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NYC PowerShell User Group gist for giveaway lottery - nice for football pools too :P
$firstnumber = 0
$lastnumber = 9
$numberofwinners = 10
$numbers = new-object System.collections.arraylist
($firstnumber..$lastnumber) |%{ $numbers.add($_) |out-null}
function Get-NextNumber {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
[System.collections.arraylist] $numbers
)
$number = $numbers |Get-Random
$number
$numbers.remove($number)
}
(1..$numberofwinners) |% {
Get-NextNumber $numbers
}
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