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Old Mar 1st, 2008, 11:16 AM   #4
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Re: Patterned returns with Math.random()

yes, each number in the set {random number 1 - 56, random number 1 - 56, random number 1 - 56, random number 1 - 56, random number 1 - 56} is repeated exactly every 11th set generation however the power ball is always different! That means that it only takes 11*5 random generations before exact repeats occur. I say that because the power ball is generated using a different class entirely and it seems to be unaffected by this weirdness.
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