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We show that the contiguity relations of hypergeometric functions of several variables give a direct sampling algorithm from the conditional distribution of toric models in statistics. The algorithm is based on a Markov chain on a lattice generated by a matrix $A$. Some examples with implementations are presented. In addition, known special properties of decomposable graphical models are revisited in terms of the $A$-hypergeometric systems.

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