Stop calling it DICE.

[CryCrptoCry]

I am amazed why it is called DICE gambling when it has nothing to with dice. RNG picks a number and thats all where is the dice in that. Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides. Apart from that there is no visual animation corresponding to dice throw still there is picture of dice and it says ROLL, and I say LOL.

[Lutpin]

Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides.

[mindrust]

Real world dice uses a random algo which chooses a number in range 1-6 (1 and 6 included)

Online casino dice uses the same algorithm but the range is slightly different, usually 0-100.

Both look like dice to me.

[CryCrptoCry]

Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides.

[imstillthebest]

I am amazed why it is called DICE gambling when it has nothing to with dice. RNG picks a number and thats all where is the dice in that. Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides.

dice game because it works like dice , you throw and the result were random  . the icon was also dice but only the numbers were modified and made up to 1000x  . i even saw other gambling games with wierd names without even related to the game  . its thier site so they can name what they want

Apart from that there is no visual animation corresponding to dice throw still there is picture of dice and it says ROLL, and I say LOL.

to be honest . this question also pop in my head way back  .   almost all the dice site that i saw where the same but on one site , there is that dice game that has a wheel like animation  .

[ultrloa]

I am amazed why it is called DICE gambling when it has nothing to with dice. RNG picks a number and thats all where is the dice in that. Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides. Apart from that there is no visual animation corresponding to dice throw still there is picture of dice and it says ROLL, and I say LOL.

Dice is not represent only on solid object but the way how it plays it make it determine as dice, I'm sure you notoce that they have similar ways on how the game roll so there's no question about how this thing come up. They are just played in different phase since the one you mentioned played physical and the other comparison played digitally.

[bittraffic]

Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides.

Does it matter? We've been calling it dice since time, why change it today.  We'll still call it dice if any of us decides to change its name though.  We'd just confuse the rest of us if we call it something else.  What matters is if its a fair game and we win when we click the roll button.

[Yaunfitda]

I am amazed why it is called DICE gambling when it has nothing to with dice. RNG picks a number and thats all where is the dice in that. Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides. Apart from that there is no visual animation corresponding to dice throw still there is picture of dice and it says ROLL, and I say LOL.

With the advent of online games, I think the people behind did look for a game that is simply and that everyone can understand. So probably they take advantage and uses "dice" as a model and with a twist, choose a number in between 10000 numbers.

You can also look at this dice variations, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farkle

[Jawhead999]

dice which has only six sides

Not really



And with this sites, you can roll dice not only with 6 sides... I just think if all online casino dice only have six sides and we choose one from 1-6. Then, it's really easy to win for gambler and many (probably all) will close online casino dice. So, what you want to call this game? Random number generator? It's too long and not simple... Dice is more appropriate since it same "works"

[20kevin20]

Imagine a huge dice with 9999 sides on it and every time you'd throw it you'd have an instant result instead of having to wait for it to stop rolling. That's what an online "dice" game shows. Throwing a six-faced dice is generating a random number from 1 to 6, the computer "throws" a dice with X sides doing the same thing, but much faster than physics allow a real dice to be stopped and counted.

I guess someone could invent an online casino with that huge dice shown for you, but it would be too much hassle than simply randomly generating a number.

[tokeweed]

Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides.

Lolol.  Whooaaa check out those dicezzz duuuude.  

[btcltcdigger]

Ok, don't call it dice. Call it polygons with random numbers on it

[dothebeats]

I don't get why you would have to take this thing literally. The concept of dice is to generate a random number from 1-6--basically RNG with 6 possible outcomes. This is what online casinos are doing, albeit having a larger range for the possibilities that can be adjusted by the user on their own will. The thing here is that it's the concept of the dice (RNG-based game that commences with the user input) that online casinos used for the said game and not literally the 6-sided dice that you're familiar with. The more "sides" added to an online dice, the lower the chances of predicting the outcome but the higher the profit if the prediction is correct.

[deisik]

I am amazed why it is called DICE gambling when it has nothing to with dice. RNG picks a number and thats all where is the dice in that. Normally  you have to choose in between 10000 numbers not like dice which has only six sides. Apart from that there is no visual animation corresponding to dice throw still there is picture of dice and it says ROLL, and I say LOL

I somewhat agree with you

When I was first introduced to online gambling what we call today dice was called hi-lo back in the day (as in high versus low). Regarding visual representation (or lack thereof), I've seen gambling sites where you can actually watch a die rolling (just in case, dice was originally the plural form of die). Anyway, the name has stuck, and it is unlikely things are going to change in the future. The truth is, this is not the first time the name of something has lost any reference to the original idea, and even become singular instead of plural in due course

These dice are loaded!

[maxreish]

I stopped for a moment and think of it, too.
 Maybe, since we are hitting the roll button then it is some of the imaginary dice.  Or another version of dice in virtual world. it is not literally a cube and numbers are ranging from that of .0 to 100.00. Actually, it made me confused now.
 
 However, if they will create dice as in dice cubes in some gambling sites, it may lead to confusions, too. I mean how we gonna choose the numbers, will we put our desired number? Or multplier, too?

[Tipstar]

How many sides be the dice have but the popular gambling online called dice is not actually a dice. In a dice every sides have equal probability of turning up.
The dice in gambling site are more like coin fliip when you're betting on x2 (neglecting the house edge).
Dice is what we played on our local fair where they tossed 6 dices and the people bet on faces, the faces that turned more than once multiplied the profit.

[maydna]

Dice (singular die or dice[1]) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions.

That is what I got from Wikipedia.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice

At that page, you will see so many dice form, and what @Lutpin add is the other form that can represent the dice too, and perhaps, there will be many other dice forms out there that we don't know. People will still call that is dice game at the dice gambling site because although the roll button is not like what we know, every time we click roll, it is spin to any number, and if we are lucky, we will win some money. But if you don't like to call it is dice, I think you can use the other name of that game

Besides that, people call it dice games because that is easy to remember that game.

[seoincorporation]

When you flip a coin you have only 2 options, that give you 50% the chance to win the bet. But if you want to move that chance you will have to use something like a dice, there you can bet on only one facer with 16.65% chance to with but a bigger multiplier, i think Dice was inspired in that idea.

[NavI_027]

I think they only used the term dice to represent the game's mechanics. If you will imagine, it is really the same as a dice. Your click on the mouse serve as the roll and the numbers are still present just only got bigger of course in order to decrease the probability of winning. Okay, let me ask you, if you can have a chance to rename the game then what would it be? Do you think "Random Number Game" will fit? (nyeh  )

[metenjean]

Dice or gambling its the same meaning just have different price, how ever when you try with dice and your money could not manage because you always want to try to dice although how many time you lost, but when you be the winner your motivation to get chance winning will higher although fact your lost bigger than winner.