Hugh Monypenny, Managing Director of BMM (www.bmm.com.au), a computer systems consulting company, offers these comments in response to our recent articles about random number generators in Internet casinos:

RNGs Not Rigged, Says Insider
Are Random Number Generators Really Random?

Further to Mick Jacobs' comment on RNG's not being rigged, I would add the following.

Mick's point is an interesting one, and certainly gives some comfort in terms of the difficulty someone would have in trying to detect and take advantage of a potential RNG weakness, and therefore be able to defraud the casino operator.

Another perhaps very important aspect is whether the player is getting a fair deal. The main mechanism available today of ensuring this is the case is to have an independent and reputable testing agency like BMM test the RNG, check and certify that it is fair and unpredictable, and to fingerprint the version that was tested so that the tester can verify at any time that that is the version running on the casino's gaming system. This is the approach that Chartwell, amongst others, has taken.