| Posted by: max at March 27, 2004, 12:49 pm | | Topic: would BM ever repnt? Forum: Winner Online |
RNGs are far from infallable. In fact as I recall there is some statistical proof that no algorithm-based RNG is perfectly random if it's results are taken over an infinite period of time. On the other hand who really cares 'cause it's a theoretical proof.
The question really is "is it random enough?" and to answer that you need to know how the RNG is built, that is, which algorithm it uses and what it's observed results have been over an extended sample space.
Some RNGs actually produce cycles, some have a _slight_ bias to one spot or another in the sample space, etc. Given that it's no surprise that the casinos are _not_ advertising which algorithm their RNG is based on ... would tend to invite all the wrong kind of attention.
RNGs based on physical phenomenon are said to be closer to "true" random behaviour. We're talking isotope or particle based systems here instead of algorithms and guess what, they cost MUCH more.
This stuff is covered in an old article of ours "Are Random Number Generators Really Random?" (http://www.winneronline.com/articles/may2002/rng.htm)
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