![Offbeat Oregon History podcast show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/039/188/small/offbeat-oregon-history-audio-edition.jpg)
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)