Quick Pick PRNG and Repeats

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ddude003 — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:26:08 GMT

You must be thinking about zipcode redlining for the auto insurance industry... Statistics and probability...

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justadream — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 05:00:27 GMT

I've always thought it had more to do with zip codes than anything else. But I may be wrong...as always...lol

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ddude003 — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:24:30 GMT

Who is to say that the quick picks use the same PRNG or the seeds as the actual Lotto Drawings... It might be interesting to see their algorithm(s) although I don't think they would publish it... Because someone might use that information to create a battle of the PRNGs... One PRING to rule them all...

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Think — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:24:00 GMT

I am in no way current on it but on older terminals, years ago, I found some info back then that said that time of day and past numbers generated off the terminal were used in generating easy picks.

Quick Pick PRNG and Repeats

Wavepack — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 03:23:15 GMT

If the PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) used to print quick pick tickets is not seeded with enough bits of entropy (enough randomness), then the machines will print excess duplicate picks between different machines.

Since there is no information published on how the lotteries seed their PRNG, I don't trust the quick pick machines.

Also, they should publish their PRNG algorithm so that independent researchers can verify that there are no flaws in the PRNG. PRNG flaws could allow... [ More ]