What does 目 mean in 勝ち目?


The word [勝ち目](http://www.edrdg.org/cgi-bin/wwwjdic/wwwjdic?1MUJ@kachime)
means "odds / chance of success". It is made up of two nouns 勝ち and 目.

勝ち obviously means "winning / victory". But what does the kanji 目 mean?

Does 勝ち目 mean something along the lines of "your [_observation_
(eye)](https://www.google.com/search?q=good%20eye) for success"? E.g.
"勝ち目はないよ" meaning _"you have no observation for success"_?




`明鏡国語辞典` has this explanation:

> さいころとばくで、勝ちとなる目の意から。

I.e. `目` refers to the dots/pips on
[dice](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD).




`明鏡国語辞典` has this explanation:

> さいころとばくで、勝ちとなる目の意から。

I.e. `目` refers to the dots/pips on
[dice](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD).

