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Business and<br />
Communication<br />
How To<br />
Wired <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Win a Coin Toss<br />
A recent study published in the Canadian<br />
Medical Association Journal has proven what we’ve<br />
suspected for years – you can win a coin toss with a<br />
little bit of luck....or a whole lot of cheating.<br />
Here’s how:<br />
Do the flipping. You need to know which<br />
side of the coin starts face up. The probability of a<br />
coin landing as it started is 51 percent.<br />
Practice. The trick is to flip the coin the same<br />
way every time, with the same force behind your<br />
thumb. Too many spins and it’s too difficult to<br />
repeat; too few and it doesn’t look fair. Three or four<br />
flips are ideal.<br />
Be smart. If all else fails, or you’re not the<br />
flipper, choose the side that starts facing up. As the<br />
coin flies, that side spends more time face up.<br />
Tip: To make a coin toss a bit more random<br />
(and fair), simply allow the coin to fall where it<br />
may. A coin that is allowed to land on the ground is<br />
much harder for someone to manipulate than one<br />
that is caught carefully in mid-air.<br />
28 thecitymag.com
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