fritillus, -ī m dice box.
Example sentence:
Marcus shook the dice box again. “Argh!” he said. “The lowest roll possible!”
Marcus iterum fritillum iecit. “Heu!” inquit. “Canis!”
Found in Antiquity
Classical worlds, medieval culture and ancient Christianity
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Found in Antiquity 
Fascinating that the Romans used the term /dog/ to refer to the lowest dice result and that the Italians still harbor this usage in their own dice games.
Ooh I didn’t know the Italians still use the term for dog for the lowest roll in dice games! It’s awesome to hear that the terms have continued into modern usage.