[48034] in Cypherpunks
Re: another thought about random numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Stuart)
Thu Jan 25 17:10:19 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 15:56:39 -0600 (CST)
From: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
To: fair@clock.org, cypherpunks@toad.com
>While musing over a roulette table, and noticing the preponderence of
>electronic games in the various Casinos in Stateline, NV, a thought
>occurred: does anyone know what sorts of random number generators those
>electronic games use, and how (if at all) they are measured and regulated
>by the Nevada Gaming Commission? They might have something to teach us.
I don't have a reference, I'm afraid, but I think I remember hearing about
someone using past keno numbers to predict future ones. When they correctly
guessed all the numbers twice in a row, casino officials stopped the game and
were reluctant to pay (though, I think they eventually did).
Assuming I didn't dream the whole thing, it seems like it wasn't in Nevada...
possibly on an Indian reservation? I think it happened 6 months to a year
ago. I'm sorry I can't be more specific.
| (Douglas) Hofstadter's Law:
Frank Stuart | It always takes longer than you expect, even
fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu | when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
