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Comment Re:How is this random? (Score 1) 101

In fact, if you do a perfect ABABAB shuffle enough times, the deck will return to its original position.

It's called the Faro Shuffle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_shuffle

But you're right... a perfect shuffle is uniform. A very sloppy shuffle will leave big chunks of cards in the same order. So there is some indeterminate middle ground, I guess.

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