ABSTRACT
Faro (so called from Faro, or Pharaon, the name of one of the kings in the old French pack of cards), belongs to the Lansquenet and Monte Bank family, but it is rarely met with in the domestic circle, partly because of the apparatus required, but chiefly, it may be said, because the game has for long been in pretty bad odour through the large sums of money that may be lost at it and through the almost unlimited opportunities that are afforded to (and often taken by) an unscrupulous banker to “fleece the lambs.” It is a pity; because Faro, when honestly played, is one of the best of all the banking games.
