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Originally Posted by spearmaster
I can still use the number generated by the RNG and apply it to a formula which says "If (RNG>.00000000001) {dealercard="Ace";}"... LOL...
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Good point. It could still be perfectly random but not 'balanced'. It reminds
me of a great story from my statistic teacher.
A local boy scout group decided to arrange a charity lottery. They sold a lot of tickets labeled #1 and upwards. (they sold several thousands).
When they had the drawing of the numbers they did it the following way.
They had 11 labels #0,#1.....#9 and #X in a sack. They took a random label to find the first digit of the number and put the label back in the sack. And repeated this process to find the next digit. Whenever they got #X they would stop and terminate the digit sequence.
This algorithm favors the small numbers. #1-#9 is extremely likely to be drawn this way etc. Some people was not satisfed with this, especially not since the boy scouts had accuired most of the small numbers themself
This was taken to court and the ruling was in favor of the boy scouts. The judge said that since all tickets had a CHANCE to be drawn it was a 'fair' lottery.
No, it did not happen in the states where must of the stupid court ruling occours, it happened in.... ENGLAND!
Zoozie