round has completed, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that might been won. Further, a few versions of the game allow the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which situation another game is played. There are also differences among specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.