Video Poker (Jacks or Better)
Your bet
Play money only — no real wagering. A qualifying pair of Jacks or better returns your bet; better hands pay out on the 9/6 paytable, with the Royal Flush paying the boosted rate at the maximum 5-credit bet.
Paytable (9/6 Jacks or Better)
| Hand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 4000 |
| Straight Flush | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 250 |
| Four of a Kind | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 125 |
| Full House | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 |
| Flush | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 |
| Straight | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 |
| Three of a Kind | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| Two Pair | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Jacks or Better | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Payouts are the total credits returned per bet level (columns 1–5). A pair below Jacks, or any non-qualifying hand, pays nothing.
About Video Poker
Video Poker is a single-player casino game based on five-card draw poker. Jacks or Better is the classic variant: you are dealt five cards, keep the ones you want, draw replacements for the rest, and get paid whenever the final hand is a pair of Jacks or better. There is no dealer and no bluffing — just you against the paytable.
How to play
- Pick a bet of 1–5 credits, then deal your five cards.
- Tap the cards you want to hold; the rest will be discarded.
- Press Draw to replace the cards you did not hold with fresh ones from the same deck.
- The final five-card hand is scored against the paytable, and any winnings are added to your credits.
- Betting the maximum 5 credits unlocks the boosted Royal Flush payout (4000 credits) — the reason experienced players bet max.
Hand rankings
- Royal Flush — 10, J, Q, K, A all of the same suit.
- Straight Flush — five cards in sequence, all of the same suit.
- Four of a Kind — four cards of the same rank.
- Full House — three of a kind plus a pair.
- Flush — five cards of the same suit.
- Straight — five cards in sequence (Ace counts high or low).
- Three of a Kind — three cards of the same rank.
- Two Pair — two separate pairs.
- Jacks or Better — a single pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces (the minimum paying hand).
How it works
- A fresh 52-card deck is shuffled with a Fisher–Yates shuffle driven by cryptographically secure 32-bit integers from your browser
- The deal and the draw pop from the same shuffled deck, so no card is ever repeated within a hand
- Hand evaluation — flushes, straights, and matched ranks — is computed locally against the Jacks-or-Better paytable
- Your bet is settled and the credit balance updated instantly, with no server request
Simplifications and follow-ups
This is a single-hand game on the standard 9/6 Jacks-or-Better paytable. Multi-hand and triple-play, the double-up gamble round, progressive jackpots, and alternate paytables such as Deuces Wild or Bonus Poker are possible future additions — for now, focus on the core deal / hold / draw loop.