>The remarks in the doc
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>However, because the clock has finite resolution, using the parameterless constructor to create different Random objects in close succession 
>creates random number generators that produce identical sequences of random numbers.
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>I see two possibilities
>(1) Use a constructor with a parameter - the syntax will be C# as I'm not familiar with vb
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>var loRnd = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks);
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>(2) If that does not help - make loRnd a static field so that the next sequence will always be different
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>I'm in favour of (2)

Method number one, as converted as this:

Dim loRnd = New Random(CInt(DateTime.Now.Ticks)) 

gives an arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.