 CHAR: Elsie Snuffin tells Will Bailey that he can celebrate the  outcome of the election because "the die has been cast". Will  explains that there is a moment, just after the die is cast, before  it hits the table, when you can breathe wrong and change the whole  outcome. However, the saying "the die is cast" does not refer to  throwing dice, it refers to a stamping die (such as those used to  make coins). Once the "die is cast" (i.e., formed and hardened) it  cannot be changed.