The genre has its roots in South America, with games there being known as Dudo, Cachito, Perudo or Dadinho; other names include "pirate's dice," "deception dice" and "diception." The drinking game version is sometimes called "Mexicali" or "Mexican" in the United States; the latter term may be a corruption of "Mäxchen" ("Little Max"), the name by which a similar game, Mia, is known in Germany, while Liar's dice is known in Germany as "Bluff". It is known by various names in Asia.