pick_winner.py

f = open("numeros_mobile.txt")

data = {}
for f in f.readlines():
	k,v = f.strip("\n").split("\t")
	data[k]=v

import random
winner = False
while not winner:
	candidate = random.choice(data.keys())
	if data[candidate] != 42:
		#noone bought that number
		del data[candidate]
	else:
		print "And the winner is #:{} bought by {}".format(candidate,data[candidate])
		print "After {} tries".format(len(data))
		winner = True