Best Video Poker Casinos in 2024

Video Poker payouts are displayed at each game revealing the number of coins won for each hand. The table lists payouts for play of a single coin up to the maximum bet that awards the highest payout. It is important that as a player, you bet maximum coins for maximum profits.

When you bet 5 coins, all winning hands are paid by a multiple of 5, except for the Royal Flush. This super payday is your reward for playing max coins.

Below, find a VP paytable for 9/6 Jacks or Better with the value of 1-coin and max coin return. 9/6, noted in bold below describes 9 coins for a full-house when betting one-coin and 6 coins for a flush. This is a full-pay version and has an overall return of 99.56% with optimum strategy.

It is very important that before you get comfortable in front of a video poker machine, you make sure that you are playing the best paytable for that version.

Below are five of the top VP games listing payouts for full-pay versions along with the average payback percentages. These percentages are maintained by 1) playing max coins at a full-pay machine and 2) using an optimum strategy for each version.

1. 1. 9/6 Jacks or Better = 99.56%
2. 2. 8/5 Jacks+ Bonus = 99.17%
3. 3. 10/7 Jacks+ Double Bonus = 100.15%
4. 4. 9/5 Deuces Wild = 100.76%
5. 5. 7/5 Jokers Wild = 100.64%

1. 1. Jacks or Better or Jacks+ - This is the original video poker game or the classic version. So-called as a pair of Jacks in your final hand wins. This is the most popular type and is an ideal game for beginners as the paytable is easy to understand as are the strategies.
2. 2. Deuces Wild - This VP game ranks at the top of wild card games and is very popular at both online casinos and off. Deuces (2’s) are considered wild and can replace any other card to form a minimum of three-of-a-kind hand needed to win.
3. 3. Jokers Wild - In this game, jokers are wild. It replaces all other cards and a minimum two-of-a-kind final hand is required for a win. There are several versions online of Jokers Wild, however, the standard is a schedule of Kings or better or Kings+ as the minimum payout to return your bet.
4. 4. Aces and Faces - Like Jacks or Better except four aces rank higher than a straight flush, and jacks, queens or kings rank higher than four-of-a-kind with a lower rank.
5. 5. Aces and Eights - The only exception here is that a winning four-of-a-kind hand pays out more than usual.
6. 6. Tens or Better - Like Jacks or Better but you need a pair of tens to win and payouts are lower due to your odds increasing.
7. 7. 10 Play Power Poker - As the name indicates, these games are played 10 hands of poker instead of one.
8. 8. Progressive Video Poker - These games offer a jackpot that progressively grows as money is being fed into the machine.  When the jackpot is won, the machine is reset and begins climbing again. Note: Progressive machines payout lower for a flush or a full house, due to the jackpot being offered.

Multi-play or Multi-hand VP games are an exciting option to play your favourite game with 3 to 100 hands at once. The majority of video poker versions are available in this format.

IGT offers 9 games like Jacks+, Deuces, Joker and Bonus games on one machine so you can bounce around several games to test your strategy at triple or five-play.

The difference from playing a single-hand game is that once you select the version to play, your decision will be bet per hand X number of hands=total bet per Deal/Draw.

For example, a maximum bet of $1.25 X 5 hands = $6.25. It’s mandatory to play max coin, so budget accordingly.

• Once dealt, a single line of cards is revealed at the lower edge of the screen while all other hands remain face-down.
• At this point, you decide the number of cards to hold or toss (example: pair of jacks revealed). All other hands (in this example 4 hands) will also hold the Jack's pair.
• Hit the Draw button at which time, all hands are revealed from a separate deck for each.
• Count your credits from each hand, watch the credit meter rise and move on to the next hand.

1. 1. To begin the game of draw poker, place your bet and press “deal” to receive 5 random cards.
2. 2. Press “hold” to select the cards you want to keep.
3. 3. Press “deal” again to receive new cards for the ones you threw out.
4. 4. If your hand contains a winning combination you will automatically be paid out.
5. 5. The posted paytable and value of the player’s hand will determine how payouts occur.

Lastly, the goal of the game is to make the board a guaranteed win. Real money bets can start as low as a few cents per hand, and players have the exciting opportunity to greatly increase their winnings in the double or nothing bonus rounds. Have fun in VP land where the Royal Rules.