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What's this fuss about true randomness?

Perhapsyouhavewonderedhowpredictablemachineslikecomputerscangeneraterandomness.In
reality,mostrandomnumbersusedincomputerprogramsarepseudorandom,whichmeanstheyare

TrueRandomNumber
Generator

generatedinapredictablefashionusingamathematicalformula.Thisisfineformanypurposes,butit

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maynotberandominthewayyouexpectifyou'reusedtodicerollsandlotterydrawings.

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RANDOM.ORGofferstruerandomnumberstoanyoneontheInternet.Therandomnesscomesfrom
atmosphericnoise,whichformanypurposesisbetterthanthepseudorandomnumberalgorithms
typicallyusedincomputerprograms.PeopleuseRANDOM.ORGforholdingdrawings,lotteriesand

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sweepstakes,todriveonlinegames,forscientificapplicationsandforartandmusic.Theservicehas
existedsince1998andwasbuiltbyDrMadsHaahroftheSchoolofComputerScienceandStatisticsat
TrinityCollege,DublininIreland.Today,RANDOM.ORGisoperatedbyRandomnessandIntegrity
ServicesLtd.
Asoftoday,RANDOM.ORGhasgenerated1.20trillionrandombitsfortheInternetcommunity.

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Games and Lotteries

LotteryQuickPickisperhapstheInternet'smostpopularwithover200lotteries
KenoQuickPickforthepopulargameplayedinmanycountries
CoinFlipperwillgiveyouheadsortailsinmanycurrencies
DiceRollerdoesexactlywhatitsaysonthetin
PlayingCardShufflerwilldrawcardsfrommultipleshuffleddecks
BirdieFundGeneratorwillcreatebirdieholesforgolfcourses

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Random Drawings
Q3.1intheFAQexplainshowtopickawinnerforyourgiveawayforFREE
ThirdPartyDrawServiceisthepremiersolutiontoholdingrandomdrawingsonline
StepbyStepGuideexplainshowtoholdadrawingwiththeThirdPartyDrawService
StepbyStepVideoshowshowtoholdadrawingwiththeThirdPartyDrawService
PriceCalculatortellsexactlyhowmuchyourdrawingwillcost
DrawingFAQanswerscommonquestionsaboutholdingdrawings
PublicRecordsshowsallcompleteddrawingsgoingbackfiveyears
DrawingResultWidgetcanbeusedtopublishyourwinnersonyourwebpage
TermsandConditionsaretherulesthatgoverntheuseofRANDOM.ORG

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Numbers
IntegerGeneratormakesrandomnumbersinconfigurableintervals
SequenceGeneratorwillrandomizeanintegersequenceofyourchoice

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IntegerSetGeneratormakessetsofnonrepeatingintegers
GaussianGeneratormakesrandomnumberstofitanormaldistribution
DecimalFractionGeneratormakesnumbersinthe[0,1]rangewithconfigurabledecimalplaces
RawRandomBytesareusefulformanycryptographicpurposes

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Lists and Strings and Maps, Oh My!

ListRandomizerwillrandomizealistofanythingyouhave(names,phonenumbers,etc.)
StringGeneratormakesrandomalphanumericstrings
PasswordGeneratormakessecurepasswordsforyourWiFiorthatextraGmailaccount
ClockTimeGeneratorwillpickrandomtimesoftheday
CalendarDateGeneratorwillpickrandomdaysacrossnearlythreeandahalfmillennia
GeographicCoordinateGeneratorwillpickarandomspotonourplanet'ssurface
Bitmapsinblackandwhite
HexadecimalColorCodeGeneratorwillpickcolorcodes,forexampleforuseaswebcolors
PregeneratedFilescontainlargeamountsofdownloadablerandombits
PureWhiteAudioNoiseforcompositionorjusttotestyouraudioequipment
JazzScalestopracticeimprovisationforstudentsofjazzguitar
SamuelBeckett'srandomlygeneratedshortprose
DNAProteinSequenceRandomizer(atBioWeb)

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Web Tools and Widgets for Your Pages

IntegerWidgetWizardwillputaminiRANDOM.ORGonyourwebpageorblog
DrawWidgetWizardwillputtheresultofapaiddrawingonyourwebpageorblog
HTTPAPItogettruerandomnumbersintoyourowncode
Guidelinesdescribehowtoavoidgettingintrouble
BannedHostslistswhodidn'tbehaveandhavebeenblocked

Learn about Randomness

IntroductiontoRandomnessexplainswhattruerandomnumbersareandwhythey'reinteresting
HistoryexplainshowRANDOM.ORGstartedandwhereitistoday
ManyTestimonialsfromfolkswhohavefoundverycreativeusesforrandomnumbers
Acknowledgementstoallthegenerousfolkswhohavehelpedout
Quotationsaboutrandomnessinscience,theartsandinlifegenerally
MediaCoverageandScientificCitationslistspopularprintandscientificmentionoftheservice
Newsaboutthelatestadditionstothesite

Statistics
RealTimeStatisticsshowhowthegeneratorisperformingrightnow
StatisticalAnalysisexplainshowyoutestrandomnumbersforrandomness
BitTallyshowshowmuchrandomnesshasbeengeneratedsince1998(hint:lots!)
YourQuotatellshowmanyrandombitsyouhaveleftfortoday

Contact and Help

FAQcontainsanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions
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