It might be for a CGI application, sending out autoconfirmations, generating monthly email invoices, or sending reports to the payroll department.

I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it.

when butter does refuse to come [i.e., to form]

Now it is reasonable to assume that some of those winners were professional dice-hustlers and bust-out men, the latter term meaning one proficient in switching misspotted dice in and out of a game.