Originally a term used to distinguish the first version of a particular game (to commonly appear), which was subsequently replaced by a similar game with a lower return. Today, the Full-pay designation refers to a particular pay table for a game and does not indicate if higher or lower returning variants are common. To avoid confusion, game return and pay table should be used to distinguish games.
See also: Pay table.

1. A video poker machine with a less than full-pay pay table.
2. A video poker game that has a reduced payout for a particular hand, as compared to a higher paying version game (a game with higher expected return)