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Video Poker

 Poker originally spread from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to the east coast via the railroads. In the mid 1830's poker became exceedingly popular in the U.S. Today the game of poker is one of the best - known and most popular card games in North America and many other parts of the world. Poker has remained the same for many years; the last significant change was the addition of the jokers as wildcards around the year 1875.

 Video poker is a combination of slot machines and five-card draw poker. There are two significant differences between regular poker and video poker. One being the fact of playing against a machine and not real people, and the other, in consequence with the previous, is that the player's aim is to achieve particular hands and not beat opponent's hands.

 With the invention of the computer chip, during the mid 1970's we received the video poker. A game that brings together the excitement of the graphics and sound effects of the machine and the enjoyment of a game requiring skill as well as luck.