Progressive jackpot its break-even level) than a game that requires only a 5-credit wager to qualify. Usually the jackpot can only be won by winning the combination with the highest payoff, e.g. a royal flush at a video poker game, or five of the most valuable symbols (lemons, cherries, alligators, etc.) on a slot machine. In some games such as video poker, blackjack, or Caribbean stud poker, it is possible to compute an optimal playing strategy based on the average payoff (the amount of payoff times the chance of payoff). Because the jackpot of a progressive game constantly grows, it sometimes exceeds
Strip Poker (game show) Strip Poker (game show) Strip Poker was a TV game show which aired in limited syndication exclusively on selected stations owned by USA Broadcasting (whose stations are now owned by Univision) from 1999–2000, and was later rerun on the USA Network from 2000–2001. It was hosted by Graham Elwood, with Jennifer Cole as the card dealer, and was produced by Axelson-Weintraub Productions. Two teams composed of two people of the same gender took part; one team was composed of males while the other was composed of females. The poker part of the game was based on five-card stud, using a