arXiv — cs.AI preprintsInternational2 October 2026
Ask a Language Model for Lottery Numbers: Concentration in Repeated Six-of-49 Outputs
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arXiv:2610.00052v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We evaluate six language-model configurations on requests for six distinct random integers from 1-49. Across 1,200 attempted calls using four English prompt variants, 1,184 responses yielded valid tickets. Effective diversity of number frequencies ranged from 9.9 to 18.0, compared with simulated fifth-percentile thresholds of 46.6-46.7 under independent uniform six-of-49 sampling at the corresponding sample sizes. Systems produced 8-93 distinct unordered tickets, and their modal tickets accounted for 22.5-68.0% of valid responses. Two archived
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