les jeux sont faits

Meaning

1. les jeux sont faits, the stakes are set (call made by the croupier)
2. (idiomatic) the die is cast, les jeux sont faits (things have reached an irreversible point)

Concepts

the die is cast

Pronounced as (IPA)

/le ʒø sɔ̃ fɛ/

Etymology

Literally, “the games are made”. Compare Italian il gioco è fatto (“the game is made”).