Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the world, or in your house on your home computer, through an Internet account. The game rules are absolutely straightforward and consist of the player trying to get the best mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the interaction with competing players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the gambler inserts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or cash) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A 5 card hand will be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now decide which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they light up. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘draw’, which will mean that any fresh cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payment schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each and every 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, four of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It should be known that the pay out schedule can range from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to select the most beneficial machine each instance.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on in an attempt to increase their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any credits that they may have won. Further, some styles of the game give the enthusiast a chance to double their wins, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations among specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other varying characteristics to increase playability.