The soda is removed and put aside prior to the first round of Faro. The banker will sell checks (chips) to the players. The person handling the bank during a game of Faro. The deckįaro is played with a standard 52 card deck. What we do know is that it became a very popular saloon game in North America in the 19th century. How it made its way over the Atlantic is unknown, but it was probably English immigrants who brought it with them to the New World. It is also known as Pharaoh, Pharo, and Farobank. Faro is the English name for a French card game that developed in the 1600s from the game Basset.