Video Poker is a popular game that can be bet on in casinos around the globe, or in your house on your computer, using a web account. The regulations are very simple and consist of the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards as you can in order to win money. In this respect it is very similar as a normal game of poker, without the interaction with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a physical game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker starts when the player inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and presses the deal button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the video screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and enthusiasts will need to now pick which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast would like to retain, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any amount of cards they want, from all to none.

After the player has chosen which cards he would like to keep, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any new cards will be needed they will be dealt. The round is now finished, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the hand to see if it matches any of the winning hands printed on the payment schedule.

Normally, the minimum succeeding hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money getting larger for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It definitely goes without saying that the payment schedule can range from game to game, so that experienced gamblers are able to select the most profitable game every time.

Once the initial round has played out, the player can either decide to continue on in an attempt to increase their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that they may have won. Further, some versions of the game give the gambler an opportunity to double their profits, in which situation a further round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other varying characteristics to enhance playability.