Video Poker is a favored game that is able to be gambled on in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your personal computer, using a web account. The game rules are absolutely simple and involve the player trying to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. On this account it’s much the same as a normal game of poker, without the involvement with other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, like tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the video poker machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Video Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has decided on which cards he wishes to retain, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are dealt if desired. The round is now completed, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands shown on the payout schedule.

Normally, the lowest winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each and every better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It is obvious that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced players are able to pick the most profitable ones every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on and try to to maximize their winnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that has been won. Additionally, several styles of the game give the enthusiast an opportunity to increase their winnings, in which situation a further round is played. There are also differences between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to enhance playability.