Busted is a push-your-luck dice game played with eight dice. After each throw, one or more dice must be "locked" and the player can then choose whether to roll again or to bank any accumulated points. However, if a player eventually spells out “B-U-S-T-E-D“ on the dice, they lose any accumulated points for that hand. Players roll the dice for as long as they can to drive up their score toward the goal of 1000 points.