Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos across the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web account. The game rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest assemblage of cards possible in order to come away with cash. On this account it is much the same as a normal game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, tactics employed during a real-life game of poker, such as tricking, will be useless in Video Poker.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the player puts credits (whether it’s tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has buttons with ‘hold’ printed on them, and players should now pick which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the gambler wishes to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they wish, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘draw’, which will mean that any new cards are handed out if desired. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine scanning the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands shown on the pay out schedule.

Typically, the minimum succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands begins 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 last but not least royal flushes. It goes without saying that the pay out schedule can change from game to game, so that skillful players are agile enough to choose the most profitable machine each instance.

Once the first round has finished, the player can either decide to stay on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any money that might have been won. Further, several versions of the game give the player an opportunity to double their wins, in which case another hand is played. There are also differences between specific games, with some decks of cards including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.