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Hi - super noob here.... so thanks in advance for any help on this.

I am trying to write a script for sports betting, just for fun...

I am getting stuck on how to have the user select the team that is favored to win.

Here is current code:
#Getting the final score of each team
team1 = int(input("Team1 score?"))
team2 = int(input("Team2 score?"))

#Getting the spread and favorite
spread = int(input("Spread?"))
fav = int(input("Who is favored?", )) <-- this where i'm stuck... how to have the user select the team that is favored between
team1 adn team 2

The user must input a team. I don't think there is any reason for it to be an int.

For a real game the user would select using the team name, or some keyboard shortcut for the team.

teams = {"1": "Avians", "2": "Mammals"}
print("Who is favored")
for key, name in teams.items():
    print(key, name)
favored = input("? ")
print("You chose", teams[favored])

Something like this needs a better data structure than a bunch of unrelated variables. I would make a class. A dataclass in particular.

from dataclasses import dataclass


@dataclass
class Game:
    teams: tuple[str, str]
    scores: tuple[int, int]
    spread: int
    favored: int


def bookie(*teams):
    scores = tuple(int(input(f"{team} score: ")) for team in teams)
    spread = int(input("Spread: "))
    print("Who is favored")
    for index, team in enumerate(teams, start=1):
        print(index, team)
    favored = int(input(": ")) - 1
    return Game(teams, scores, spread, favored)


games = (bookie("Avians", "Mammals"), bookie("Aquatics", "Geology"), bookie("Weather", "Occupations"))
print(*games, sep="\n")

Running the program:

Output:
Avians score: 7
Mammals score: 13
Spread: 2
Who is favored
1 Avians
2 Mammals
: 2
Aquatics score: 3
Geology score: 52
Spread: 11
Who is favored
1 Aquatics
2 Geology
: 2
Weather score: 8
Occupations score: 0
Spread: 7
Who is favored
1 Weather
2 Occupations
: 1
Game(teams=('Avians', 'Mammals'), scores=(7, 13), spread=2, favored=1)
Game(teams=('Aquatics', 'Geology'), scores=(3, 52), spread=11, favored=1)   
Game(teams=('Weather', 'Occupations'), scores=(8, 0), spread=7, favored=0)