Bunco
American social dice game — four tables of four, rotating partners, and lots of shouting when you roll a triple.
What is Bunco?
Bunco is an American social dice game with a colourful history: it started as a 19th-century swindling scheme (giving 'bunco squads' their name) before being repurposed as a parlour game. Modern Bunco is played in weekly women's Bunco groups across suburban America. Twelve players at three tables of four roll three dice trying to match a target number that increases each round. Rolling three-of-a-kind of the target is a 'Bunco!' worth 21 points.
Quick facts
Category
Dice Games
Type
Team sport
Players
8–16
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
1855, San Francisco — swindling game repurposed as parlour dice game
Olympic
No
Popularity
regional