![]() ![]() The game ends when all six rounds are complete. ![]() Each round ends when a player has scored 21 points, which makes rolling a bunco an instant win. If no points are awarded, the player's turn ends and the dice are passed to the next player at the table. If any points are scored, the player gets to roll again, continuing to add to their score. One point is awarded for each die rolled that matches the current round number, 5 points are awarded if all three dice match each other, but do not match the current round number, and 21 points if all three dice match the current round number (a "bunco"). ![]() Rules Įach game consists of six rounds, numbered one to six in the order played. Bunco is sometimes referred to as the "housewife's drinking game". Small amounts of money can be involved as well. Members of bunco clubs often take turns hosting, providing snacks, refreshments and the tables to set up the games. Īccording to the World Bunco Association, the game saw a resurgence in popularity in the United States in the early 21st century in 2006, it was claimed that during the previous year "over 59 million women have played bunco and over 27 million play regularly". Bunco saw a resurgence in popularity as a family game in the 1980s. Law-enforcement groups raiding these parlors came to be known as " bunco squads". During the 1920s and Prohibition, bunco was re-popularized as a gambling game, often associated with speakeasies. After the Civil War, the game evolved into a popular parlor game. It was imported to San Francisco as a gambling activity in 1855, where it gave its name to gambling parlors, or "bunco parlors", and more generally to any swindle. It originated in 19th-century England, where it was known as "eight dice cloth". A bunco is achieved when a person rolls three-of-a-kind and all three numbers match the round number.īunco was originally a confidence game similar to three-card monte. Bunco (also spelled bunko or bonko) is a dice game generally played with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice in a series of six rounds. ![]()
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