Video Poker — the odds, computed
What this game returns, where the number comes from, and what a real casino is and is not obliged to tell you.
Published return
90.46%measured
Computed at load from the game’s own constants — the same source the casino itself uses to pay. Nothing on this line is typed by hand.
Measured rather than closed-form, so it carries a sampling interval rather than being exact to the last decimal.
What a real casino would do
Not knowable from the outside
Video poker’s edge IS derivable from its paytable — but only under optimal play.
- Unlike a slot, the pay schedule is posted and the deck is known, so the return can be solved exactly.
- It depends on playing every hand optimally, which is why the figure published here is a range rather than a point.
- On a real machine the paytable is the edge: read the 9/6 line before you play, not the jackpot.
Explore it
The interactive odds explorer and bankroll simulator for Video Poker let you change the stake and see the expected value move, computed live from the same constants.
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