Casper Spins Poker

Deuces Wild

Casper Spins runs the Not-So-Ugly Deuces Wild build, which pays 99.7% RTP if you play full-pay strategy. All four twos act as wild cards, so a hand that looks dead on the draw can turn into a straight flush if you're holding a deuce back. Three of a Kind sits at the floor of the paytable, and it pays flat regardless of the cards involved.

The swings ran rougher than Jacks or Better over a 200-hand session, more dry spells, but the wild-card hands landed harder when they arrived. Stakes run from 25p to £50 per hand.

Jacks or Better

This is the version Casper Spins pushes hardest on new accounts, and it's the sensible starting point if you've never played video poker before. A pair of Jacks is the lowest hand that pays, and the 9/6 paytable, full house pays 9x, flush pays 6x, sits at 99.5% RTP with correct strategy.

Tap the hint button and Casper Spins highlights your best discard, which I used more than I'd like to admit in my first ten minutes. Stakes start at 10p a hand, the cheapest way to learn the ropes.

Tens or Better

Same deck, same hand rankings, but the paytable drops the floor to a pair of tens instead of jacks. Casper Spins runs this as a 6/5 game, meaning full house pays six times your stake and flush pays five, which trims the RTP to 98.9%.

Smaller wins land more often, so if bankroll longevity matters more to you than chasing one big hit, this variant sits easier on a £20 budget than standard Jacks or Better.

Joker Poker

Add a Joker to the deck as a wild card and the winning floor jumps to Kings or Better. Casper Spins offers the 7/5 build, which pushes RTP to around 99.1%, ahead of the 6/5 version some operators default to.

Five of a Kind ranks just under a Natural Royal Flush on the paytable, and I landed one during testing by holding a Joker through the draw. It's the closest video poker got to an adrenaline spike all session.

Aces and Faces

Built from the Jacks or Better frame, this variant pays extra when your Four of a Kind hand involves Aces or face cards. Four Aces returns 80 to 1 on Casper Spins' 8/5 build, against 50 to 1 for a Straight Flush, so the paytable rewards patience over raw hand rank.

A set of four face cards pays 40 to 1, generous enough that I started holding pairs of Jacks longer than strict Jacks or Better strategy would recommend.

Bonus Poker

Another Jacks or Better derivative, Bonus Poker inflates Four of a Kind payouts across the board rather than singling out Aces and faces. The 8/5 version Casper Spins runs pays eight times your stake on a full house and five times on a flush, with four Aces returning 80 to 1.

It sits as a fair middle ground between straightforward Jacks or Better and the more specialised Aces and Faces. I'd point a mid-experience player here before either extreme.

Check the Paytable Before You Sit Down

Casper Spins runs multiple paytable versions of the same variant, and the gap between a 9/6 and 6/5 Jacks or Better game is close to half a percentage point of RTP. Tap the info icon in the top corner of each game before you commit a single hand.

Use the Strategy Hints Sparingly

Casper Spins builds a hold or discard hint into most video poker titles, useful for learning correct play. Relying on it every hand slows your session down and won't teach you to read a paytable on your own.

Set a Session Limit Before You Log In

Video poker plays fast, and Casper Spins' solo tables don't force a pause between hands the way a live poker table does. Decide your budget and time limit before you start, and use the site's deposit limit tools if you know you tend to chase a losing session.