In the real world, probability is a tough thing to characterize. If I roll a die, what does it mean to say that it has a one-sixth chance of coming up 5? We say that the outcome is random because we ...

A quantum random-number generator has been developed that uses classical cryptography to certify that its output was produced by a quantum process. A truly random number is generated by a process ...

Sept. 14 (UPI) --A Missouri man won a $64,000 lottery jackpot using a "random" set of numbers he ended up using for several years. The Missouri Lottery said the St. Charles County man bought a ticket ...

How to generate random numbers with no duplicates in Excel Your email has been sent Over the last few months, I’ve written about several of Excel’s new dynamic array functions. They’re powerful and ...

Pick your numbers and scratch your tickets, my babies — let’s talk lottery. America has always celebrated the lottery as a way to fund civic projects like war, political cover-ups, and pothole repair.

(NEXSTAR) — Without a winner Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot has propelled even closer to $1 billion ahead of the next drawing, set for Friday night. As of late Thursday, Mega Millions officials ...