fairbank

A habitational surname.

A small city in Buchanan County and Fayette County, Iowa, United States.

A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

A township in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States; in full, Fairbank Township.

An island of Chippewa County, Michigan, United States; in full, Fairbank Island.

For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.

I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.

I didn't check the dart board for the winner's precise total and will assume he hadn't been “fairbanked.” The guy didn't look like a professional, so I attributed his success to the lean and lady luck.