视频扑克是在陆地和网上赌场最受欢迎的游戏之一。视频扑克的历史表明，通过利用现代计算机技术，这两个伟大的赌博游戏——扑克和老虎机，适应和结合成为一个令人振奋的新赌场游戏，视频扑克。

　　视频扑克机的先行者

　　1891年，在纽约市布鲁克林区，Sittman和皮特公司发明了一种早期的扑克机。 Sittman和皮特的机器包含五个鼓，其中每个都有了十副不同的牌。一个玩家会插入一个插槽镍拉一杆，再旋转鼓。当纺丝停止，鼓揭示了玩家的牌手卡。这种机器通常被发现在酒吧，而玩家赢得的奖品通常是饮料或雪茄这类的物品。

　　这些早期的扑克机只有五十卡。通常情况下，黑桃和红心的插孔10人留出的甲板。其结果是，一个皇家同花顺被削减了一半，因为一个皇家同花顺仅出现在四分之二套牌中。

　　查尔斯法伊加入“抽奖”抽奖扑克机

　　查尔斯法伊，被称为“广泛老虎机之父”，提出了一些改进的扑克机的方法。1898年，他创建的卡钟，扑克机，可以自动支付现金来为获奖者颁奖，皇家同花顺不超过20硬币。一个原卡贝尔机上显示仍处于自由佳丽轿车，并在内华达州里诺市的餐厅展现。

　　法伊在1901年，创建一个新的扑克机并声称其持有某种特别功能。玩家将首先将技能抽奖机的所有五个鼓旋转并观察其结果。然后，他可以设法改善他的牌手，由“持有”一个或多个的鼓点，并重新纺纱其余鼓。实际上，法伊发明了5卡抽奖扑克机。这一改进，引入了一个纯粹的运气游戏的扑克策略和技巧的要素。这种“保留”功能，当然，是今天在网上视频扑克机的重要元素。

　　戴尔电子创建视频扑克机

　　1970年，戴尔电子推出第一个真正的电子视频扑克机。被称为扑克- MATIC，视频扑克机被刊登在几乎所有在拉斯维加斯的赌场。

　　然后在1979年，称为SIRCOMA（现在称为糖耐量）公司推出的一个新的视频扑克机，所谓画扑克。 WITH HOLD和绘制功能，绘制扑克成为远远超过扑克- MATIC流行。可以说，绘制扑克机真正开始了视频扑克机的现代时代。

　　Microgaming的将视频在线扑克

　　在20世纪90年代，Microgaming开发第一个网上视频扑克机。人们很快就意识到网上玩视频扑克有许多优点。他们可以在任何时候玩视频扑克，可以在自己舒适的家中并能保护自己的隐私。在线视频扑克赌场比传统的赌场提供更多种类的视频扑克游戏。这很容易从一个视频扑克机移动到另一个在玩视频扑克在线。所有的Microgaming的网上赌场可以链接到创建扫描视频扑克游戏，可以提供数千美元的累积奖金。

　　总而言之，在线视频扑克的发展被证明是一个视频扑克历史的巨大进步。毫无疑问，未来还有更多的发展空间，视频扑克的历史将继续上演。

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　　The History of Video Poker

　　Video poker is one of the most popular games in both land-based and online casinos. The history of video poker demonstrates how, through the use of modern computer technology, two great gambling games — poker and slot machines — could be adapted and combined into an exciting new casino game.

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　　Forerunners of the Video Poker Machine

　　In 1891, in Brooklyn, New York, the Sittman and Pitt company invented an early poker machine. The Sittman and Pitt machine contained five drums, each of which held ten different playing cards. A player would insert a nickel into a slot and pull a lever, and the drums would spin around. When the spinning stopped, the drums would reveal the cards that made up the player's poker hand. The machines were usually found in bars, and the prizes for winning poker hands were usually in the form of drinks or cigars and the like.

　　These early poker machines held only fifty cards. Typically, the ten of spades and the jack of hearts were left out of the deck. The result was that the odds of getting a royal flush were cut in half, since a royal flush was possible only in two of the four suits.

　　Charles Fey Added the "Draw" to the Draw Poker Machine

　　Charles Fey, widely known as the Father of the Slot Machine, made several improvements to the poker machine. In 1898, he created the Card Bell, a poker machine that could automatically pay out cash prizes to the winners — up to twenty coins for a royal flush. An original Card Bell machine is still on display at the Liberty Belle Saloon and Restaurant in Reno, Nevada.

　　In 1901, Fey created a new poker machine called Skill Draw that had a "Hold" feature. A player would first spin all five drums of the Skill Draw machine and observe the results. He could then try to improve his poker hand by "holding" one or more of the drums and re-spinning the remaining drums. In effect, Fey invented a 5-Card Draw Poker machine. This improvement introduced elements of poker strategy and skill into what had theretofore been a game of blind luck. The Hold feature is, of course, an important element in online video poker machines today.

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　　Dale Electronics Creates the Video Poker Machine

　　In 1970, Dale Electronics introduced the first true electronic video poker machine. Known as Poker-Matic, the video poker machine was featured in practically all the casinos in Las Vegas.

　　Then in 1979, the company known as SIRCOMA （now known as IGT） introduced a new video poker machine called Draw Poker. With Hold and Draw capabilities, Draw Poker became far more popular than Poker-Matic. It can be said that the Draw Poker machine truly started the modern era of video poker machines.

　　Microgaming Takes Video Poker Online

　　In the 1990s, Microgaming developed the first online video poker machines. People soon realized that there were many advantages to playing video poker online. They could play video poker at whatever hours they chose, in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. The online video poker casinos offered a greater variety of video poker games than did the conventional casinos. It is much easier to move from one video poker machine to another when playing video poker online. And all the Microgaming online casinos could be linked to create progressive video poker games offering jackpots of many thousands of dollars.

　　All in all, the development of online video poker proved to be a tremendous advancement in video poker history. And, undoubtedly, there are more advances yet to come, as the history of video poker continues to unfold.