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How to shuffle lists and run a lottery using just a pen and paper

3 pointsby squeakynickabout 11 years ago

2 comments

brownbatabout 11 years ago
We used to determine first player in games by having one person pick a number and one person pick a player (writing each secretly on paper or flashing some fingers to a third party as a commitment scheme). You&#x27;d then count that number of spots from that player.<p>This sort of &quot;randomness through unwitting collusion&quot; reminded me of that.<p>That and coin flipping protocols: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_flipping#Coin_flipping_in_telecommunications" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Coin_flipping#Coin_flipping_in...</a><p>(Admittedly, shuffling an entire list seems fancier, like you&#x27;re getting much more work out of it.)
stansmithabout 11 years ago
I used to love playing Amidar. I can still sing the tune.<p>(The guy who is playing in the attached video is an awesome player!)