A video poker machine at Seven Feathers Casino

Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is 😗 played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.

History [ edit ]

Video poker first became commercially viable 😗 when it became economical to combine a television-like monitor with a solid state central processing unit. The earliest models appeared 😗 at the same time as the first personal computers were produced, in the mid-1970s, although they were primitive by today's 😗 standards.

Video poker became more firmly established when SIRCOMA, which stood for Si Redd's Coin Machines (and which evolved over time 😗 to become International Game Technology), introduced Draw Poker in 1979. Throughout the 1980s video poker became increasingly popular in casinos, 😗 as people found the devices less intimidating than playing table games. Today, video poker enjoys a prominent place on the 😗 gaming floors of many casinos. The game is especially popular with Las Vegas local, who tend to patronize local casinos 😗 off the Las Vegas Strip. These local casinos often offer lower-denomination machines or better odds.