load the dice

Rig the odds so there is little chance for another person to win; cheat. For example, There's no way we can win this contest; they've loaded the dice. This expression is also put as the dice are loaded, as in There's no point in trying; the dice are loaded. This expression alludes to adding weight to one side or another of dice so that they will always come up with certain numbers facing upward. [Late 1800s]

load the dice

1. To make an outcome highly probable; predetermine a result: "These factors merely load the dice, upping the odds that a household will fall into a certain ... income distribution" (Thomas G. Exter).

2. To put another at a distinct disadvantage, as through prior maneuver: The dice were loaded against the defendant before the trial.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mirjana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Charissa	kə-RIS-ə	English
Marko	MAHR-ko (Finnish)	Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Britton	['britən]
Udo (2)	-	Western African, Igbo
Antoinette	awn-twaw-NET	French