Video Poker Pay Tables
Thursday March 8, 2007
The popularity of video poker has increased tremendously in the last few years. This is because video poker gives a player a chance to use skill instead of just inserting coins and pulling the handle. The advantage of playing video poker is that a player can determine the "Expected Return" (ER) of a machine by looking at the pay table on the front of the machine. By knowing how to read a pay table you can make sure you are playing the machine with the best return. Here is a look at the pay tables of the popular Jacks or better machines and how they affect that return percentage of the game.

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just got back from Vegas; everywhere, and I visited about a dozen plus casinos, the poker machine odds were knocked down to 8/5; some were 7/5. Last year almost all were 9/6. I guess that what stays in Vegas is mostly your money…..