But after Gates examined the dice, he returned a counterproposal: Buffett should pick first. Buffett offered to let Gates choose first, so he could pick the strongest die.
These weren’t standard dice - they had a different assortment of numbers than the usual 1 through 6. Each would select one of four dice belonging to Buffett, and then they’d roll, with the higher number winning. As Bill Gates tells the story, Warren Buffett once challenged him to a game of dice.