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The video poker machine has been without doubt one of the most popular gambling machines in existence throughout the years. Video poker is of course based on the original 5 card game of poker. Since the 1880s poker has been played in the USA. The first video poker machines were coin operated machines with cards on drums. Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn introduced these machines in the late 1800s. These machines worked very much like the slot machines you see today. The drums were spun by pulling the handle after inserting a coin. The player would put all his faith in luck as the drums stopped. Then if the player had a winning hand he was rewarded with drinks or cigars from the bar. In 1901 the construction of this machine was changed by Charles Fey. He added ‘hold’ and ‘draw’ features to the existing machine. Now the outcome of the game wasn’t determined only by a chance, but also by the skill of the player. A little later video pokers that you play now appeared. With the introduction of computers, it was then only a matter of time before Video Poker came about. People from all over the world began to play video pokers. Later online casinos began to offer different kinds of video pokers.