How can I use a dice symbol inside a math equation?

Question

I would like to use a dice symbol such as those defined in Andrew Swann's answer, given to Dice symbols for digits up to 9, inside a math equation.

For instance, to model the set of results after a throw, I would like to write :

$$ Omega = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} $$

Where each number is replaced by the corresponding dice symbol.

Mico · Accepted Answer

The epsdice, hhcount, and stix packages all contain macros for drawing dice. For instance, here's an example that loads and makes use of the epsdice package.

documentclass{article}
usepackage{epsdice}
begin{document}
[
Omega={ epsdice{1}, epsdice{2}, epsdice{3}, epsdice{4}, epsdice{5}, epsdice{6} }
]
end{document}

Addendum to address the OP's follow-up query: To center the die symbols vertically, i.e, to align them on the math axis, you could encase them in vcenter{hbox{...}} "wrappers".

documentclass{article}
usepackage{epsdice}
newcommandvcdice[1]{vcenter{hbox{epsdice{#1}}}}
begin{document}
[
Omega={ vcdice{1}, vcdice{2}, vcdice{3}, vcdice{4}, vcdice{5}, vcdice{6} }
]
end{document}

2nd addendum: If you're free to use LuaLaTeX, you could use a Lua for loop to generate most of the die symbols. This may not seem like a big deal if just five symbols are generated; however, it becomes a lot more interesting for use cases that involve more than a dozen or so calls to the same macro.
% !TEX program = lualatex
documentclass{article}
usepackage{epsdice}
newcommandvcdice[1]{vcenter{hbox{epsdice{#1}}}}
begin{document}
[
  Omega = { 
  directlua{ for i=1,5 do tex.sprint ( "vcdice{" .. i .. "}," ) end }
  vcdice{6} }
]
end{document}

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