The game of free ride is easy to learn. Winning free ride hands are based on the standard poker hands, with no wild cards. However, unlike blackjack and regular poker, you don't play against the dealer or other players at the free ride table. Instead, the value of your final free ride hand is determined by a fixed payout schedule. Consequently, the bluffing and normal playing strategies that are used in traditional poker games do not apply to free ride.

When free ride begins, you place an initial bet. Three cards are dealt to you, at which point you must decide whether to add to your bet or pass. Either way another card is dealt, and you have a final opportunity to bet or pass before the last free ride card is dealt. Once all five cards are on the free ride table your hand pays out according to its value:

Royal Flush: 1000 to 1
Straight flush: 200 to 1
Four of a kind: 50 to 1
Full house: 11 to 1
Flush: 8 to 1
Straight: 5 to 1
Three of a kind: 3 to 1
Two pair: 2 to 1
Pair of tens or higher: 1 to 1
Less than a pair of tens: Lose your bet

There is also a Progressive coin slot that costs $1 to play in free ride. It produces a bonus payout for good hands:

Royal Flush: %100 of Progressive jackpot
Straight flush: %10 of Progressive jackpot
Four of a kind: $250
Full house: $150
Flush: $100

NOTE: The maximum payout on free ride is $50,000 per hand.