Bunco Payout Chart
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The pot is the number of players times the buy-in: 12 players at $5 put in $60. The World Bunco Association's prize list pays that out as $20 for most buncos, $15 for most wins, $10 for the traveling prize, $8 for the 50/50, $5 for most losses and $2 for the drawing.
Payout calculator
$5 buy-in payouts
| Players | Tables | Pot | Most buncos | Most wins | Traveling | 50/50 | Most losses | Drawing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | $40 | $13 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $4 | $1 |
| 12 | 3 | $60 | $20 | $15 | $10 | $8 | $5 | $2 |
| 16 | 4 | $80 | $26 | $20 | $14 | $11 | $7 | $2 |
| 20 | 5 | $100 | $33 | $25 | $17 | $13 | $9 | $3 |
| 24 | 6 | $120 | $40 | $30 | $20 | $15 | $11 | $4 |
Example split, set your own: the World Bunco Association's shares, rounded to whole dollars that add up to the pot. Tables: four players each.
$10 buy-in payouts
| Players | Tables | Pot | Most buncos | Most wins | Traveling | 50/50 | Most losses | Drawing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | $80 | $26 | $20 | $14 | $11 | $7 | $2 |
| 12 | 3 | $120 | $40 | $30 | $20 | $15 | $11 | $4 |
| 16 | 4 | $160 | $53 | $40 | $27 | $21 | $14 | $5 |
| 20 | 5 | $200 | $66 | $50 | $34 | $26 | $18 | $6 |
| 24 | 6 | $240 | $79 | $60 | $41 | $31 | $22 | $7 |
Example split, set your own: the World Bunco Association's shares, rounded to whole dollars that add up to the pot. Tables: four players each.
What each prize is for
- Most buncos: the player who rolled the most buncos.
- Most wins: the player with the most wins.
- Traveling: whoever rolled the last bunco and holds the fuzzy die at the end.
- 50/50: the player with as many wins as losses.
- Most losses: the player with the most losses.
- Drawing: a score sheet drawn from the players who won nothing.
The World Bunco Association suggests $5 from each player. The host picks prizes worth that much before the game, and they are handed out after four sets of six rounds, once everyone has added up their buncos, wins and losses. Winning Moves, which sells the Box of Bunco, only says prizes may be given and that everyone chips in to cover them.
Sources: World Bunco Association, Official Bunco Rules, checked October 20, 2026; Winning Moves, Box of Bunco rules (PDF), checked October 20, 2026.
Ties
When two players tie for a prize, the World Bunco Association has them roll off, and the highest roll takes it. The Winning Moves rules settle a tie for the overall winner another way: whoever has more buncos wins, and if that is level too, a roll-off where the first player to 5 points wins.
Sources: World Bunco Association, Official Bunco Rules (prize section); Winning Moves, Box of Bunco rules, "Winning", checked October 20, 2026.
Baby buncos and your own prizes
Neither rule set has a prize for baby buncos. If your group counts them, as the score sheets let you, give them a share in the calculator and take it from another line so the total stays at 100%.
Bunco payout questions
How do you split a bunco pot with 8 players?
At $5 each the pot is $40. With the example shares that is $13 for most buncos, $10 for most wins, $7 for the traveling prize, $5 for the 50/50, $4 for most losses and $1 for the drawing. At $10 each the pot doubles to $80; the $10 chart above has the amounts.
What is the traveling prize in bunco?
In the World Bunco Association's list it goes to the player who rolled the last bunco and is holding the fuzzy die when the game ends. The die starts the night at the head table.
What percentage of the pot goes to most buncos?
A third in the example: 33%. The World Bunco Association pays $20 of a $60 pot for most buncos, more than the $15 for most wins.