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RandomVariate puzzle

If I evaluate the following code, I get what I expect - roughly half 1's and a quarter 0's and 2's.

n = 2; p = 0.5; 
item := RandomVariate[BinomialDistribution[n, p]];
Table[item, {1000}] // Tally

However, if I then evaluate the following bit of code, the 0's 1's and 2's are evenly distributed. I can't figure out why. Anyone see my error?

k = 0; on = False;M = 1000;
b = Probability[s == Floor[n p], 
   s \[Distributed] BinomialDistribution[n, p]];
f = Association @@ (Map[# -> 0 &, Range[0, n]]); {{{Button[
    "Start/Stop", on = Not[on]]}, {Button["Reset", 
    f = Association @@ (Map[# -> 0 &, Range[0, n]]); k = 0]}}, 
 Dynamic[If[on && k < M, f[item] += 1; k += 1; 
   BarChart[f, ChartLabels -> Range[0, n], 
    PlotRange -> {-0.1 M, 1.2 M  b}], 
   BarChart[f, ChartLabels -> Range[0, n], 
    PlotRange -> {-0.1 M, 1.2 M  b}]]]}
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POSTED BY: Ken Levasseur
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