It's likely that I'm going to have to code a competition site and that means I'm going to have to pick winners. The competition will be of an 'instant win' type where a visitor enters a code and is told immediately whether they've won or not. I'm concerned that the process of picking winners is fair and truly random. I've checked for UK regulations on this and haven't had much luck so far. Obviously there are issues with picking 'random' numbers by computer as well. Has anyone any experience of this? Can anyone find any resources that explain what's permissible in terms of a computer picking a winner? (note that I'm OK on the laws about actually running a competition, it's just the picking of winners I'm shaky on). Jon
I will tell you a few things, and dont take this as a legal suggestion but.. I live in the US and recently had jury duty and how they decide if you are selected for further review by the attorneys by computer upon investigation and questions they do not use a seperate RNG.... Thought that was interesting.. If you want to be TRULY random there are, serial and USB options (some as low as $120.00usd) that builds based on sound and fan spin or you have the quantique quantis which uses quantum physics phenomena