From: Gary Howland <gary@kampai.euronet.nl>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 19:20:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: another thought about random numbers
Message-ID: <199601251055.FAA25587@bb.hks.net>
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Decius writes:
> hmmm... probably just a cheapo pseudo-rng....

I'm sure you're right.

> With a copy of their squematics and a whole lot of analysis you could
> probably make some serious money!! :)

Perhaps, but only to the extent that you could win what others have lost.
These machines only ever pay out a percentage of what is put in - it is
not possible to beat the machine (long gone are the days when the designers
calculated all the probablities and relied on "the law of averages" in
order for the machine to win).

Gary

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