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Something interesting for the mathematically inclined. "Statistical auditing and randomness test of lotto k/N-type games", available freely at http://arxiv.org
by pallandt 13y ago
Something interesting for the mathematically inclined.
"Statistical auditing and randomness test of lotto k/N-type games", available freely at http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4595v1 http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4595v1
Powerball is not like a typical k/N lotto game though, but you might still want to skim the paper.
- jmharvey 13y agoInteresting, I'll have to give that paper a deeper look. I have noticed seemingly skewed lottery results in the past, but I've never found a case where the skewness of the results made a material difference to the optimal strategy (excluding cases where computer RNGs were configured incorrectly).