Glossary - Terms and Definitions

Deuces Wild increases the excitement of video poker by offering a secondary Jackpot, 4 Deuces, which generally pays one-quarter of the value of the primary Jackpot - a natural Royal Flush. There also are variations that offer an even larger payoff for four Deuces. However, these machines frequently have a payoff card where the other payoffs have been significantly reduced to protect the machine's earnings.

With Deuces Wild, all four Deuces are wild cards. They can be used in place of any other card except another wild card to rank a hand. Wild cards are also used as imaginary cards of any value to complete a 5 of a Kind hand. Some payoff cards vary the payoffs for certain kinds of hands made naturally (no wild cards) versus the same rank hand that includes wild cards. Deuces Wild typically has the following payoff card in its full payout configuration: