Re: How to flip a coin over e-mail?

From: Richard Henry (rphenry_at_home.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:28:27 -0700

"Norm Dresner" <ndrez@att.net> wrote in message
news:VajAc.84716$Gx4.75498@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Use an external event which is agreed to be random.
>
> Back in the '40s and '50s, the so-called Numbers Rackets in at least NYC
and
> surrounding areas used two digits in the # of shares of stock sold on the
> NYSE the previous day. IIRC the Daily News and the Daily Mirror
obligingly
> printed this information on the front page of at least the early morning
> editions every day.

I had heard it was a US Treasury number which changed every day (available
funds balance?), and they would use the lowest two digits, effectively a
random number.

As for the newspapers, it is legitimate news, people want to read it, and
printing the value sells papers.

Any stories about the number being printed incorrectly?

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    ... > surrounding areas used two digits in the # of shares of stock sold on the ... > NYSE the previous day. ... even numbers in the particular game... ...
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