There is a dice game called Bunko. It is popular among Mormon women because it can really be more of a social gathering then a game, and it’s 100% chance based, so they don’t feel like it’s the “wrong” type of gambling.
Basically, it’s like Yahtzee-lite. You play the game with 3 dice. Each game is made up of 6 rounds. In round 1, you are trying to roll 3 1′s, which is a Bunko. If you roll any 1′s, you score that many points, pick up all 3 dice, and go again. You continue this way until you either roll a Bunko (automatic win) or you don’t get any 1′s. Then you write down how many points you scored and pass the dice. Once someone either gets a Bunko, or scores 21 points, the round is over, and you start round 2, which is the exact same as round 1, except you get points for rolling 2′s, not 1′s.
If you roll 3 of the same number, but not the number of the round you are in, you score 5 points.
Example: you are in round 2, and roll 3 3′s. Not a Bunko because in round 2, you need to roll 3 2′s, but it is worth 5 points.
There are also a lot of variants and team rules and ideas for playing it as a club out there…
Source: Inspired by my Trivial Pursuit calendar, then Wiki and several Bunko sites.

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My Mom is on a bunko league. (I know, right?) But alas, not Mormon.
If it’s a game favored by Mormons then there must be a ton of variants.
The only person I ever knew that was on a Bunko league was Unethical Shannon, and her league, like everything else in her pathetic unethical life involved heavy drinking. And most likely affairs, lying and/or embezzlement.
Unethical Shannon sounds like a Mattel Product. Malibu Barbie… Unethical Shannon…
Considering one of the best UeS stories was that she would take the maintenance guys into her office and shut the door to show off the results of her boob job, you’re not too far off.