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Title: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 08, 2012, 06:34:09 am
chadz on one of my forums I was looking to install a Lotto system for Rep points. I was curious on how the system works. It is physically impossable to generate random numbers. That is why american lotto's use the ball system. I was curious if you tear a few thousand tickets and get a very large hat? Or do you just have a list and have CMP put it on the wall and play pin the tail on the millionaire? OR do you just pick the sexiest person (Can't be that I haven't won yet).
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Leesin on June 08, 2012, 10:44:49 am
Well my assumption was that considering the lottery page just says "tickets" and has absolutely nothing else written about them, is that he has a system which randomly picks a ticket belonging to a player, just like a pulling a name out of a hat I guess, so the more names you have in the hat the higher the chance you'll get picked.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 08, 2012, 10:50:28 am
Well my assumption was that considering the lottery page just says "tickets" and has absolutely nothing else written about them, is that he has a system which randomly picks a ticket belonging to a player, just like a pulling a name out of a hat I guess, so the more names you have in the hat the higher the chance you'll get picked.
There is no system to act as a "hat". Unless he makes the few thousand tickets IRL there is no way to randomly choose. That is why I am so curious.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: [ptx] on June 08, 2012, 10:52:21 am
You can't generate true random numbers. No problem with generating pseudo-random numbers, though.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: OpenPalm on June 08, 2012, 10:52:47 am
Gomer, don't be dense, pseudo random is just as good as real random.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 08, 2012, 10:55:02 am
Gomer, don't be dense, pseudo random is just as good as real random.
But it's not random... And I am wondering how he does this himself? Considering the CA state lottery requires a few hundred programmers to run there pseudo systems (I got a Uncle that works for em). I wana know so I can gank it :P
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: [ptx] on June 08, 2012, 10:57:48 am
http://www.random.org/integers/ (http://www.random.org/integers/)
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 08, 2012, 10:59:31 am
http://www.random.org/integers/ (http://www.random.org/integers/)
HAX
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on June 08, 2012, 11:32:52 am
It's random enough.

We all know how one really gets to win.

step one; buy ticket to Austria

step two; have a lovely evening with chadz

step three; put on lamb skin gloves, and cup the...

step four; enjoy the rewards of a satisfied chadz

step five; scrub yourself clean

step six; learn to live with yourself

step seven; profit

step eight; flash backs

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Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 08, 2012, 09:05:18 pm
For 15mil I would fuck chadz
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Arn De Gothia on June 08, 2012, 09:51:32 pm
Frank you forgot step 9.

Step 9: See a therapist.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Kafein on June 08, 2012, 11:04:43 pm
You just need one or two big prime numbers to generate "good-enough" pseudo-random number sequences. And certainly good enough for a simple lottery.

Besides nobody prevents you from using the 50th decimal of the processor's temperature, which is probably a good choice too.
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Gomer on June 09, 2012, 12:43:11 am
Frank you forgot step 9.

Step 9: See a therapist.
Step 10: Repeat
Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: pOLLACABALLO on July 09, 2012, 10:33:43 am
this is how it works

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Title: Re: How does the Lotto work?
Post by: Aseldo on July 09, 2012, 05:33:26 pm
this is how it works

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