Faro was a card game
that was popular in the Old West…its rules were easy and it gave better odds
than other games of chance…that is, when it was played honestly…and that didn’t
always happen…it originated in France sometime in the late 17th
century… People who didn’t like
Faro regarded it as a scam that stole money from its players because of rampant
rigging of what was called the dealing box...cheating became so bad that
editions of Hoyle’s Rules of Games began their Faro section warning readers
that not a single honest faro bank could be found in the United States…some men
made money as Faro dealers…and some men died when they were caught with rigged
equipment…Faro has all but disappeared these days.
