You’re hundreds of times more likely to get hit by lightning than to win the lottery, but Davidson College math professor Tim ...

Hackers love random numbers, or more accurately, the pursuit of them. It turns out that computers are so good at following our exacting instructions that they are largely incapable of doing anythin… ...

The odds of winning the jackpot Sept. 3 are 1 in 292.2 million. But that hasn't stopped people from playing a numbers game.

Sure you can play your family's birthdays or anniversaries, but are any of Powerball numbers luckier than others?

Random number generation is an essential feature in Excel, allowing users to perform tasks such as simulations, creating test datasets, or experimenting with spreadsheet models. Excel provides ...

I opened an account with a bank and they provided me with one of those random number generators for my key chain. Every time I log in, I need to press the button on the device and enter the number ...

© Copyright 2018, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co. America's popular and lucrative lottery drawings, in which computers randomly select numbers that turn a lucky ...