Five points are awarded for rolling three of a kind of any number except the current target number. For example, rolling ‘5’, ‘5’, ‘5’ in Round 3 earns 5 points. This is called a ‘mini-BUNCO’ (sometimes called baby BUNCO, non-BUNCO). … For example, rolling ‘3’, ‘3’, ‘3’ in Round 3 is a BUNCO!

What is a mini bunko?

If a player rolls three of another number that doesn’t match the number of the current round (for example, rolling three 6’s. in round 4), the player earns 5 points instead. This is known as a “mini Bunco”.

Why is it called bunco?

Bunco was originally a confidence game similar to three-card monte. It originated in 19th-century England, where it was known as “eight dice cloth”. 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.