Video Poker History

There is really no date in stone as to when video poker came into being but we know it has been around since the 1830's with the first popular machines showing up sometime in the 70's. Some people believe the first machines were created and played in SanFrancisco in the early 1900's.

It's only in the last fifteen years poker has become one of the most popular video games at casinos both online and off. Coming in many different shapes and sizes, different graphics and different payout schedules.

Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Aces and Faces, Joker Poker - there are a lot of video poker games to choose from as well as Video Power Poker (play multi-hand video poker if you haven't, you'll like it) and Progressive Jackpot Video Poker. Compared to many other casino games Video Poker gives great odds and all of them have solid payout schedules. In fact one of the little known quirks of online casino play is that games like Video Poker are optimized for land based casino play, and that online players are at an advantage compared to their land based counterparts.

 Why?

Video Poker machines are placed in the noisiest and most distraction filled parts of the casino. Because the nature of poker erodes the house edge, land casinos do this in the hope that the Video Poker player will be distracted and make the wrong play decisions. Online this isn't a worry as you play in your own home

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