Most dice on crap games today are the size of a three-quarter inch cube, but the size can vary up to a sixteenth of an inch because different companies make dice.
Up until the early sixties, dice were somewhat smaller, measuring about five-eighths of an inch.
The increase in size was for a few different reasons, the foremost being complicate life for the cheaters.
It is much harder to "palm" or "switch" the bigger dice. Another reason is that as crap tables grew larger to accommodate more players, it became advantageous to have larger spots making it easier for the dealers and players to read the numbers.
I once positioned a five-eighths inch die next to a three-quarter inch cube at the end of a crap table, and what a difference an eighth of an inch makes! even with my botched lasik surgery.
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