On Line Video Poker History
The history of on line video poker game resembles the slots history since in fact the machines used for slots and video poker appeared nearly at the same time. The original slot machine offering poker game was introduced in 1891 in which 50 cards were used within five reels. In those games two cards were usually removed in order to raise the house edge. The gamblers at the first slot machines were given drinks and cigars as the prizes. later in 1899 Liberty bell machine was introduced by Charles Frey who changed the cards with different symbols like hearts, bells. The name of slot machine was caused by the usage of Liberty bell symbol on the rotating reels among the other symbols. This new slot game was much easier as the player had to hit the combination of the same pictures but not poker hands. Since then poker game could be played just against other players in the ground gambling halls. The situation changed a bit in 1899 after video poker was introduced. Poker-Matic machine made by Dale Electronics is viewed as the forerunner of all video poker games. The first video poker machines were placed in Vegas gambling halls though at first they were not very popular because didn’t offer a big win. Owing to the up-to-date technologies a new type of poker machines was designed in 1975, however, again they were not very popular cause the gamblers refused to trust the devices the principle of which they couldn’t understand. We can underline the turning point in video poker development when the company IGT made Draw poker game in 1979. This variant of poker finally became popular as now not spinning drums were used. At the same time the fame of slot machines increases too and reaches it top point in the mid-1980's when lots of gamblers rushed to the slots and video poker games that were counted to be less difficult than the casino games. Because every year new technologies were created in computer world they were used in video poker machines and contributed to their popularity. Those days new variants of video poker game appeared to satisfy the demands and caprices of all gamblers. After the introduction of Internet to the wide usage the game of video poker gained the popularity since a lot of players over the planet could try on line video poker game in Internet casinos. The high speed Internet and the invention of first online software in 1994 confirmed the position of on line video poker games in the casino world. These days it is played by gamblers from different countries as it is the easiest game to play in the Web.