Massimiliano Maini wrote: > Jim Segrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/03/2007 09:24:59: >> I don't think you can make a meaningful judgement as to whether the >> rolls were random in a single match were manipulated. For that matter >> I have my doubts whether even a large series of matches - say 10,000 >> moves or so, would allow one to give an informed opinion. > > The method I have in mind will not tell you that the dice was really > random (balanced). > > Technically, it's not a test on the statistical hypothesis of each face > of a dice having probability equal to 1/6. As you said, this would take > a lot of moves and, by the way, will not help in verifying that the on- > line site software hasn't overriden the random number generator on a > specific position in a specific match.
Wouldn't the luck analysis do this? Assuming a server was setup to favour the under dog, I guess you could find a pattern between the luck results and the rating differences in quite a small sample of games? Jon
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