Orisha Okum, a woman by birth, made her living as a professional player of chance, employed by the criminal overlord Sturg Ganna. Her workplace was the urban center of Canto Bight, situated on the world of Cantonica. Her exposure as a fraud occurred while engaged in a pazaak match against the Heptooinian Kaljach Sonmi at the Canto Casino; soon after, she escaped from the planet.