Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be gambled on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The rules are absolutely straightforward and involve the player trying to achieve the best assemblage of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a normal game of poker, minus the interaction with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a physical game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (either tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will be "given out" on the video screen.

The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and gamblers should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards will be dealt if desired. 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.

Normally, the minimum succeeding 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 starts 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 change from machine to machine, so that discerning players are able to pick the most beneficial game every instance.

After the initial round has finished, the player can either choose to remain on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to increase their profits, in which case a further round is played. There are also differences among individual games, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.