noun A gambling game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack.noun A game played by betting on the order in which certain playing-cards (with reference simply to face-value) will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun A card game in which the players lay wagers on the top card of the dealer's pack.The Games, the Gamblers & the Great Gambling Halls of the Old West.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Alex Garel-Frantzen: Gangsters & Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago.Luc Sante: Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York.How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games, 2nd ed., Courier Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y. The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Card Games, Sterling Publishing, New York 1995 p. 335-337 ISBN 0-4.It was frequently played in ethnic immigrant neighborhoods. Stuss was particularly popular in the late nineteenth century in New York City and Chicago in the United States, continuing until the time of World War I. This greatly increases the house's advantage over its patrons. Also, the house wins all the money when drawing two equal cards, as opposed to half in traditional faro. In this version (played in house games, back rooms, and saloons), the cards are dealt from the dealer's hand, not from a shoe.

Stuss or Jewish Faro is a card game, a variant of faro.

How is the card game faro played