Hacking Slot Machines by Reverse-Engineering the Random Number Generators (Schneier on Security)

2017-08-07 11:00

Interesting story: The venture is built on Alex's talent for reverse engineering the algorithms -- known as pseudorandom number generators, or PRNGs -- that govern how slot machine games behave. Armed with this knowledge, he can predict when certain games are likeliest to spit out moneyinsight that he shares with a legion of field agents who do the organization's grunt...

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