what is a full pay video poker machine
Video poker When modern video poker games first appeared, the highest-paying common variant of a particular game was called "full-pay".  Game variants that returned a lower payback percentage were termed "Short-Pay". Though the term full-pay is still in use, today, there are many game variants that return more. Payback percentage expresses the long-term expected value of the player's wager as a percentage if the game is played perfectly. A payback percentage of 99 percent, for example, indicates that for each $100 wagered, in the long run, the player would expect to lose $1 if they played every hand in the optimal way. Full-pay Jacks or Better, for example, offers a payback percentage of 99.54%. Some payback percentages on full-pay games are often close to or even in excess of 100 percent.