Video Poker Vs. Slot Machines; The Battle of the Video Machines
Video Machines have been around for quite some time now. The 1980s especially reported the big video game and arcade game boom. Teens and adults alike flooded the parlors and would not leave them so quickly as well. What is it about these mechanical games that is so interesting, and how can you compare the two biggest video machines in the casino industry? We have done the test and be amazed by the results when it came to video poker vs. slot machines.
First we have to examine which one of the two has a longer history and thus can determine the winner for the history challenge. Slot machines have been invented in the 1890s by Charles Fey and have since then been use in parlors and bars until the first person placed them into a casino. This was the big breakthrough and now, slot machines earn the major income of a casino. The video poker emerged sometime in the 1970s when personal computers were invented. In the 80s the video poker boomed and now it belongs to the machine population in the casinos.
The next challenge is the game play and payout that we have to take a look at. Slot machines and video poker have a similar game play when it comes to the machines itself. You toss the coin in and press some buttons in slot machines and then wait to get three identical symbols. The payout chances are not very big, but they can occur often. Video poker on the other hand has a more difficult game play because you have to know how to play poker. The payout chance are very high and video poker almost always pay out when played well.
The last part in this test is the probability of winning the big jackpot. The odds in slot machine cannot be calculated since slot machine are operated by random number generators, so it takes real luck to get that jackpot. In video poker it is not that hard to get the maximum jackpot, since the advantage of video poker is that the payout depends on your skill at video poker and there is no dependence on luck.
Now to the face off; the slot machine has clearly the richer and older history, the simpler game play, but the odds of getting the jackpot are fairly slim. The video poker history is fairly young, the game play depends on your knowledge of poker and the payout opportunities are very big because video poker depends on skills and not on luck. So if we judge by the odds of payout and win, the video poker is clearly the winner.
