A perfectly fair coin
Researchers have found that real coin tosses land on the side they started on slightly more often than half the time. A virtual coin has no starting side and no thumb technique: each flip is a fresh 50/50 draw from your browser's cryptographic random generator.
Flip 10 or Flip 100 to run a quick experiment. You'll see the heads/tails ratio drift around 50% and settle closer to it as the number of flips grows — the law of large numbers in action.
When to flip a coin
- Deciding who goes first or kicks off
- Settling a two-way tie
- Quick yes/no decisions
- Probability lessons in the classroom
- Choosing sides in a game