Coin Toss???

FinSaint · 11-18-2011, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by pinch

Maybe we should start asking the league to spin the coin instead of tossing it? According to Penn & Teller, a spun coin will land on tails closer to 60% of the time because of the extra metal on the head-side of the coin.

But I think that they use a special "NFL coin," so it won't probably behave in the same way as a "normal coin" would. If I remember correctly it has the NFL emblem on the other side and something football related on the other one as well... or it could be that they have many different alternative variations.

11-18-2011, 10:12 PM	#15
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Originally Posted by pinch Maybe we should start asking the league to spin the coin instead of tossing it? According to Penn & Teller, a spun coin will land on tails closer to 60% of the time because of the extra metal on the head-side of the coin. But I think that they use a special "NFL coin," so it won't probably behave in the same way as a "normal coin" would. If I remember correctly it has the NFL emblem on the other side and something football related on the other one as well... or it could be that they have many different alternative variations.