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  2. Chess960 - Wikipedia

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    Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play.

  3. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    Default generator in R and the Python language starting from version 2.3. Xorshift: 2003 G. Marsaglia [26] It is a very fast sub-type of LFSR generators. Marsaglia also suggested as an improvement the xorwow generator, in which the output of a xorshift generator is added with a Weyl sequence.

  4. Quick Pick vs Picking Your Own Lotto Numbers: Is One ... - AOL

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    The app will generate a set of new random numbers for you. Confirm your order and you're all set. ( Related : These Are the "Luckiest" Powerball Numbers in 2024 )

  5. Hot Lotto fraud scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Hot Lotto fraud scandal was a lottery-rigging scandal in the United States. It came to light in 2017, after Eddie Raymond Tipton (born 1963), [1] the former information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), confessed to rigging a random number generator that he and two others used in multiple cases of fraud against state lotteries.

  6. Drawing lots (decision making) - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, if a local or national election has resulted in a tie in which candidates receive exactly the same number of votes after three recounts, the winner must be decided by random selection. On 5 May 2017, Local election candidates in Northumberland drew straws to decide the winner in South Blythe Ward.

  7. World Chess960 Championship - Wikipedia

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    2009 World Chess960 champion Hikaru Nakamura at Mainz. The World Chess960 Championship is a match or tournament held to determine a world champion in Chess960 (also known as Fischer random chess), a popular chess variant in which the positions of pieces on the players' home ranks are randomized with certain constraints.

  8. Lotto New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Most winners. The record for the most First Division winners in one draw was set on 19 September 2018 (draw 1787), when 40 people won First Division. Each winner received $25,000. The main contributing factor was the winning numbers were 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, with the bonus ball being 36.

  9. American game show winnings records - Wikipedia

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    The single day record for shows in daytime television was set in 1984 by Michael Larson, who won $110,237 (equivalent to $323,000 in 2023) [3] on Press Your Luck. Larson achieved this record by memorizing the show's board patterns, repeatedly hitting the board's squares that awarded contestants money and an additional spin, which would, in turn, replace the spin he had just used, effectively ...