Theory of probability is a fascinating topic by itself and get becomes even more fascinating if you apply it to games.

Recommended reading:

• https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Probability.ipynb (also linked from python3 doc of random module

To apply it to games with python, you need to import python's random module (shipped with python). To simulate the throw of a six-sided dice, write:

>>>import random
>>>result = random.randint(1,6) # lower bond, upper bond
>>>print result
2

You can find out all functions of the random module by typing at the python prompt:

>>>import random
>>>help("random")

Some useful functions tend to use frequently are:

• random.randint(a, b) creates a random integer between (including) a and b
• radnom.random() creates a float between 0 and 1
• random.choice(list) randomly choose one element of a list

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_probability
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability
• Python.org documentation (2.x) for random module: http://docs.python.org/library/random.html
• Python.org documentation (3.x) for random module: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/random.html