Video Poker History

The game of video poker, although based on real poker, had to wait until the mid-1970's (about the same time as the first PC's) before technology caught up to the imagination and simple colour monitors could be hooked up to solid state central processing units. This meant that the first video poker machines looked nothing like their modern day online video poker counterparts.

During the 1980's Video Poker came into its own with the introduction of Draw Poker and the fact that people found the Video Poker, machines less intimidating than playing at the poker tables. The game also became very popular in Las Vegas casinos that were off the Las Vegas strip and frequented by locals.

From the late 90's the power of the internet was used to bring the full force of online video poker to the fore and lovers of the game and casino operators have never looked back. As of January 2008 online Video Poker players have access to hundreds of variations of the game.

Video Poker History offers an insight into the development of Online Video Poker since it first came to prominence in the 1970's. It must be noted that Video Poker took off in the 1990's and continues to make gaming and casino history even today.