Re: [Bug-gnubg] OT: rigged dice on on-line BG sites
From:
Massimiliano Maini
Subject:
Re: [Bug-gnubg] OT: rigged dice on on-line BG sites
Date:
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:42:56 +0100
Jim Segrave <address@hidden> wrote on 01/03/2007
09:24:59:
>
> I don't think you can make a meaningful judgement as to whether the
> rolls were random in a single match were manipulated. For that matter
> I have my doubts whether even a large series of matches - say 10,000
> moves or so, would allow one to give an informed opinion.
The method I have in mind will not tell you that the
dice was really random (balanced).
Technically, it's not a test on the statistical hypothesis
of each face of a dice having probability equal to 1/6. As you
said, this would take a lot of moves and, by the way, will not help in verifying
that the on- line site software hasn't overriden the random number
generator on a specific position in a specific match.