Original von IronPumper
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Hello ...,
Greetings from PokerStars.
No computer program is capable of producing truly random results. On its
own, a computer could only produce a pseudo-random shuffle, with results
essentially dictated by the program.
Consider the following situation however; what if the computer had a human
casino dealer sitting next to it shuffling decks of cards and feeding them
into the computer, and the computer then dealt out the cards in the order
that the dealer shuffled them? In this case the computer isn't simply
relying on its own program to deal the cards. It is also influenced by an
independent, random, and unpredictable stimulus - the human dealer.
Similarly at PokerStars, the shuffle program is influenced by two
independent, random, and unpredictable external stimuli, being:
1) Combined mouse movements from players connected to PokerStars
2) Quantum randomness, which is used by our true hardware random number
generator developed by Swiss-based company ID Quantique.
Just one of these stimuli in combination with the shuffle program would be
sufficient to produce an entirely unpredictable and random shuffle, however
PokerStars has applied both.
Details on the Quantis device which we use can be seen at:
http://www.idquantique.com/true-random-number-generator/products-overview.html
The shuffle has been audited by the world's leading gaming auditors,
Cigital. You can read their certification on our website at:
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/rng/
Cigital rose to prominence in the online poker industry through an article
that originally appeared on Developer.com, and is now available online at:
http://www.cigital.com/papers/download/developer_gambling.php
Essentially, in 1999, they cracked the shuffle of an online site called
"Planet Poker". Before entering the market in 2001, PokerStars hired Cigital
to help them develop a truly random and completely secure shuffle.
As a result we have a dedicated shuffle server that does nothing except
shuffle millions of decks every day. The shuffle server does not know, or
care, where any of the shuffled decks are going. It just sits there
shuffling tens of thousands of decks every minute. These decks are then put
in a queue to send to the next table that needs one. The server does not
know how many players will be at the table that requests the next deck, it
does not know what poker game the cards will be used for, and it does not
know the identities of the players. The server does not care about any of
that stuff. It just shuffles cards.
Please let us know if you have any other questions regarding your statistics
and play. We are only too happy to answer them.
Regards,
Sebastian P
PokerStars Support Team
----- Original Message -----
From:...
Sent: 2010/10/10 01:45:00
To: support@pokerstars.com
Subject: Randomizer Report
>Dear Sir or Madam,
>
>could you please provide to me in depth information on how and with what
>results your randomizer was tested by third parties?
>
>I would like to know what tests they ran with what results. Not just a
>paragraph that everything is okay.
>
>Thank you,
>
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