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So it turns out the random number generator long used by developers working with Google's V8 JavaScript engine doesn't really generate random numbers at all.
December 17, 2015 - 2:45 pm Over the years, multiple studies have found that Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine was returning not-so-random numbers when you called the Math.random () function.
If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket.
That means that even if some enemy understands everything about how the random number generator works, they still can’t predict the outcome.