Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic amusement machine and there is disclosed such a machine for playing a form of the card game commonly known as poker. The machine disclosed is suitable for two players and includes a playing face and a storage face. On initiation of a game, five cards are successively randomly illuminated on said playing face and then transferred to the storage face automatically. A second five cards are then successively randomly illuminated on said playing face and on completion may be compared with the cards illuminated on said storage face. The possibility of more than one storage face is also mentioned and the disclosure includes detailed circuit diagrams for the complete machine including detailed circuitry for the store function. The machine disclosed also includes a reject facility whereby each player has the option of rejecting, within a short time, up to five cards as they randomly appear on the playing face.