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    copied!<p>This question comes from the knowledge that when <code>new Random()</code> is called very quickly it gets seeded with the same value which I assume is based on <code>DateTime.Now.Ticks</code>.</p> <p>Suppose you had a high traffic web application on latest versions ASP.NET, IIS, .NET, etc.. which implements an online casino. I would think the simulated slot machines need to pull from a single random number stream.</p> <p>With high volume situation you might get two slot machines with the same random number generator causing too many big jackpots. I don't have a full understanding of pseudorandom generators but my intuition is that to safely implement an online casino you really need to pull from a single generator that is seeded just once.</p> <p>One solution I can think of is a synchronized queue with a single thread that pushes the numbers on, but I wouldn't know how to synchronize it across a multi-site application.</p> <p>Is there a good/standard solution to this scenario?</p> <p><strong>Update: the actual scenario I'm working on (which really has no chance of getting enough volume to cause a problem)</strong></p> <p>My real-world situation is that I have a moderately high traffic asp.net web forms site and the requirement to show one of two user controls on each request. I did so with the following code:</p> <pre><code>// Randomly display one of (FreeCreditScore1, MyFreeScoreNow1) private void ShowCreditScoreAd() { FreeCreditScore1.Visible = (new Random().Next(2) == 1); MyFreeScoreNow1.Visible = !FreeCreditScore1.Visible; } </code></pre> <p>If I unit test the above code by calling it in rapid succession it fails and I came to understand the reason was that <code>new Random()</code> was getting called in the same "tick".</p> <p>That said, I do believe my current implementation is sufficient (feel free to correct me) but I was curious how it could be solved if I really wanted to be strict about it...</p>
 

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