Game rules

Welcome to Jacks or Better!

Jacks or Better follows conventional poker rules concerning how hands are formed.

Special Hands

Apart from the regular hands (three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush) there are some special hands in Jacks or Better:

• Two Pairs - for example 2 tens and 2 fives.
• Royal Straight Flush - Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10.
• Jacks or Better - A pair of Jacks or better.

How to play

Click BET LEVEL to set your bet between 1 to 5 coins. The highlighted paytable column corresponds to your bet. You can also change the coin value by clicking on the up and down arrows by the Coin Value display to the right of the game buttons.

Click DEAL to deal the first hand. Cards that are part of a winning hand are automatically held. You can click the cards you would like to hold or click the corresponding HOLD buttons. You may also deselect a card by clicking on it or its HOLD button. The text HELD will appear over the cards that you have selected. Once you have chosen the cards you would like to hold, click DRAW to deal the second hand. Winnings are determined by your final hand and are listed in the WIN display to the left of the game buttons.

Gamble

Every time you get a winning hand, you have the opportunity to bet your winnings in a Double Up game. The Double Up feature can be enabled by clicking GAMBLE. By clicking COLLECT you collect your winnings and go on to the next round.

In the tools menu you can also choose to either start double up automatically every time you get a win or disable the double up feature.

On a new screen, a single card is shown, face down. You can choose to either:

• Guess the card's colour - Click on either the red or black button to the left of the card or
• Guess the suit of the card - Click on one of the four suit buttons to the right of the card.

You can keep doubling as long as you keep winning. Or if you prefer, you can click COLLECT to stop and return to the main game.

Please note that a new deck is used for each card drawn.

Game settings

Click the spanner icon in the game panel. Select to enable the following options for the game in the Game Settings menu:

• Always gamble - Always have the gambling feature on.
• Never gamble - Turn the gambling feature off.
• Sound effects - Turn on or off the game sounds.
• Fast play - Turn on or off the fast play feature.

GOOD LUCK!