An easier method for randomly selecting from an element from a list based on the corresponding probability

Coding
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How about the following:

playerList = [player1, player2, player3]
playerProb = [x, y, z] # Must add up to 100

selected_player = playerList[-1]
percentage = randint(100)
percentCount = 0

for Idx in range(len(playerList)):
     if percentage < percentCount + playerProb[Idx]:
          selected_player = playerList[Idx]
     percentCount += playerProb[Idx]