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  2. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    So there is now a 1 in 48 chance of predicting this number. Thus for each of the 49 ways of choosing the first number there are 48 different ways of choosing the second. This means that the probability of correctly predicting 2 numbers drawn from 49 in the correct order is calculated as 1 in 49 × 48. On drawing the third number there are only ...

  3. Lottery (decision theory) - Wikipedia

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    In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probabilities that each of the states of nature will occur, (e.g. Rain: 0.70, No Rain: 0.30). [ 1 ]

  4. Lottery wheeling - Wikipedia

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    Lottery wheeling (also known as lottery system, lottery wheel and lottery wheeling system) is a method of selecting multiple lottery tickets, widely used by individual players and syndicates to secure wins provided they hit some of the drawn numbers. It requires playing with more than one ticket and more numbers than those drawn in the lottery.

  5. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  6. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    Blum-Blum-Shub is a PRNG algorithm that is considered cryptographically secure. Its base is based on prime numbers. Park-Miller generator: 1988 S. K. Park and K. W. Miller [13] A specific implementation of a Lehmer generator, widely used because it is included in C++ as the function minstd_rand0 from C++11 onwards. [14] ACORN generator: 1989 ...

  7. Mersenne Twister - Wikipedia

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    The 'Extract number' section shows an example where integer 0 has already been output and the index is at integer 1. 'Generate numbers' is run when all integers have been output. For a w -bit word length, the Mersenne Twister generates integers in the range [ 0 , 2 w − 1 ] {\displaystyle [0,2^{w}-1]} .

  8. Linear congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation. The method represents one of the oldest and best-known pseudorandom number generator algorithms.

  9. Randomness - Wikipedia

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    This is also called pseudorandomness, and is the kind used in pseudo-random number generators. There are many algorithms (based on arithmetics or cellular automaton) for generating pseudorandom numbers. The behavior of the system can be determined by knowing the seed state and the algorithm used. These methods are often quicker than getting ...