Video Poker craze

Video poker has taken on-site/in-person casinos by storm in recent years, going hand in hand with the world wide poker craze going on over the past decade. You will usually see the video poker machines full along the Las Vegas strip, particularly with ever increasing progressive jackpots now being offered.

This meteoric rise in popularity of video poker has also been seen at online casino websites. In fact, most gamblers will tell you that it is even more of a craze in online casino gambling. The reasons for the popularity of video poker are many.

First, to be blunt and honest, many gamblers love poker but cant stand people. Video poker offers the perfect compromise and alternative for those who wish to play competitive poker without people. Video poker, it can be argued, is poker at its purest form as it’s simply man against the machine, cards, and game. There is no bluffing or trend handicapping or player tendencies at the video poker machine, just fundamental card playing.

Let’s get back to those progressive jackpots. Online casino video poker machines offer the best progressive jackpots available in all of the gambling industry and have made many players rich on their Royal Flush draws, but also with such games as four aces, deuces wild, etc. Progressive jackpots are, in fact, one of the biggest draws to online casino video poker machines.

Video poker only figures to continue to grow hand in hand with the online casino craze, if for no other reason than along with those progressive jackpots, online casinos offer far greater variety of machines, games, rules, and limits to fit every taste and budget.