JB> I take it the smiley face does mean you're joking.  Of course the
JB> numbers don't repeat within a single drawing.  They can't..they're
JB> not returned to the barrel before the next one of the set is drawn.
JB> I was referring to the possibility of the same sequence of numbers
JB> repeating/not repeating between two separate powerball drawings.
JB> Since every drawing is a random event, there's nothing preventing the
JB> same sequence of numbers from being drawn during the next contest.
I not sure what my smiley ment now...  The power ball does repeat though.
With an RNG, a seed is kept track of.  On my, a number is generated from the 
seed (a CRC)  from there, its up to the user to split the number down.  when 
you take a large number and divide it by a smaller number, it could generate 
the same smaller number several times even with different larger numbers.  
With RNG's, this helps remove any posibility of a pattern, which is the main 
thing with computer RNGs, not to develope a pattern.  The example I was 
showing is capable of not generating a detectable pattern unless someone 
ooks
at 4 billion numbers generated by my example, then they notice it, but who 
as
the space to keep track of 4 billion numbers.  (trust me, I tried, it would 
require a couple 9 gig drives and several years)
I and others have always noted that commo never had any random number 
generators, and some of us have wanted to create simple games (door styled 
games) that would require random numbers (or so we call them random ;)
Carl
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