Not all video poker machines are alike. To earn the greatest profit from video poker, it is essential to play only the games that offer little or no house advantage. There are video poker machines that boast a 100%+ maximum payout when played with optimal strategy, and many more that payout over 99%.

The pay schedule is used to determine a game's payout percentage. Identical machines can have different pay schedules and vastly different payout percentages. The games that offer payouts near or over 100% are called full-pay machines.

The tables below show the highest payouts available for common video poker games found in Las Vegas casinos. Make sure the machine you're playing has the exact same pay schedule listed, or else the true payout percentage may be lower. All payout amounts assume that the 5 coin maximum is being played for every hand.

Joker's Wild (see attachement below) offers the best payouts in video poker. The 4700 coin royal flush jackpot has a payout of 101% – the highest available in the casino! The full-pay schedule (FP) offers a payout of 100.65%

Deuces Wild (see attachement below) offers several excellent payout rates. The full-pay schedule offers an impressive 100.76% maximum payout. "Loose Deuces" (LD), a variant that offers a higher payout for 4 deuces, pays 100.15% "Not so ugly ducks" (NSUD) pays 99.7%, but can be profitable with casino comps.

The 9/6 Jacks or Better (see attachement below) "full-pay" schedule (so named because of the 9 and 6 bet payouts for flush and straight) is the best commonly available payout for this popular machine. Several online casinos offer this game – see the recommended casinos listed below. With generous comps, this machine is quite playable.

Double Bonus (see attachement below) video poker is a variant of Jacks or Better that offers increased payouts for 4 of a kind, while decreasing the payouts for smaller hands. 10/7 Double Bonus and 10/6 Double Double Bonus (10 for full house, 6 or 7 for flush) are two varieties that pay out over 100%.

There are several other full-pay games available – check the recommended links at the bottom of the page for more pay schedules. To determine the payout rate for any given machine, software is available to calculate video poker statistics. See the recommended software links below.

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