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Old 06-14-2005, 05:02 PM
Yawkey Yawkey is offline
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Default Re: How does the random card generator at the internet poker sites wor

Paradise is by no means giving out the algorithm they are using to shuffle the cards. This is a very general description to help ensure us that they have devised an algorithm that will keep the cards random. To further drive the point home they mention their generator is "based on the Berkeley prng using a state table size of 64 longs", however they certainly make no mention of what part of their rng differs from the Berkeley prng. With such large seeds and small sample sizes it would be near impossible to determine the exact algorithm being used. That's good to know that at least one of the major poker rooms has gone to great lengths to keep their games random.
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