The game of Faro was a crooked gambler’s dream




Offbeat Oregon History podcast show

Summary: Frontier Oregon's favorite game of chance was a “banking” game that's little played today. That's because the only way to make money as a faro banker is to cheat ... and cheat they did, as young J.P. Cochran learned to his dismay back in ’92! (Portland, Multnomah County; 1880s, 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1312c-faro-crooked-gamblers-dream-game.html)