quick n dirty powerball app done in python

power_ball.py

# quick n dirty powerball app done in python
# wrote this in 30min (just look at the globals, tuples, string interpolation everywhere)
# not even sure if it's correct, probably won't play again due to odds ;-)
#
# outputs:
# $4, powerball match on ticket #0 [44, 47, 51, 57, 57], list: ([44, 47, 51, 57, 61], 10)
# $4, powerball match + 1 ball match on ticket #1 [*4, 47, 51, 57, 57], list: ([4, 47, 51, 57, 61], 10)
# $7, powerball match + 2 ball matches on ticket #2 [61, 47, 51, *8, *8], list: ([61, 47, 51, 8, 4], 10)
# $100, powerball match + 3 ball matches on ticket #3 [61, 47, *19, *8, *8], list: ([61, 47, 19, 8, 4], 10)
# $10000, powerball match + 4 ball matches on ticket #4 [61, *27, *19, *8, *8], list: ([61, 27, 19, 8, 4], 10)
# $9999999999, powerball match + 5 ball matches on ticket #5 [*34, *27, *19, *8, *8], list: ([34, 27, 19, 8, 4], 10)
# $7, 3 ball matches on ticket #6 [61, 47, *19, *8, *8], list: ([61, 47, 19, 8, 4], 11)
# $100, 4 ball matches on ticket #7 [61, *27, *19, *8, *8], list: ([61, 27, 19, 8, 4], 11)
# $1000000, 5 ball matches on ticket #8 [*34, *27, *19, *8, *8], list: ([34, 27, 19, 8, 4], 11)
#

x=[]

## My numbers
# with powerball
x.append(([44,47,51,57,61], 10))
x.append(([4,47,51,57,61], 10))
x.append(([61,47,51,8,4], 10))
x.append(([61,47,19,8,4], 10))
x.append(([61,27,19,8,4], 10))
x.append(([34,27,19,8,4], 10))

# without powerball
x.append(([61,47,19,8,4], 11))
x.append(([61,27,19,8,4], 11))
x.append(([34,27,19,8,4], 11))

# Winning Numbers
master=([4,8,19,27,34], 10)
power_play=2
power_play_played=False

def payout(pb, matches):
    bank = [
        {3:7, 4:100, 5:1000000}, # no pb
        {0:4, 1:4, 2:7, 3:100, 4:10000, 5:9999999999} # yes pb
    ]

    pp_modifier = power_play if power_play_played else 1

    return bank[pb].get(matches) * pp_modifier


def highlight(markers, numbers):
    def next(num):
        return "*%d" % num if num in markers else "%d" % num

    sequence = [next(numbers[i]) for i in range(0, len(numbers))]

    return ", ".join(sequence)

def wins(pb, matches, ticket_id, master, list, full):
    def get_pb():
        return "powerball match" if pb else ""

    def get_ball(n):
        if matches == 1:
            return "%d ball match" % n
        elif matches > 1:
            return "%d ball matches" % n
        else:
            return ""

    def get_modifer():
        return " + " if pb and matches > 0 else ""

    msg="%s $%d, %s%s%s on ticket #%d [%s], list: %s"

    print msg % ("", payout(pb, matches), get_pb(), get_modifer(), get_ball(matches), ticket_id, highlight(master, list), full)

for n, list in enumerate(x):
    pb_match = master[1] == list[1]
    matches = len([1 for i in list[0] if i in master[0]])

    if pb_match and matches <= 5:
        wins(pb_match, matches, n, master[0], list[0], list)
    elif not pb_match and (3 <= matches <= 5):
        wins(pb_match, matches, n, master[0], list[0], list)