The Background of Electronic Poker
Posted in Video Poker on 02/21/2010 02:21 pm by Duncan
Video-Poker is simply a mixture of 2 popular forms of gambling: the slot machine with the poker game. Succeeding at a game of Electronic-Poker involves a blend of bettor talent with pure luck, making it a favorite with gamblers. The game of poker is believed to have begun back in Eighteen Thirty, where it’s recorded as having been enjoyed by French expatriates living in New Orleans. Electronic-Poker uses a variation of the game named five-card draw poker. At the same time, the coin-operated card machine (referred affectionately as a "slot machine") was first invented in the late 1800’s, with poker machines showing up in San Francisco in 1890. These machines were extremely simple by today’s standards, utilizing real cards rather than symbols.
The machines dropped in acceptance throughout the initial half of the 1900’s. Economic difficulties combined with the limited technology of the machines themselves meant that individuals just were not interested in wagering anymore. A incredibly primitive electronic digital poker machine was released in Nineteen Sixty-Four but achieved only moderate success.
It wasn’t until the mid-70’s that the Video-Poker machine as we know it today became available. Advancements in technologies meant that a computer chip (CPU) could be used inside the machines to give them a "brain", whilst a monitor showed the action to the player.
Meanwhile, casino operators searched for new high-profit games, and the combination of a slot machine with the much more traditional game of five-card draw poker proved to be a winning blend from the old and new. The first Video-Poker device was built in 1976 by Bally Manufacturing. It was black and white only, but a color version followed just 8 months later, by the Fortune Coin Company. Over the next handful of years, computer chips became less expensive to produce, and extra gambling establishments introduced Electronic-Poker machines as they grew to become more financially viable. A version named Draw Poker was introduced in ‘79 by a firm now referred to as IGT, and it achieved amazing success.
Video Poker genuinely took off in the early 1980s where it started to be well-known in gambling houses across Sin City. Gamblers discovered themselves much less anxious by a machine than they were when sitting down at a table in front of others. The reputation of the game has gradually increased over the last twenty-five years and it can now be discovered in the majority of gambling establishments throughout the world, along with bars and on the Internet.