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Monday, September 8th 2008 |
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Look around the world, and one thing becomes incredibly evident: things change. Buildings are torn down, new buildings are built only to be torn down eventually, and often the things that we remember seem to slowly fade into obscurity. This is what happened to the game of faro. Once the most popular casino game in the nation, faro has faded into the annals of history.
The name “faro” is said to have originated from a pharaoh picture on 1700 French playing cards. In its day, faro was referred to as “the game of gamblers,” and it struck Europe in the 1700s. It is claimed that the game is a descendant of the British pub game “basset,” which was outlawed in France by King Louis the XIV in 1691.
The game is first seen in America near 1717, and is said to have been brought over by John Law, famous Scottish expatriate. The game of faro soon became a favorite with Mississippi river boat gamblers, and was taken west as well. In the west, it was possible to identify a faro bank by a picture of a tiger on the outside. “Bucking the tiger” was an expression popular in faro.
The decline and disappearance of faro occurred for two main reasons: the first of these reasons being that the game was incredibly even when it came to odds. As far as casinos are concerned, the game was simply too close to be profitable. Secondly, the game was ripe with cheaters. It is because of this that many will never even hear of faro today.
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