Electronic Poker is a popular game that is able to be wagered on in casinos throughout the world, or in your house on your personal computer, through an Internet connection. The regulations are absolutely straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the greatest mixture of cards possible in order to acquire money. In this respect it’s very similar as a regular game of poker, minus the line of contact with any other players. Of course, techniques used in a real-life game of poker, such as bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Video Poker begins when the player puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the draw button. A hand of five cards will be "given out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now decide which cards to hold and which to throw away. For the cards the bettor wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons need to be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can decide to keep any number of cards they want, whether it’s all or none.

After the enthusiast has selected which cards he would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are handed out if desired. The hand is now completed, 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 a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the prize money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands begins 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 is obvious that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable players are agile enough to choose the most money-making ones each and every time.

As soon as the first round has finished, the player can either decide to remain on in an attempt to maximize their earnings, or press the ‘collect’ button to cash out any cash that they may have won. Additionally, some versions of the game allow the player a chance to double their wins, in which instance a further game is played. There are also differences among specific machines, with some virtual decks having wild cards and other differing elements to enhance playability.