Bunco for a Cure event is at Harrah’s Tunica on Friday, Aug.17

A $25 donation gets you in and helps to benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 

TUNICA RESORTS – The third annual Bunco for a Cure is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mid-South Convention Center at Harrah’s Tunica.
Participants must be at least 21 years old and a donation of $25 is requested. All proceeds will benefit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
To register, contact Donna Mobley at DMobley@harrahs.com or Robyn Johnson at JohnsonR@Harrahs.com
“Bunco for a Cure is one of our favorite fundraisers throughout the year and a fun way to raise funds for the local Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk benefiting the American Cancer Society,” said Mobley, Bunco for a Cure organizer and Caesars HERO volunteer.
 The $25 donation includes light appetizers, two drink tickets, one door prize ticket, a chance to win locally donated prizes, and a chance to bid on items in a silent auction. Over 50 door prizes and silent auction items have already been generously donated by area companies. Organizers are still asking for donations of any amount of money and or in-kind goods to be used as prizes.
 A study by Proctor and Gamble found that “about 59 million women in the U.S. have played bunco, with 21 million playing on a regular basis.”
 Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.
Players score points by rolling three dice and trying to match the number they're supposed to roll for that round. They get a point for each die that rolls the number, five points if you roll two of the number and if all three numbers are rolled, they score 21 points. They get to keep rolling as long as they score one or more points with each roll. Once they fail to score they pass the dice to their left and the opposing team gets a chance to score.
During each round the teams at the Head Table try to score 21 points. The first team to score 21 points wins the round and play stops. At all other tables play stops when the Head Table play stops and the team with the highest score at each lower table wins the round.
At the end of the round players change seats, the losers at each of the lower tables move up a table, and the winners at that table remain where they are.
During play, players track the number of Big Buncos (a wrist band will be given when this is accomplished), and Buncos scored individually, on their personal scorecard. At the end of the night wins/losses and Buncos are tallied and prizes awarded.