# poisson

Sample a random value from a Poisson distribution.

## Parameters

- **rate**

  *Type* → `float`
- **rng**

  *Type* → `random.Random | Any`

  *Default* → `<module 'random' from '/home/runner/work/_temp/uv-python-dir/cpython-3.13.3-linux-x86_64-gnu/lib/python3.13/random.py'>`

## References

- [Wikipedia article](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution#Random_variate_generation>)