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You would just need the same algorithm that chooses the winning number

Yes, it's possible. Incidentally, that program would share identical code to the program that generates lottery numbers. And they are very careful with that code.

Good luck.

>>7013906
It most likely is since quantum fluctuations shouldn't be relevant in a system of some balls bouncing around.

However, there isn't and probably never will be a computer powerful enough to execute the program

I reckon, yeah..
Analyze previous numbers/systems and guess nex numbers based on shit, adjust for errors, run forever, after a while (may be a while) you'll have a decent lottery predictor..

>>7013906
Are you guys fucking retarded? No it's not

>>7014007
The seed for the pseudo random numbers in a computer is chosen based on information available to the os like clock, etc. so it's random and impossible to predict

>>7013960
>>7014007
>>7014009
>>7014050

Even if we could achieve 60% accuracy, it would still be profitable since partial matches (e.g 3/5 correct numbers) pay out significantly more than the price of a ticket.

>>7013906
Can you predict a random number? Of course not

I took a stat class and the answer is no. Too many combinations, might as well get hit by lightning

>>7014129
If I can't predict random outcomes with my algorithm, then why did I just get dubs?

>>7014050
retard

>>7014101
you don't need to run the program, just code it

>>7014175
You didn’t you dumbfuck.

But seriously check these dubs

>>7013906
yes

>if x combination has 0 entries, return x
>if else, return 0

>>7013906
>code a program
jfc
No, you're not going to be able to reverse a RNG algo used for lottery.. maybe if you were a top 1% mathamatician and compsci expert with inside knowledge, but i highly doubt you are.

There was the case of the sysadmin who dropped malware on the 'secure' air-gapped RNG boxes to make pre-select numbers come out on certain draws but he got busted because he was greedy and dumb.

>>7014129

Most lotteries don't use random number generators though. They use physical objects that move around a container. Why couldn't we apply stochastic theory here?

>>7014310
Because it’s effectively random.

No you fucking retard

Think about what you are saying

The smallest change in ANYTHING will cause the result to be diffrent

Different air pressure
Different oil on the machine
Different heat
Different electrical interference
Different gravitational pull
Different ANYTHING and its a different result

It's literally not going to happen

>>7014210
>>7014175
You guys are so fucking retarded
These are what dubs look like

>>7014428

Are we certain most of those aren't relatively constant though? Do they purposely modify them before every drawing?

>>7013906
Why are there so many brainlets in /biz/? I'm going back to /g/

>>7014510
No but they certainly have literally NO way of making them equal ever

>>7013906
It's possible to solve it as a physics problem where you just estimate the forces involved and try to calculate the trajectory of the lottery balls. Theoretically you could solve it with 100% accuracy if you had enough information, but you wouldn't be able to get it in a realistic scenario.

Only if they used a really shitty outdated way of choosing randomness could you maybe get favorable odds, which I can guarantee a modern lottery company won't

>>7014510
look fuckmouth, what you're talking about is a heist. you want us to sneak in, do some funky shit with magnets and RIG the POWERBALL on NATIONAL TV and then get rid of the evidence before anyone notices? you want to steal a hundred million dollars in broad daylight from one of the most locked down soundstages in the world?

I'm in.

>>7014605
Lol good bants t b h

>>7013906
No. You buying a ticket affects the outcome. They base the lottery numbers off the tickets, so they can control how much they pay out each drawing.

>>7014658
you're right in a sense but they're two separate systems, for lotteries that don't use the ball chamber they have isolated servers that pick the numbers using industry/lottery official approved rng algorithms which is entirely separate from the prize pool 'winnings' calculations.

Why use all this energy trying to hack a lottery when we could be hacking Bitcoin?

>>7013906
You're probably better off using your GPUs to create a lot of wallets and just check if something was in it

>>7013906
run past winning numbers through a deep neural network and try to make it learn any latent variables that could be influencing the winning combinations. et walla, you are still broke but you at least know now how to apply a machine learning algorithm.

>>7014605

No, I just want to use publicly know data.

But now that you mention, how do employees resist the urge? Surely multiple people have physical access to those machines

>>7013906
I shouldn't be posting this, but I'm drunk so who cares....

It is entirely possible if you understand Layer-00 bayesian neural networks. Not going to say it's been done before, but let's just say if it has been done the money went to a good home.

>>7014923
It has happened
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Lotto_fraud_scandal

>>7014981

Tell me more please.

>"code/coder"

PROGRAM/PROGRAMMER YOU FUCKING FAGGOTS. GOD.

>>7014007
No, even then there are hardware variables to take into consideration, etc. He'd probably need the exact same physical conditions

>>7013906

yes op, it's called a random number generator. the chance of it predicting the upcoming result is the same as the chance of winning the lottery with one ticket.

aka - you are fucking stupid.

>>7015009

wow

ask this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lustig

>>7014605

>>7014175
Too bad scrub, real men get dubs in O(1), like so.

Some MIT fags did that with keno in Atlantic City years ago.

>>7013906
why not?

>>7014506
Kek