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The Video Poker History

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The video poker history resembles the slot games history because actually the machines for playing slots and video poker were made at the same time. The original slot machine with poker game was introduced in 1891 in that slot game 50 cards were used on five drums. In those slot games two cards were always taken off to increase the house advantage. The gamblers at the first slots got drinks and cigars as the prizes. Later in 1899 Liberty bell machine was introduced by Charles Frey which changed the cards with different pictures for example hearts, bells and spades. The name of the slot was constituted by the usage of Liberty bell symbol on the rotating reels along with the other symbols. This new slot game was easier because the slots player had to hit the combination of the same pictures rather than poker combinations. Since then the game of poker could be played only against other gamblers in the land casino halls. The situation changed a lot in 1899 when video poker appeared.

Poker-Metic

Poker-Matic video poker machine manufactured by Dale Electronics is counted to be the predecessor of all video poker games. The premiere video poker machines were played in Las Vegas casinos though at first they were not popular as didn't provide a big win. Owing to the up-to-date technologies a new generation of video poker machines was introduced in 1975 but again they were not popular as the gamblers couldn't trust the machines the principle of which they were not able to understand. We can distinguish the turning point in video poker development when the company IGT produced Draw poker machine in 1979. That variation of poker finally became popular owing to the fact that now not spinning reels were used. Meanwhile the recognition of slot games grows too and reaches it pick in the mid-1980's when lots of gamblers rushed to the slot machines and video poker machines that were regarded as less complicated than the casino games.

Modern Video Poker Machines

Since every year new and new technologies were created in computer industry they were successfully used in video poker machines and contributed to their popularity. At those days new variants of video poker game were developed to meet the demands and caprices of the gamblers. After the opening of Internet to the wide usage the game of video poker got the popularity cause millions of players over the planet could enjoy the game in virtual casinos. The high speed Internet and the development of reliable online casino software in 1994 confirmed the position of online video poker game in the casino world. Now video poker game is enjoyed by players from everywhere as the simplest game to play online.