random number generator

Reply #27

RJOh — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:23:57 GMT

I apologize, when I copied and pasted the GWBasic program from my post into an interpreter, it had some errors. I hope dthompson RNG worked a lot better. I know the one on the left of this page works fine, you just have filter out the combinations you don't want. Good luck.

Reply #26

dthompson16 — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:36:19 GMT

10-4, RJOh. Elizabeth03, I typed in www.lulu.com/donaldthompson into my URL window and it displayed correctly. However, I went back in and changed the content level to Everyone so no one would have trouble accessing it. It is listed right under Free Digital Clock Utility.

Reply #25

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:06:01 GMT

I enjoy coming to LP to share concepts and ideas about playing lotteries as a hobby but I'm not into publishing and supporting lottery programs because that like working and I'm retired, I leave that to the people doing it for a living.

Reply #24

Elizabeth03 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:29:18 GMT

dthompson, looked at the website again, still does not mention random numbers, looked at downloads also for information.

Reply #23

dthompson16 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:01:07 GMT

Sorry about that, elizabeth03. When I put it up on the Lulu website, I rated it as Mature, so it didn't show up because I had rated the website for Everyone. It is now on the main page and you shouldn't have any problem accessing it. Enjoy

Reply #22

Elizabeth03 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:37:46 GMT

Couldn't find the random program for lotteries, where on the website is it? regards

Reply #21

dthompson16 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:48:08 GMT

No problem, califdude. Truecritic, thanks for your encouragement. RJOh, that sounds like a good program that you have there...can you share it with the community? BTW, I've changed the Really Random program, as I call it, from shareware to if you use it and win > $100, donate 10% to your favorite church or charity and send 1% to me. So in essence it is free. I've posted it for free download along with some of my other utilities on my Lulu.com website: www.lulu.com/donaldthompson... [ More ]

Reply #20

CalifDude — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:10:19 GMT

dthompson,I want to publicly apologize for my comments. For some reason (maybe because of my mind being diverted by some disturbing news from my doctor), I thought the BASIC program posted in this thread was your program. Of course, it was not, and I am very sorry for the misunderstanding.Of course, it is not as random as nature, but most of my work in this area was with cryptography where truly random is needed. For purposes of picking Pick 3 numbers a PRNG can be good enough. Even in crypt... [ More ]

Reply #19

CalifDude — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:30:56 GMT

Reply #18

truecritic — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:21:49 GMT

dthompson16Don't give up...programming is a plus for Lottery Post members. Possibly you can offer your RNG from a website. Todd I believe, would frown on someone posting to offer something for sale. He hasn't commented on this yet...maybe he won't.What else have you got? I mean in the way of winning systems, ideas, theories

Reply #17

RJOh — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:12:51 GMT

The RNG program that I actually use allows me load a lottery file, analyze it and input parameters so no combination is picked more than once and combinations that have already come up are avoided. I can also enter a seed number, the program is a work in progress. While I agree that predicting the winning numbers is next to impossible, I still prefer to have some control over which combinations are picks. Unless a RNG can do more than just pick random combinations then it's no better than the... [ More ]

Reply #16

dthompson16 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:40:13 GMT

Well, I can tell by your reply that you are not a software developer to make such an unkind and untrue comment. Of course there is nothing in software that reproduces the absolute true randomness such as occurs in nature, e.g., whether a point in outer space will be occupied by matter or be empty, but the measure of any random number generator is: under what conditions will it duplicate the same sequence of numbers. The algorithm in my program approaches true random scattering--the odds of an... [ More ]

Reply #15

CalifDude — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:22:06 GMT

If you are a software developer then you should know that your program is not even a good PRNG. I agree that it is unlike anything already mentioned!! LOL

Reply #14

dthompson16 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:05:47 GMT

It's quite unlike anything at random.org or any other of the above-mentioned. I am a software developer and wrote the utility as a hobby to fill in the gap for my own personal use initially. Its standalone, so you can take it with you wherever you go. You would just have to use it to see the difference between this and other programs. Anyway, it's free to try. If you don't find it better for your purposes than what's out there already, don't send any money. If it's a hit with you (pardon the pu... [ More ]

Reply #13

Elizabeth03 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:45:55 GMT

thank you RJOh

Reply #12

RJOh — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:37:52 GMT

There's also a Quick Pick generator on the left of this page that can be used for any type of game.

Reply #11

Amazing Grace — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:01:08 GMT

Thanks for the link CD

Reply #10

Elizabeth03 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:06:05 GMT

thank you truecritic

Reply #9

truecritic — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:12:25 GMT

Yup.What you said, soniq

Reply #8

hypersoniq — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:03:53 GMT

SEED just picks your starting position on the listTIMER is a count of the seconds since midnightthe only way to guarantee repeat starting position is a call to RND(-1) and a specific number for RANDOMIZE(#) ((.0274 for example, instead of RANDOMIZE(TIMER) )) [in M$ software, anyway]you have to use an external entropy source to get away from the M$ PRNG list...

Reply #7

truecritic — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:35:29 GMT

CalifDude / RJ RANDOMIZE TIMERWould be the command.Compilers for Basic normally output an .EXEElizabethThere are no lottery numbers there. You use their web programs to generate random numbers. See the middle column labeled HOW - you have a choice of 2 different ones. With (A)duplicates (B)without duplicates. Click the link of your choice.

Reply #6

time*treat — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:30:33 GMT

dueling coders? ... could this be the start of a trend?A year hence, will we have threads full of macros and flavors of basic?I may have to borrow pac's banjo ... er ... guitar

Reply #5

Elizabeth03 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:09:33 GMT

CalifDude, I looked at the random.org website to get lottery numbers to play for Canada but could not find where to retrieve this on the program? Where could this be located? Thank you, Beth

Reply #4

CalifDude — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:07:41 GMT

Reply #3

RJOh — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:00:57 GMT

If you have a GWBasic interperter, here's a free one.5 DIM N(100)10 CLS:PRINT:PRINT FIELD SIZE: FOR PICK5 OR GREATER NUMBERS ENTER UP TO 100 ; FOR PICK3 OR PICK4 ENTER 1000 OR 10000 15 C$= hit C to pick more combinations, S to start over or any other key to quit 20 LOCATE 5,2:INPUT FIELD SIZE : ,FS25 IF FS>100 AND FS<>1000 AND FS<>10000 THEN 1030 IF FS<101 THEN PRINT:PRINT COMBINATION SIZE HAS TO BE LESS THAN ;FS ELSE LOCATE 13,3:PRINT C$:GOTO 7035 LOCATE 9,2:INPUT COMBINA... [ More ]

Reply #2

CalifDude — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:34:55 GMT

There are so many PRNGs available for free and even True Random Number Generators that are free. My favorite is:http://www.random.org

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:28:22 GMT

Thanx but someone here already made me one. But just for the pick-3. For free.It looked for a particular set of numbers that were likely to be shown through pattern orientation. The problem with my idea was very similar to Quantum Physics. I didn't know the outcome, until I actively looked inside to see.( Shoelinger's cat ). What I saw was that there were way too many outcomes or versions, because there were an endless amount of seeds. Therefore, an endless amount of versions or outcomes so to s... [ More ]

random number generator

dthompson16 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:23:55 GMT

I recently developed a program to generate random numbers for almost any conceivable lottery game. It is an alternative to quick picks in state-run lotteries. It's similar to the quick pick generator on this website, except for the scope ( any game), you don't need to be on the Internet, and you can seed it with a number of your choice. It runs on any version of Windows. I'm offering it on a try it and if you like it send me $5 basis, or I would just welcome any comments or suggestions. It i... [ More ]