The Background of Electronic Poker

Electronic Poker is merely a combination of two well-known forms of wagering: the slot machine with the poker game. Winning a game of Electronic-Poker requires a mixture of player skill with good fortune, making it a favorite with players. The game of poker is believed to have begun back in Eighteen Thirty, where it is recorded as having been played by French migrants residing in New Orleans. Electronic Poker uses a variation of the game known as five-card draw poker. Meanwhile, the coin-operated card device (referred affectionately as a "slot machine") was originally created in the late 19th century, with poker machines showing up in San Francisco in Eighteen Ninety. These machines were really basic by today’s standards, utilizing real cards instead of symbols.

The machines declined in interest throughout the very first half of the 20th century. Economic difficulties mixed with the limited technologies of the machines themselves meant that individuals just weren’t interested in gambling anymore. A quite primitive electronic poker device was released in 1964 but accomplished only modest results.

It was not until the mid-1970s that the Video-Poker machine as we know it today grew to become accessible. Improvements in technologies meant that a central processing unit (CPU) could be installed inside the machines to give them a "brain", whilst a video screen showed the action to the player.

Meanwhile, casino operators searched for new high-profit games, and the combination of a slots with the extra traditional game of five-card draw poker proved to be a winning mixture with the old and new. The very first Electronic Poker machines was built in 1976 by Bally Manufacturing. It was only black and white, but a color version followed just 8 months later, by the Fortune Coin Firm. Over the next handful of years, computer chips started to be less expensive to produce, and extra gambling houses introduced Video-Poker machines as they became extra financially viable. A version known as Draw Poker was unveiled in 1979 by a business now called IGT, and it achieved amazing success.

Video-Poker really took off from the early 1980s where it became popular in casinos across Sin City. Bettors found themselves far less intimidated by a unit than they were when sitting down at a table with others. The popularity of the game has gradually increased during the last quarter-century and it can now be found in the majority of gambling houses around the world, along with bars and on the Internet.