Video Poker is the perfect blend of slots and poker - combining the excitement of casino gambling with player skill and strategy. Unlike slots, your decisions directly impact your odds. Jacks or Better is the most popular Video Poker variant, invented in the mid-1970s and found in every casino worldwide.
Why Jacks or Better? It offers the best odds of any casino game (99.54% RTP with perfect strategy), transparent payout tables, and learnable optimal strategy. You're not playing against other players or a dealer - just trying to make the best 5-card poker hand possible.
Basic Strategy Priorities:
Our game uses the 9/6 full-pay table - the best Video Poker payout you'll find. The "9/6" refers to Full House (9:1) and Flush (6:1) payouts. With perfect strategy, this table returns 99.54% to the player over time.
Comparison with other tables:
The difference between 9/6 and 6/5 is $450 per $10,000 wagered. Always check the payout table before playing!
The Royal Flush jackpot has a special bonus for max bet:
That 4000-coin jackpot is worth 2% of your expected return. Betting less than max means you're giving up 2% of your money!
Video Poker is vastly superior to slots for smart players:
Place your bet (1-5 coins), click Deal to receive 5 cards. Select cards to Hold (click to toggle), then click Deal again to replace un-held cards. You win if your final hand is Jacks or Better (pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces). Higher hands (Two Pair, Three of a Kind, Straight, Flush, etc.) pay more according to the payout table.
9/6 means Full House pays 9:1 and Flush pays 6:1 (for 1-coin bet). This is the "full-pay" table with 99.54% RTP (return to player) when using perfect strategy. Lower payout tables are common but have worse odds:
Always look for 9/6 tables when playing Video Poker in casinos.
Perfect strategy for Jacks or Better (simplified):
Mastering this strategy takes practice, but reduces the house edge to just 0.46%!
YES! Always bet max 5 coins because Royal Flush pays 800:1 on 5-coin bet but only 250:1 on 1-coin bet (4000 vs 250 coins total). This 4000-coin jackpot bonus significantly increases your expected return by about 2%.
If you can't afford max bet at current denomination, play lower denomination machines (e.g., $0.05 instead of $0.25).
1 in 40,390 hands on average with perfect strategy. You'll see a Royal Flush approximately once every 40 hours of play (at 600 hands/hour). This rare jackpot accounts for 2% of your total expected return, which is why max-coin betting is crucial.
Other odds: Straight Flush (1 in 9,148), Four of a Kind (1 in 423), Full House (1 in 86), Flush (1 in 90).
Yes! Video Poker has much better odds. Full-pay Jacks or Better (9/6) has 99.54% RTP with perfect strategy, while slots typically return 85-96%. Video Poker is also skill-based - your decisions matter. Plus, you can learn optimal strategy through practice, unlike slots which are purely random luck.
For every $10,000 wagered: Video Poker loses ~$50, while slots lose $400-$1,500!
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