The Random Number Generator is one of the most important software routines in an online bingo site. The purpose of the Random Number Generator is to generate numbers that have the characteristics of randomness. This is how the online software calls the numbers in a bingo game and it is the Random Number Generator that determines the fairness of a game.



The best way to understand the Random Number Generator is to look at what it is simulating. The online bingo software is simulating the bingo hall bingo machine. The bingo machine has bingo balls with the numbers mixing in a chamber. The balls are drawn into a tube and go to the bingo caller who calls the number. When the balls are equally weighted, each ball has the same chance of being called and the game is a fair game since there is no way to predict the number that will be called. Each card has the same chance of having the winning numbers as does every other card.









What if the balls are not equally weighted? Then it is a different situation and the game is not fair. If some balls are heavier than others, the lighter balls will be drawn into the tube more often than the heavier balls. This means that certain numbers will be called more often than others. Now each number does not have the same chance of being selected since the numbers on the lighter balls have a better chance than those on the heavier balls. Smart players will become aware of the fact that certain numbers are called with greater frequency and begin to select cards containing those numbers. All cards do not have the same chance of winning since they do not all contain the numbers that are on the lighter balls.



The online bingo software simulates the situation where the balls are equally weighted. The Random Number Generator is a software routine that has an algorithm that is basically a formula that it follows to select numbers that have the characteristics of randomness. There is no way for the player to predict the numbers that will appear and there is no way to compute the formula, even if the player had the algorithm. The Random Number Generator results in the online bingo game being a fair game. Many online sites will inform their customer of submitting their software to testing. The Random Number Generator is what is being tested.

By: Tom Goudin

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