The first Video Poker machine was built in 1976 by Bally Manufacturing. It was black and white only, but a color version followed just eight months later, released by the Fortune Coin Company. Over the next few years, computer chips became cheaper to mass produce, and more casinos introduced Video Poker machines as they became more financially viable. A version called Draw Poker was released in 1979 by a company now called IGT, and it achieved unheralded success.
Kwanza Video mashine Poker lilijengwa kwa 1976 na Viwanda Hindi. Ilikuwa nyeusi na nyeupe tu, lakini ni version alama walimfuata miezi nane tu baadaye, iliyotolewa na Kampuni ya Mpiga Sarafu. Zaidi ya miaka michache ijayo, kompyuta chips kuwa rahisi kwa umati kuzalisha, na zaidi kasinon ilianzisha Video mashine Poker kama wakawa livskraftig kifedha zaidi. version aitwaye Draw Poker ilitolewa mwaka 1979 na kampuni ya sasa inajulikana IGT, na mafanikio unheralded mafanikio.