dice, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dice n.¹

[gambling imagery]

(US) luck [gambling imagery].

1955

B. Schulberg On the Waterfront (1964) 191: I hope he gets better dice than me.

dice-box

(US prize-fighting) the mouth [a play on ivory n. / ivory n. (2)].

1842

Whip & Satirist of NY & Brooklyn (NY) 27 Aug. n.p.: His right would find its way to his ‘broth-pot’ and his left again to his ‘dice-box’.

swing the dice (v.)

see under swing v.