Probability Breakdown
From a 52-card deck, 5 cards are dealt. You choose which to hold, and replacements are drawn. Hand probabilities vary by hold strategy. Royal Flush: ~1 in 40,000 with optimal play. Full House: ~1 in 87. Jacks or Better pair: ~1 in 5. With perfect strategy, the game returns 99.54% (Jacks or Better paytable).
House Edge Explained
Video Poker has just a 0.5% house edge (99.5% RTP) with optimal strategy — the best odds in the casino. The paytable (1x for Jacks+, 2x for Two Pair, up to 800x for Royal Flush) is tuned so perfect play returns 99.5 cents per dollar. Most players don't play perfectly, so the effective house edge is higher.
What Does This Mean for You?
With an RTP of 99.5%, for every 100 coins you wager on Video Poker, you can expect to get back approximately 99.5 coins over thousands of rounds. The remaining 0.5% goes to the house.
This is a long-run average. In any single session, your results will vary wildly — that's the variance (volatility: Low). Short sessions can see 50%+ swings in either direction. The RTP only converges over thousands of rounds.
Rookie's provably fair system means you can verify these odds yourself. Every round is cryptographically determined before you play, and the math is public. No hidden RNG, no server-side manipulation.