In Python Please help Make a program that takes bets on horse races There will be four types of bets described below The horse race result is generated by a function (or class) called Race that simply scrambles the horses into random order as a psuedo simulated horse race and that tells you the race results You can use one of the free shuffle algorithms we will be covering in class (code will be provided) to scramble the horses run the simulated race We assume four horses run in a race, and we assume the horses are named by numbers 1 4 Lets say the horses are initially in the order 1 2 3 4 You are going to write a method that randomly shuffles the horses called Readysetgo If we call Readysetgo to randomly shuffle them (thats our pseudo race) we might get a race result of 2 1 4 3 for example, which means horse 2 came in first, horses 1 came in second, horse 4 came in third and horse 3 came in fourth The user starts out with 200 dollars Betting costs are as follows An Exacta bet costs 10 dollars, and an Exactabox bet costing 5 dollars, a Trifecta bet costs 25 dollars, and a Trifectabox bet costs 20 dollars We need our program to allow the user to place any of the four types of bets The user is given a USD (US dollars) cash balance of 200 dollars for betting The menu options allow the user to place any of the four bets, run the race, see the result, see what their cash balance is, and exit the program There are two easy ways to implement the user interface for this, one is going to be with a simple text based menu, and one is going to be with a simple string command line based menu A text menu is where you give the user a choice of options and tell them for example enter 1 to place an exactabet, enter 2 to place an exactabox bet, etc ie Welcome to Horse Betting Please select from the following options 1 6 Place an exact bet Place an exactabox bet Place a trifectabet Please a trifectabox bet See your USD balance Exit etc They then choose the option they want and then you ask them what horses they pick as the winners, get their pick, run the race, see if they won, etc You can choose whatever way you want to create the interface EXACTA bets cost 10 dollars to place but you win 100 dollars if you guess the exact winning order of the top two horses An EXACTABOX bet costs 5 dollars to place but you win 50 if you guess the top two horses in any order TRIFECTA bets cost 25 dollars to place but you win 200 dollars if you guess the exact winning order of the top three horses An TRIFECTABOX bet costs 20 dollars to place but you win 150 if you guess the top three horses in any order OK here are some betting examples explained (as what it would look like in a string based menu interface) Example Input EXACTA 1 3 EXACTA 1 3 means that we are betting that the winner and second place will be exactly in that order (ie the bet is betting that horse 1 will come in first place, and horse 3 will come in second place) EXACTABOX 1 4 EXACTABOX 1 4 means that we are betting that the winning two horses will be 1 and 4 in any order So if the race comes in as 4 1 2 3, you still win the bet since horse number 1 and 4 are still in the top two places And also two more types of bet TRIFECTA 1 3 2 TRIFECTA 1 3 2 means that we are betting that the winners will be exactly in that order (ie the bet is saying that horse 1 will come in first place win, horse 3 will come in second place place, and that horse 2 will come into third place show TRIFECTABOX 1 4 2 TRIFECTABOX 1 4 2 means that we are betting that the winning three horses will be 1, 4, and 2 in any order So if the race comes in as 1 2 4 3, you still win the bet because horse number 1, 2, and 4 are in the top three places

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In Python. Please help! Make a program that takes bets on horse races. There will be four types of bets described below. The horse race

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Make a program that takes bets on horse races. There will be four types of bets described below. The horse race result is generated by a function (or class) called Race that simply scrambles the horses into random order as a psuedo/simulated horse race and that tells you the race results. You can use one of the free shuffle algorithms we will be covering in class (code will be provided) to scramble the horses/run the simulated race. We assume four horses run in a race, and we assume the horses are named by numbers 1-4. Lets say the horses are initially in the order 1 2 3 4. You are going to write a method that randomly shuffles the horses called Readysetgo. If we call Readysetgo to randomly shuffle them (thats our pseudo-race) we might get a race result of 2 1 4 3 for example, which means: horse #2 came in first, horses #1 came in second, horse #4 came in third and horse # 3 came in fourth. The user starts out with 200 dollars. Betting costs are as follows: An Exacta bet costs 10 dollars, and an Exactabox bet costing 5 dollars, a Trifecta bet costs 25 dollars, and a Trifectabox bet costs 20 dollars. We need our program to allow the user to place any of the four types of bets. The user is given a USD (US dollars) cash balance of 200 dollars for betting. The menu options allow the user to place any of the four bets, run the race, see the result, see what their cash balance is, and exit the program.

There are two easy ways to implement the user interface for this, one is going to be with a simple text based menu, and one is going to be with a simple string/command-line based menu. A text menu is where you give the user a choice of options and tell them for example: enter 1 to place an exactabet, enter 2 to place an exactabox bet, etc. ie:

Welcome to Horse Betting!

Please select from the following options 1-6

Place an exact bet
Place an exactabox bet
Place a trifectabet
Please a trifectabox bet
See your USD balance
Exit

etc

They then choose the option they want and then you ask them what horses they pick as the winners, get their pick, run the race, see if they won, etc. You can choose whatever way you want to create the interface.

EXACTA bets cost 10 dollars to place but you win 100 dollars if you guess the exact winning order of the top two horses.

An EXACTABOX bet costs 5 dollars to place but you win 50 if you guess the top two horses in any order.

TRIFECTA bets cost 25 dollars to place but you win 200 dollars if you guess the exact winning order of the top three horses.

An TRIFECTABOX bet costs 20 dollars to place but you win 150 if you guess the top three horses in any order.

OK here are some betting examples explained (as what it would look like in a string based menu interface)

Example Input:

EXACTA 1 3

EXACTA 1 3 means that we are betting that the winner and second place will be exactly in that order (ie; the bet is betting that horse #1 will come in first place, and horse #3 will come in second place)

EXACTABOX 1 4

EXACTABOX 1 4 means that we are betting that the winning two horses will be 1 and 4 in any order. So if the race comes in as 4 1 2 3, you still win the bet since horse number 1 and 4 are still in the top two places.

And also two more types of bet

TRIFECTA 1 3 2

TRIFECTA 1 3 2 means that we are betting that the winners will be exactly in that order (ie; the bet is saying that horse #1 will come in first place/win, horse #3 will come in second place/place, and that horse #2 will come into third place/show.

TRIFECTABOX 1 4 2

TRIFECTABOX 1 4 2 means that we are betting that the winning three horses will be 1, 4, and 2 in any order. So if the race comes in as 1 2 4 3, you still win the bet because horse number 1, 2, and 4 are in the top three places.