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The game of poker is one of the best-known and
most popular card games in North America. In the
U.S. it became exceedingly popular in the mid
1830's, originally spreading from the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers to the east coast via the
railroads. The game has remained the same for many
years; the last significant change was the
introduction of the jokers as wildcards in around
1875.
Video Poker is a close relative
of the regular game of poker and is derived from a
combination of slot machines and five-card draw
poker. The major differences between regular poker
and Video Poker is that you are
playing against a machine rather than real people,
and your goal is to achieve particular hands
rather than beat opponents hands (as there are no
other players).
The game of Video Poker is only
possible because of the invention of the computer
chip, thus it has only been around since the mid
1970's. Video Poker is a term
used to refer to several similar games of poker.
Each game has slightly different rules and
payoffs, but all are played in a similar fashion.
Do you want to read more about Video
Poker:
• History
• Rules
• Strategy
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