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Electronic Poker is a favored game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos throughout the world, or alternatively at home on your personal computer, using a net connection. The rules are very simple and involve the player attempting to achieve the highest mixture of cards possible in order to win money. In this respect it is much the same as a regular game of poker, apart from the line of contact with competing players. Of course, methods employed during a real-life game of poker, like bluffing, will be useless here.

The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor puts credits (either tokens, tickets or money) into the machine and presses the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "handed out" on the screen.

The Electronic Poker machine also has hold buttons, and players will need to now choose which cards to hold and which to discard. For the cards the enthusiast wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons must be pressed so that they illuminate. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they wish, whether it’s all or none.

After the bettor has decided on which cards he or she wishes to keep, the player will then press ‘deal’, at which point any new cards are needed they will be dealt. The game is now completed, with the Electronic Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it is the same as any of the winning hands listed in the payout schedule.

Generally, the minimum winning hand on an Electronic Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A list of common winning hands starts with jacks or better, and moves on to 2 pairs, 3 of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, 4 of a kinds, straight flushes and last but not least royal flushes. It is obvious that the payout schedule can range from game to game, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are agile enough to select the most money-making machine every time.

As soon as the first round has played out, the player can either decide to remain on and try to to maximize their earnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any credits that might been won. Further, some versions of the game allow 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 decks of cards including wild cards and other varying aspects to enhance playability.