Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decwrl!reid From: reid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Hardware random number generators are in gambling machines Message-ID: <7075@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 01:50:07 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.7075 Posted: Sun Dec 21 01:50:07 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 06:36:07 EST Reply-To: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) Distribution: world Organization: DEC Western Research Lines: 9 The last time I was in Las Vegas (1980 POPL conference) I was told by a casino official that the Nevada State Gaming Commission requires the use of a certain certified random-number-generating box in all digital gambling machines, and that this box contained a hardware random number generator whose randomness was certified by that commission as fair for gaming purposes. Does anybody know anything about this box or how it works?