Kansas Lottery Determines System Failure

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LANTERN — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:48:23 GMT

Well, it's OK, so long as they don't do it very often.Maybe they should use 10 sided dice. Maybe less prone to failures. And then I should try predicting with runes (rune stones), But I would prefer fire (flames), like from a fireplace.

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powerplayer — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:15:24 GMT

Lantern,From the research I have done ...I know that there is 2 types of RNG's.Hardware RNGSoftware RNG:Example of software:Microsoft Visual Basic uses the linear-congruential method for pseudo-random number generation in the RND function.I'm sure they use a harder RNG then VB but you never know...that's what we expect....????So if a computer crashes or freezes or messes up period ...it's going to break the RNG...LOLMaybe they should have gone UNIX/LINUX....very stable at least...PP... [ More ]

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LANTERN — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:09:32 GMT

A random generator not working ? Is that what they use ? How can a RNG malfunction, just how complicated can they be ? Are not software RNGs simple enough ? I have never before heard of any RNG not working, they might not be really random, but they are random enough not to give the same number 3 times in a row, something is not right.

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powerplayer — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:06:40 GMT

Hi there wreakshavok777,I had the following in my blog:I have noticed that not all states do both day night computerized. It seems wierd why a state would spend the money to upgrade there systems to a computer for one drawing but not the other. I'm only referring to pick3/4 games. As anyone would know a computer is only random to the point of the programmer that made it that way.So there is human flaw that can occur. Like when they do system updates and they crash. That can cause a loop hole o... [ More ]

Kansas Lottery Determines System Failure

wreakshavok777 — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:59:21 GMT

The winning numbers for the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 drawings for December 16, 17 and 18, 2005, were identical and drawn in the same order: 5 0 9. The Kansas Lottery has now determined that the Pick 3 drawings for December 17 and 18, 2005 were the result of a failure of the drawing system being used. A hardware failure caused a reconfiguration of the system, and this caused the system to interact differently. The system chose the same numbers on December 17 and 18, as were chosen on December... [ More ]