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Video Poker -- Deuces and Joker Wild

Last Update: Mar 13, 2006

Deuces and Joker Wild - 99.07%
Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Five wilds	2000	189,865,776	0.000008	0.015456
Natural royal flush	800	486,247,200	0.000020	0.015833
Natural four deuces	25	3,663,522,576	0.000149	0.003728
Wild royal flush	12	68,807,700,228	0.002801	0.033607
Five of a kind	9	135,314,884,248	0.005508	0.049568
Straight flush	6	182,538,192,504	0.007430	0.044578
Four of a kind	3	1,998,348,221,832	0.081337	0.244010
Full house	3	653,846,922,468	0.026613	0.079838
Flush	3	713,036,846,148	0.029022	0.087066
Straight	2	1,624,224,156,444	0.066109	0.132218
Three of a kind	1	6,996,552,889,440	0.284773	0.284773
Nothing	0	12,191,856,072,336	0.496232	0.000000
Total	0	24,568,865,521,200	1.000000	0.990675

Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Deuces and Joker Wild - 98.52%
Five wilds	2000	188,921,448	0.000008	0.015379
Natural royal flush	800	486,756,120	0.000020	0.015850
Natural four deuces	25	3,622,040,520	0.000147	0.003686
Wild royal flush	12	68,982,399,900	0.002808	0.033693
Five of a kind	8	135,009,124,488	0.005495	0.043961
Straight flush	6	183,904,413,072	0.007485	0.044912
Four of a kind	3	1,994,686,460,568	0.081188	0.243563
Full house	3	653,821,719,444	0.026612	0.079835
Flush	3	715,770,096,180	0.029133	0.087400
Straight	2	1,624,476,624,468	0.066119	0.132239
Three of a kind	1	6,993,766,599,960	0.284660	0.284660
Nothing	0	12,194,150,365,032	0.496325	0.000000
Total	0	24,568,865,521,200	1.000000	0.985175

Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Deuces and Joker Wild - 98.35%
Five wilds	2000	194,652,552	0.000008	0.015845
Natural royal flush	800	489,567,540	0.000020	0.015941
Natural four deuces	25	3,792,855,720	0.000154	0.003859
Wild royal flush	12	70,534,971,168	0.002871	0.034451
Five of a kind	9	137,063,715,360	0.005579	0.050209
Straight flush	5	167,268,755,580	0.006808	0.034041
Four of a kind	3	2,017,516,059,168	0.082117	0.246350
Full house	3	655,407,399,456	0.026676	0.080029
Flush	3	698,460,639,936	0.028429	0.085286
Straight	2	1,619,467,694,004	0.065915	0.131831
Three of a kind	1	7,018,966,221,864	0.285685	0.285685
Nothing	0	12,179,702,988,852	0.495737	0.000000
Total	0	24,568,865,521,200	1.000000	0.983528

Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Deuces and Joker Wild - 97.97%
Five wilds	2000	188,497,200	0.000008	0.015344
Natural royal flush	800	487,010,400	0.000020	0.015858
Natural four deuces	25	3,603,775,680	0.000147	0.003667
Wild royal flush	12	69,430,016,796	0.002826	0.033911
Five of a kind	7	134,643,323,256	0.005480	0.038362
Straight flush	6	184,575,992,868	0.007513	0.045076
Four of a kind	3	1,991,048,509,200	0.081039	0.243118
Full house	3	653,805,596,700	0.026611	0.079833
Flush	3	717,475,463,400	0.029203	0.087608
Straight	2	1,625,240,728,848	0.066150	0.132301
Three of a kind	1	6,992,475,469,272	0.284607	0.284607
Nothing	0	12,195,891,137,580	0.496396	0.000000
Total	0	24,568,865,521,200	1.000000	0.979686

Hand	Pays	Combinations	Probability	Return
Deuces and Joker Wild - 96.06%
Five wilds	2000	178,749,792	0.000007	0.014551
Natural royal flush	800	492,634,380	0.000020	0.016041
Natural four deuces	25	3,441,132,672	0.000140	0.003502
Wild royal flush	12	64,302,349,692	0.002617	0.031407
Five of a kind	9	133,964,467,392	0.005453	0.049073
Straight flush	9	215,337,441,876	0.008765	0.078882
Four of a kind	3	2,004,076,539,552	0.081570	0.244709
Full house	3	658,336,256,856	0.026796	0.080387
Flush	3	809,945,868,768	0.032966	0.098899
Straight	1	1,221,298,023,792	0.049709	0.049709
Three of a kind	1	7,209,679,631,856	0.293448	0.293448
Nothing	0	12,247,812,424,572	0.498509	0.000000
Total	0	24,568,865,521,200	1.000000	0.960607

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