> A while back there was a thread on random number generation, and somebody
> (in England, I believe) mentioned that he was involved in the development
> of gaming machines, and how their random numbers aren't truly random.
>
> I would like to start an off-list discussion with you about this.  (No, I
> don't play the games).

This would seem to me to be as 'on topic' as the thread on divide by three.
Regardless, I would be interested in seeing the discussion.

I had a requirement to do a similar thing recently. My application wasn't
any where near as stringent as the gaming industry, but it did get me
thinking about a better solution. In this case they wanted a random number
but the distribution should be skewed in their favour. I assume this is
what you are talking about rather than ye olde pseudo random number
generators.

Steve.

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