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Discussion on: Florida Lottery Powerball Winning Number Generator and Predictor

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Maybe I'm missing something, but if numbers are always completely random what are you expecting?
If the output is random past performances are not indicative of future results

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Ice or Fire

"Random" is never truly random... if you flip a coin 1000 times you're not going to get 500 heads and 500 tails. Over time it will trend toward fifty/fifty but it won't reach it.

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Ofc you're not going to get 500 heads and 500 tails, that's why it's random. You'll never predict the output of a coin flip using past results.
Regarding the random used for the lottery I suggest you to read this answer:
quora.com/Are-lottery-winning-numb...