But that statement is a bit misleading. He installed the flaw in the generation software, and it was triggered on the specific dates.
He knew the pattern for those dates, and that means, the numbers weren’t random, and therefore predictable by him.
People need to understand that -— he didn’t write code that ran on a local computer that predicted great numbers for those dates, or at least not without the counterpart code he installed in the generators.
I think the lottery as currently implemented can be predicted, but you will need your own quite advanced quantum computer to do so. Physics is very deterministic, unless you go to the quantum level, then physics itself becomes a lottery.
Is it any more complicated than the basic rnd() function?
“Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.” - John Von Neumann.
“I think the lottery as currently implemented can be predicted, but you will need your own quite advanced quantum computer to do so. Physics is very deterministic,”
How do you determine how many times they execute the algorithm?
Investigators say Tipton installed code that let the computers work as should on all but three days of the year — May 27, Nov. 22 and Dec. 29 — when they would produce predictable numbers if the drawings occurred on Wednesdays or Saturdays after 8 p.m.
It last worked on:
May 27, 2017 when it fell on a Sat.
May 27, 2020 when it fell on a Wed.
Nov. 22, 2014 when it fell on a Sat.
Nov. 22, 2017 when it fell on a Wed.
Dec. 29, 2010 when it fell on a Wed.
Dec. 29, 2018 when it fell on a Sat.
So it would next work on:
May 27, 2023 when it falls on a Sat.
May 27, 2026 when it falls on a Wed.
Nov. 22, 2023 when it falls on a Wed.
Nov. 22, 2025 when it falls on a Sat.
Dec. 29, 2021 when it falls on a Wed.
Dec 29, 2029 when it falls on a Sat.