To play bunco, you need nine dice, some scratch pads and a score sheet for each person, a bell, some folding tables and 12 friends who enjoy sipping wine, chatting and snacking.

Portland Bunco! For 53 years, simple dice game keeps Portland friends together Updated: Dec. 02, 2009, 12:40 a.m. | Published: Nov. 30, 2009, 11:40 p.m.

Bunco is played mostly by women — and a lot of them. More than 17 million women play Bunco worldwide, said Leslie Crouch, founder and CEO of the World Bunco Association, a for-profit ...

JoAnn Stellwagen, left, and Rosemary Schroader watch Carol Podkulski throw the dice during a recent bunco game in Mokena. The women have gotten together each month for 55 years around the game ...

It's a mere game of dice and chance, but it's survived at least two centuries. In some cases, it's been outlawed. Bunco began as a popular 18th-century family-friendly parlor game in England. Also ...