Deck of Dice aims for a lucky roll on Facebook Messenger

Deck of Dice, a startup with a product of the same name, has created a new parlor game by putting an entire deck of 54 playing cards (jokers included) on a set of nine six-sided dice. The Cleveland-based company has been pushing the game forward since 2011, and this year, the company has high hopes that it can take off.

Tom Donelan, CEO of Deck of Dice, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the company has licensed its first gambling game to a major casino game company, which is launching an electronic table based on the game this year. And it recently launched a Facebook Messenger Instant Game in a player-versus-player format. That game is dubbed Shake It Up! Poker Dice, and players can easily share it via their Messenger accounts.