I won't be surprised if he is involving dadice. This news may be real because he is the ceo of shapeshift, dadice integrates with shapeshift several weeks ago, that's why you guys can deposit and withdraw altcoin on dadice.

And Erik was satoshi dice former owner, he sold it for 120000k btc in 2013, he is extremely rich now.    He is the most famous gamble site owner in btc community.

Overall, if he involves with dadice, it's a good thing because he is the most experienced guy runs on dice site. If that rumor is real, dadice is ready to da MOON