‘Jacks or Better’ is one of the popular variations of Video Poker machines you’ll find to play in many of the online casinos we feature. If you’re completely new to playing Video Poker we suggest you take advantage of our Beginners’ Guide for this game, which can be found here. This explains the basic aim of the game, and how it’s usually presented online. You may also want to refresh your memory about the classic ranking of hands in five-card Poker, and this can be found here.
If you want to Play Jacks or Better at an online casino, the important modification to the basic rules of Video Poker to know is that the minimum winning hand is a pair of Jacks (hence the game’s name!) A typical payout table for an online game of Jacks or Better is as follows:
Hand
Payouts
Royal Flush
250 to 1
Straight Flush
40 to 1
Four Of A Kind
20 to 1
Full House
9 to 1
Flush
6 to 1
Straight
4 to 1
Three Of A Kind
3 to 1
Two Pairs
2 to 1
Jacks or Better (i.e. J-J, Q-Q, K-K, A-A)
1 to 1
Also look out for bonus odds offered for stakes of ‘five coins’, i.e. the maximum bet the machine can take for a single deal. These usually increase the standard payout for a Royal Flush up to three or four times.