> Unless I'm mistaken, in the 5e6-from-1e9 sampling, the probability > that a sampling contains exactly one number from a given 200-numbers > interval is 200.0*(1/200)*(199.0/200)**199 = 0.3688. The probability > that this happens for 20 such 200-numbers intervals is > 0.3688**20 = 2.1e-09. I think you are wrong. A rough estimates of this probability gives me 1e-2171438. Actually, it should be a bit smaller, but at least the order of magnitude of the order of magnitude is right :) Quite impressive... Paolo