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Faro

An unlawful game of cards, in which all the other players play against the banker or dealer, staking thelr money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack, webster; ward v. State, 22 Ala. 19; U. S. v. Smith, 27 Fed. Cas. 1149; Patterson v. State, 12 Tex. App. 224

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)