At 09:42 PM 10/27/2005, Nathan Pinno wrote: >If I create a program that randomly draws 6 numbers, its like the lottery. >According to an article I read in Reader's Digest, if you get a Quick Pick >- which is six numbers at random - you increase your odds of winning.
Odds are how many tickets you buy relative to how many tickets everyone else has bought. Has nothing to do with the mechanism for generating numbers. Any guesses you make are "random". You might as well buy fortune cookies and copy the numbers in them. Or add 1 to each number. Or .... No action on your part will ensure that you win, or give you a better shot at winning than anyone else. >I want to create a program that will imitate the Quick Pick process for >myself. So ask the lottery people what random number algorithm they use and program it for yourself. Not that doing that will make any difference. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
