Craps Rolls Generator
For those who want to test their betting systems
Last update: October 2021
If you plan to use this to test your betting system idea, see the right and wrong way to test betting systems. You can also see how these numbers are generated.
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This could take several seconds.
How the numbers are generated
I wrote the generator in Javascript, telling the computer to pick a random number between 1 and 6, and then another random number between 1 and 6. The results are pretty much indistinguishable from live casino results.
I used the built-in Math.random() function in Javascript. In most web browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) Javascript uses an algorithm called Xorshift128+ to generate pseudo-random numbers. This is way more than adequate for testing betting systems.
Some people hear that computers don't generate “real” random numbers, they generate “pseudo-random numbers” (true), and therefore conclude that computers are inadequate for testing betting systems, and that their systems can beat the real world of a casino even if they can't beat the numbers generated by a computer (completely dead wrong). For almost all intents and purposes, the numbers generated by Xorshift128+ or any of the other modern algorithms are virtually indistinguishable from real random numbers. They pass batteries of statistical tests for randomness, including frequency distribution, gaps, and repetition (or lack thereof). The bottom line is, you can't tell the computer-generated output from the real thing, and there's no statistical difference between live results in a real casino and what you get from the generator.
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